News | Epping Forest Foodbank

22 Feb 21

1,000 people fed in 8 weeks

In the first 8 weeks of 2021, Epping Forest Foodbank has passed a landmark 1000 people provided with 3-day emergency ‘bags of hope’. This is compared to 230 in 2020 and 185 in 2019. This staggering 334% increase from last year is heartbreaking; it is not right that households in our district cannot afford the […]

17 Feb 21

New Year Art Competition Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of our New Year Art competition. Under 8s Congratulations to Sarah, the winner of the under 8s category! Her drawing features ‘food jumping enthusiastically into Santa’s sack.’ We loved this colourful drawing and think it will be a perfect design for Christmas Cards. 9+ First place in our […]

3 Feb 21

End Holiday Hunger

No child should be without food. Not even for a day. But here in our local community, there are children and families who need our help and support. This half-term, EFFB expects to provide over 2,000 meals to local families in crisis. The meal count should not be this high. No one should have to rely […]

20 Jan 21

2020 in Numbers

Looking back on 2020, it was a tough year for us all. Unfortunately, low income is one of the main reasons people are referred to us at EFFB but in 2020 we saw this rise. The impact of the pandemic left many in financial crisis, increasing the number of families that needed our support. We […]

28 Dec 20

Return to Doorstep Deliveries

Statement from our Interim Project Manager Dear friends, The safety and health of our volunteers and clients are of paramount importance, and with the news that Epping Forest is moving into Tier 4 we have decided to revert back to a delivery-only service as we did during the first national lockdown. This will mean there […]

24 Dec 20

Merry Christmas

From everyone at EFFB, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all of your support this past year, even more so as this year has been trying for everyone. Your support meant that from January to November we were able to provide over 21,000 meals to people in need across Epping Forest. […]

23 Dec 20

Thank You!

This has been a tough year for everyone. But even in these troubling times, our community has come out to support us in many different ways. As a community, you have donated an amazing 34.9 tons of food and other essentials this year! Every donation made helps local people in crisis, so thank you to […]

20 Dec 20

Christmas Opening Times

As Christmas approaches, we wanted to make you aware of this year’s opening times for our distribution centres and doorstop deliveries. Monday 21st December 2020 – The Box, Epping – OPEN AS USUAL Wednesday 23rd December 2020 – Hope Centre, Loughton – OPEN AS USUAL Saturday 26th December 2020 – CLOSED Monday 28th December 2020 […]

12 Nov 20

Christmas Appeal 2020

In the 3 weeks leading up to Christmas, we are expecting to hand out 3,000 meals to local individuals and families in crisis. EFFB relies on donations of both food and money to help them provide this vital service of supporting people facing crisis within our community. Without your goodwill, we would really struggle to […]

1 Sep 20

Changes to our services

EFFB will be reopening some of our Distribution Centres this week, with social distancing measures in place. Our sessions are as follows; Mondays; The Box, St. John’s Road, Epping, CM16 5DN (3:30pm- 5pm) Opening 7th September Wednesdays; Hope Centre, 201 High Road, Loughton, IG10 1BB (10am -12noon) Opening 2nd September Doorstep delivery service (12noon – […]

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