Posts in: foodbanks
13 Feb 20
February Newsletter from Barrow Foodbank
Please click here to read our February newsletter
17 Jul 19
Urgent appeal for donations as Barrow Foodbank fears for busiest summer ever with increased food bank need during school holidays
Barrow Foodbank is asking local people to check what donations are most needed in the area, as they prepare for a busy summer with increased need during the school holidays. In previous years, the rise in the number of families struggling to stretch their money to cover the summer break has left Barrow Foodbank’s stocks […]
9 Oct 17
October Newsletter
The October newsletter for the foodbank is now available to view online.
16 Aug 17
Barrow Foodbank Presented with the Queens Award for Voluntary Service
Volunteers from Barrow Foodbank were honoured today at a ceremony to present them with the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria, Claire Hensman, made the presentation, the Lord-Lieutenant is Her Majesty The Queens representative in Cumbria. Volunteers from Barrow Foodbank and the two satellite branches at Millom and Ulverston received the award of […]
2 Jun 17
Barrow foodbank receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Barrow Foodbank is honoured to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This honour recognises the hard work done by all our volunteers in Barrow, Millom and Ulverston since we opened on 23rd July 2012. Our volunteers fill a number of roles to ensure the foodbank is run efficiently and complies with statutory legislation while […]
11 Apr 17
Good news – cap for people with prepayment meters
From 1 April 2017 the amount of money suppliers can charge a domestic prepayment meter (PPM) customer will be subject to a temporary price cap. The key points of this are: Ofgem estimate that many prepayment customers are likely to see reductions in their gas bill of around 10-15% from 1 April 2017 or around […]
28 Nov 16
Barrow Foodbank is now a Fuelbank too!
Clients who receive support from the Foodbank will now be able to access support to top up gas and electricity meters too. The scheme is operating in 40 food banks across the country and is being funded by npower, who have made a charitable redress following an Ofgem investigation. Ann Mills of Barrow Foodbank, said […]
29 Jun 16
Getting ready for the Tesco Big Collection
There is a Big food Collection that is running at tesco Extra, Tesco Flass Lane and Tesco Millom this week. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This is our warehouse manager Alison in the trolley!
27 May 16
Food poverty in Barrow
AT least 38 people needed hospital intervention in Barrow for malnourishment over the last three years, amid warnings more adults cannot afford to feed themselves. The number of patients treated for extreme weight loss as the primary diagnosis at Furness General Hospital has increased for the last two years. Figures revealed through Freedom of Information laws […]