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25 Oct 22

12 Days of Foodbank Christmas Campaign

Christmas Campaign It’s the ’12 Days of foodbank’ with an idea of 12 things you can do or donate – you might choose to do one or two things or you might join with your work / church / street / family / friends & do it as a joint effort!

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24 Oct 22

Pathfinder Newsletter Oct. 2022

Please click the link below to view our latest Pathfinder Newsletter. Pathfinder Newsletter Oct 2022

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24 Oct 22

Christmas Cards

The ‘Original Charity Christmas Card Shop’ has now opened and we have 4 card designs on sale. It is hosted by St Peter Mancroft church Norwich, 10.45am – 3pm Monday – Saturday until the 17th December. Here are our 4 designs. There are a lot of charities represented (see the shop website: https://oncccs.org.uk/links.html).

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11 Oct 22

35th Norwich Cubs Visit

Last week, we had the 35th Norwich Cubs in the warehouse with the support of 3 stalwart volunteers who are now dab hands at having groups in the warehouse. We had a couple of very late special dietary requests needed for Friday, so one volunteer and a couple of selected ‘sensible and helpful’ children spent […]

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4 Oct 22

September Open Day 2022

We’ve had a busy September with lots of opportunities to talk about our work with different people within the community which we enjoy (and hope they do too!). On Saturday 3rd September we held an open morning at our warehouse, to which we invited local councillors, MPs, donors, referral agencies and volunteers. It was a […]

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29 Jul 22

Norwich Foodbank gives energy for a cup of tea.

In response to soaring energy prices, Norwich Foodbank is supporting people through one-off payments towards gas and electricity. Hannah Worsley, project manager of Norwich Foodbank, said: “One lady told me that even if we paid £10 for her metre the family would still be in debt on electricity. Even with the top-up she was still not going […]

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29 Jul 22

Norwich foodbank honoured for pandemic role

Norwich foodbank has been presented with a commemorative blue plaque on behalf of Lady Dannatt, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, to recognise its vital work during the Covid pandemic. On March 23, Rev Matthew Hutton, a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk, presented Norwich foodbank with the commemorative blue plaque.  It is an initiative of Lady Dannatt, who […]

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21 Dec 17

Food banks in 2017: Change is Possible

Read the new report Emergency Use Only II  Three years ago, CPAG and the Trussell Trust were among the organisations who published Emergency Use Only, one of the first pieces of research to shed light on the drivers of the enormous increases in food bank use that we have seen this decade. We found that the […]

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15 Jun 17

UK foodbank use continues to rise

UK foodbank use continues to rise as new report highlights growing impact of Universal Credit rollout on foodbanks. Over 1,182,000 three day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis in past year – 436,000 to children New report on Universal Credit reveals adverse side effects on people claiming and foodbanks providing help The Trussell […]

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1 Dec 16

Almost half of people referred to foodbanks at risk of going cold as well as hungry this winter

New data from charity’s Fuel Bank scheme suggests families on pre-payment meters face cold and hunger this winter Foodbanks face busiest winter as new data suggests half of all people needing support from foodbanks are on pre-pay meters Schemes like Fuel Banks getting immediate help to people in crisis However, survey of 410+ foodbanks suggests […]

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