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1 Oct 24

Shopping List, October 2024

If you are doing the big shop in Tesco Extra Massereene this month, we could be doing with: Long Life Milk Tinned Fruit Tinned Veg Tinned Beans/Spaghetti Toiletries Thank you. Ending hunger together

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18 Sep 24

Excess Baggage?

If you are suffering from excess baggage, Antrim Foodbank can help you with that! We need bags.  Decent, solid carrier bags.  Bags for Life.  That kind of thing. Donations of carrier bags can be made at our usual collection points. Thank you! Together, we can help build a #HungerFreeFuture.

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25 Jul 24

Prepacked donations at Tesco

This summer, Tesco are running a pre-packed donation bags initiative. Add a pre-packed bag to your basket and leave it at our collection point after checkout.  Each bag will have up to 4 items and cost less than £5. Your pre-packed bag will contain a selection of the items you will usually see on our Shopping […]

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22 May 24

2,817 children relying on Antrim Foodbank

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New figures released today by Antrim Foodbank have revealed that 5,967 emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship across Antrim in the last year – with 2,817 of these going to children. Antrim Foodbank has seen an 8% increase in the number of emergency food parcels distributed compared […]

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27 Mar 24

Easter Hours

Thank you for your support throughout Lent! Over Easter Week, we’re closed on Easter Monday (1st April), Wednesday (3rd) and Friday (5th April). We’re open as usual on Tuesday (2nd) and Thursday (4th). If you need our help, the most important step is to get your Foodbank Voucher from one of our local referral partners. […]

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21 Mar 24

Love Your Food Show 2024

We are delighted that Trussell Trust is the charity partner for Love Your Food Show 2024. Thank you for your interest in supporting our food bank, which works with people experiencing financial hardship in Antrim. Since April 2023, we’ve given out 5,467 food parcels to people in our community, and the need is increasing. Would you […]

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20 Mar 24

AdLent 2024 – Week Six

AT ANTRIM FOODBANK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY Lent is a time for reflection. At Antrim Foodbank, we have developed our AdLent Calendar to help you reflect on what you can do to help us build a #HungerFreeFuture. Each week, we’ll suggest items you […]

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12 Mar 24

AdLent 2024 – Week Five

AT ANTRIM FOODBANK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY Lent is a time for reflection. At Antrim Foodbank, we have developed our AdLent Calendar to help you reflect on what you can do to help us build a #HungerFreeFuture. Each week, we’ll suggest items you […]

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6 Mar 24

AdLent 2024 – Week Four

AT ANTRIM FOODBANK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. Lent is a time for reflection. At Antrim Foodbank, we have developed our AdLent Calendar to help you reflect on what you can do to help us build a #HungerFreeFuture. Each week, we’ll suggest items you […]

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28 Feb 24

AdLent 2024 – Week Three

AT ANTRIM FOODBANK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. Lent is a time for reflection. At Antrim Foodbank, we have developed our AdLent Calendar to help you reflect on what you can do to help us build a #HungerFreeFuture. Each week, we’ll suggest items you […]

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