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19 Nov 21

Festive Food Drive – Week 3

At Antrim Foodbank, we always need to plan ahead to ensure we can meet the needs of our community. Throughout November, we will be running a Festive Food (Bank) Drive. Each week, we’ll be asking you to consider donating specific items to help us put together hampers for people in crisis in Antrim this Christmas. This […]

12 Nov 21

Festive Food Drive – Week 2

At Antrim Foodbank, we always need to plan ahead to ensure we can meet the needs of our community. Last month, we helped feed 142 children in our Town. That is up 32% from the previous month. Throughout November, we will be running a Festive Food (Bank) Drive. Each week, we’ll be asking you to consider […]

5 Nov 21

Festive Food Drive – Week 1

At Antrim Foodbank, we always need to plan ahead to ensure we can meet the needs of our community. Throughout November, we will be running a Festive Food (Bank) Drive. Each week, we’ll be asking you to consider donating specific items to help us put together hampers for people in crisis in Antrim this Christmas. We’ll […]

22 Oct 21

Harvest Thanks

A big #FoodbankFriday thank you to all of the local Churches who donated their Harvest Festival collections to Antrim Foodbank – including one recent delivery which weighing it at 500kg! What does 500kg look like? It looks like over 1,000 meals for people in crisis in our Town! If you are doing the big shop […]

1 Oct 21

Spend Local. Support your local food bank!

As part of the NI Executive’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery programme, if you are resident in Northern Ireland and aged 18 or over, you are eligible to apply to receive a £100 Spend Local prepaid card to spend in local businesses across Northern Ireland. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA said: I would urge shoppers to use […]

17 Sep 21

Back to School

After some busy summer months, our Warehouse stock is severely depleted. With the kids back to school, we urgently need to restock to enable us to meet the ever-increasing demand in our Town and the anticipated surge come mid-term. If you are doing the big shop this #FoodbankFriday, please check out our current needs at […]

3 Sep 21

If you are doing the big shop this #FoodbankFriday, please check out our current needs at Donate food | Antrim Foodbank and download the BankTheFood App. Right now, we urgently need: UHT Milk (2 litres) Fruit Juice (1 litre) Tinned Soup Tinned Tomatoes Tinned Veg Rice Pasta Sauce Jams and Spreads Shampoo / Shower Gel Toothpaste Deodorant […]

13 Aug 21

Get the App!

Are you doing the big shop this #FoodbankFriday? You can now keep track of what we need whenever you are doing the big shop via the BanktheFood App on your smartphone: Download BanktheFood Once you have followed Antrim Foodbank, the app will send you a helpful ‘ping’ with a reminder of what we currently need […]

30 Jul 21

Thank you, Antrim!

You donated 500kg of food through the Summer Food Collection at Tesco Extra Massereene! From Thursday 15th July to Saturday 17th July, Tesco customers were asked to donate essential items as part of a drive to help support children and families throughout the summer holidays. You stepped up with donations that will provide 1,190 meals to […]

23 Jul 21

June Stats: +15%

Last month, Antrim Foodbank fed 302 people in our Town. That is an increase of 15% on May 2021. Like all food banks, we exist not to exist. Our goal is a #HungerFreeFuture where there is no need for food banks. Our latest stats show there is still work to be done and we are […]

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