Campaign | Antrim Foodbank

30 Nov 23

Support your community this winter

As food banks brace themselves for their toughest winter yet, with over a million emergency food parcels expected to be distributed between December and February, Antrim Foodbank is urging shoppers to donate to this year’s Tesco Winter Food Collection. From Thursday 30 November to Saturday 2 December, customers at Tesco Extra Massereene will be encouraged […]

27 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week Four

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 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 week’s items for the Festive […]

20 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week Three

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 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 week’s items for the Festive […]

13 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week Two

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 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 week’s items for the Festive […]

6 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week One

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 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 week’s […]

18 Oct 23

We are bracing for our worst winter yet

Antrim Foodbank is facing unprecedented pressure this winter, as the number of people needing to access food banks is expected to surge this winter. Across the UK, food banks are expecting to provide more than one million emergency food parcels between December 2023 and February 2024 – the most parcels ever provided across this period. […]

28 Jun 23

Hunger in Northern Ireland

Forward by Emma Revie More and more people in our society are being left with no option but to turn to a food bank to feed themselves or their family. But as our most in-depth study on hunger to date shows, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Food bank managers and volunteers have […]

30 Nov 22

Tesco Winter Food Collection

With need for food banks soaring as people struggle to cope with the rising cost of living, Antrim Foodbank – part of the Trussell Trust network of food banks – is urging shoppers to donate to this year’s Tesco Winter Food Collection. From Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 December, customers at Tesco Extra Massereene will […]

24 Jun 22

Antrim Foodbank urges community to donate to summer food collection in Tesco

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, Antrim Foodbank – part of the Trussell Trust network of food banks – is calling on shoppers to donate food and other essentials to this year’s Tesco Summer Food Collection. From Thursday 30 June to Saturday 2 July, customers at Tesco Extra Massereene will be encouraged to pick […]

5 May 22

Stop Food Waste to help Antrim Foodbank

A staggering 9.52 million tonnes of food is wasted every year in the UK, meanwhile, more than 3.5 million people are seeking support from food banks. To mark Stop Food Waste Day on 27th April 2022, national charity BanktheFood has launched #WasteNot, a campaign asking shoppers to reduce food waste by swapping an item from […]

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