News | Antrim Foodbank

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 […]

27 Sep 21

#KeepTheLifeline

1.2m people fear they will be forced to skip meals if UK government cuts Universal Credit payments this October Furthermore, 1.3m people fear being unable to heat their homes this winter if the cut goes ahead, according to new report by the Trussell Trust The Trussell Trust recently published a new survey that lays bare the devastating impacts of a £20 a week cut from Universal Credit payments due across the UK next month. This […]

24 Sep 21

Thanks NFU!

A big #FoodbankFriday thank you to our friends at NFU Mutual Crumlin with whose help we have been able to buy new A-board signs for our Warehouse and distribution centres at High Street, Parkhall and Muckamore. Antrim Foodbank Manager, Fionnuala O’Donnell, said: This month, we’ve had clients report that administrative delays with free school meals and uniform grants have added to their back-to-school burden. […]

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

Shopping List

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 […]

20 Aug 21

Stop the £20 cut to Universal Credit

From early October the UK government is planning to cut £20 a week from Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit payments. We need your help to build public pressure and ask the government to keep this crucial lifeline. If it is taken away, it will be a devastating blow for households who are already struggling to make ends meet, potentially pushing over a million people claiming Universal Credit through the doors of food banks from October. This […]

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 […]

6 Aug 21

#KeepTheLifeline

1 in 12 people has used a food bank in the past year, according to data recently published by the Food Standards Agency. That is 7% of us. People in the lowest income bracket are twice as likely to have received emergency food support. More than half of people on income support are food insecure; they […]

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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