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Together we can help build #HungerFreeFuture
14 Sep 23
National Lottery players support Antrim Foodbank
Antrim Foodbank, a project of Oasis Antrim, is today celebrating after being awarded National Lottery funding to help support its work to build a hunger free future. The project, based at the Oasis Antrim Community Support Hub on High Street, Antrim, has been running since 2015 and is staffed by local volunteers who run five […]
23 Aug 23
Back to School?
From Monday 28th August – Friday 1st September 2023, our Opening Hours will be: Bank Holiday Monday: CLOSED Tuesday: 11am-1pm Wednesday: 11am-1pm Thursday: 10am-11am Friday: CLOSED If you need help, please speak with one of our Referral Partners. Normal service will be resumed from Monday 4th September 2023. Together, we can help build a #HungerFreeFuture
17 Aug 23
Thank you, Sarah!
Thank you, Sarah! Local woman, Sarah McKibbin, recently won a £100 SPAR voucher in store at SPAR Greystone which she kindly donated to Antrim Foodbank. Pictured with Sarah are Diane Camlin – SPAR Greystone – and Stephen Brown – Antrim Foodbank. Together, we can help build a #HungerFreeFuture
25 Jul 23
Reaping what we’ve sowed!
In the springtime, we were sowing the seeds with our Tesco Community Grant. This summer we are reaping the benefits! Claire de Silva, Tesco’s Head of Community, said: Tesco Community Grants help support local good causes like Antrim Foodbank and especially those projects supporting young people, those providing food, and local causes close to […]
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 […]
6 Jun 23
Volunteers’ Week at Antrim Castle
This Volunteers’ Week (1st – 7th June), our Project Manager, Fionnuala O’Donnell, led the celebration of the people who give up their time to help make Antrim Foodbank work: our volunteers! At a picnic in the blistering sunshine of Antrim Castle Gardens, Fionnuala said: Happy Volunteers Week! You are the driving force of Antrim Foodbank […]
25 May 23
Bank Holiday at Antrim Foodbank – Rathenraw
This Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May, our evening session at the Family Caring Centre, will be from 5pm – 6pm. At Antrim Foodbank, we are running sessions five days a week. Our Monday evening session is geared towards people who are working during the day. Let that sink in. There are people in our town […]
10 May 23
Sowing the seeds
Last autumn, we were awarded a Tesco Community Grant to help us grow our own fresh fruit and vegetables. Antrim Foodbank Project Manager, Fionnuala O’Donnell, said: For Antrim Foodbank, this will allow us to provide extra help to those attending the food bank and encourage families to eat more fruit and vegetables, impacting their overall health and […]
26 Apr 23
2,804 children relying on Antrim Foodbank
On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Antrim Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2022 and March 2023. The alarming new figures reveal that we have provided 6,004 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in Antrim Town over the […]
20 Apr 23
Shopping List, April 2023
If you are doing the big shop in Tesco Extra Massereene this week, we could always be doing with: Toiletries Tinned Veg Tinned Fruit Long Life Fruit Juice UHT Milk Thank you. Together, we can help build a #HungerFreeFuture