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#FoodbankFriday

Shopping List

Are you doing the big shop this #FoodbankFriday? We urgently need: UHT Milk (2 litres) Rice Pudding / Custard Fruit Juice Tinned Fruit Tinned Vegetables We could also be doing with: Tinned Tomatoes Jams and Spreads Tinned Meat / Spam Baked Beans Rice You can Donate Online too. Thank you for your continued support! Together we can help build […]

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Shopping List, February 2022

Shopping List

If you are doing the big shop this #FoodbankFriday, please check out our current needs at Donate food | Antrim Foodbank and by downloading the BankTheFood App. Right now, we urgently need: UHT Milk  (2 litres) Rice Pudding / Custard Fruit juice  (1 litre) Tinned Vegetables Tinned Fruit We could also be doing with: Tinned Tomatoes Jams […]

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Spar Greystone

Spar Greystone

A big thank you this #FoodbankFriday to our friends at Spar Greystone who have kindly agreed to host a collection point for Antrim Foodbank in their store.  If you are shopping in Spar Greystone this week, we urgently need: UHT Milk (2 litres) Rice Pudding Custard We could also be doing with: Fruit Juice Jams and […]

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Shopping List, January 2022

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) Rice Pudding Custard We could also be doing with: Fruit Juice Jams and Spreads Donations can be left at our Food Collection […]

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Festive Food Drive – Week 4

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. From […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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