News | Woking Foodbank

24 Aug 23

We have our new van – thank you!

The Foodbank is now the proud owner of an 18-month-old Ford Transit Custom plug-in hybrid van. It’s in fantastic condition, with very low mileage and almost double the load capacity of our previous van, and will help us collect and deliver food around Woking for many years to come. THANK YOU so much to our […]

17 Jun 23

This week’s Foodbank update

Last updated: 23 June 2023 We have put together a brief overview of Foodbank activity in the past week. You can see the full document here. We hope to update this weekly going forward, so all our supporters can see how their donations are being used. Thank you especially to our wonderful volunteers, who gave […]

13 Jun 23

Evening Lighthouse session now permanent

We are delighted to confirm that the trial evening session at the Lighthouse has been a success. We are now making this session permanent (from 5.30 – 7.00pm every Thursday). The session is primarily intended to give more flexibility to those who work during the day, but anyone with a referral voucher is welcome to […]

11 Apr 23

Evening session at the Lighthouse

Following a successful six week trial, we have decided to continue with the Thursday evening sessions at the Lighthouse for a further eight weeks. These will begin on 20 April, and run every Thursday evening from 5.30-7.00pm until 8 June. There will be no evening session on Thursday 13 April.

15 Mar 23

Sheerwater centre has reopened

We are delighted to confirm that our Sheerwater centre (which has been shut for the last few weeks due to flooding) has now reopened.

2 Mar 23

Spring update from the Foodbank

Our Spring newsletter is now available! Please click here for an update on how many people we are currently supporting, some special activities over Christmas, a farewell to our wonderful warehouse manager (and a welcome to our new wonderful warehouse manager), our new trial evening session and more!

24 Feb 23

Evening session at the Lighthouse now available

The Foodbank is trialling an evening opening session at the Lighthouse for the collection of food parcels, starting on Thursday 2 March. The session will run from 17.30-19.30 each Thursday until 6 April. This session is primarily intended to support those who are working 9-5, but is open to anyone with a referral. If a […]

21 Feb 23

Sheerwater centre is temporarily closed

The Sheerwater centre location has been flooded and is unable to open tomorrow (22 February). We do not know how long it will need to remain closed – it could be a few weeks but we hope it will be less. Please keep an eye on the website and we will post an update as […]

13 Jan 23

Foodbank update – December

December has been a busy month for the Woking Foodbank! All-time records were set, both in terms of food donations and number of people referred to the foodbank for emergency supplies. We had 266 referrals to the foodbank during the month, and there is a concerning trend of more families coming to us for help […]

19 Dec 22

Warehouse opening times over the holiday

The warehouse will be open (for food donations only) as usual this week. Next week, it will be open on 28th and 29th December only. We will return to normal warehouse opening hours on the 4th January. Best wishes for a happy and peaceful holiday season!

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