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27 Sep 24

Blenheim Property video no 1 🎥

Our amazing corporate supporters, Blenheim Property, have put together a series of videos about our foodbank to help us raise awareness of our work. Here’s the first one: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAYKFryMikG/

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27 Aug 24

National Foodbank Day – Sept 6th

On Friday 6th September, it’s National Food Bank Day. This day will acknowledge food banks across the country who are working every day to provide support to individuals experiencing crisis. We’re encouraging everyone to get involved throughout the week, whether you want to create a fundraiser, hold a food drive or even volunteer with us! […]

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23 Aug 24

Chris talks energy prices 🎤

Did you catch our manager, Chris, on BBC Sheffield this morning, talking about the increased price cap for energy, and the likely impact on families across Sheffield? Listen back from 1hr 7mins into this clip: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jfdygx

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2 Aug 24

Thanks to OCPR and Cambridge Street Collective!

We’re so incredibly thankful for the support of the fab team at Cambridge Street Collective who are doing so much to support us Take a look at the highlights from OCPR – Digital Marketing Agency who took part in a corporate volunteering day to cook meals from scratch for us to distribute across our city-wide […]

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29 Jul 24

Our Summer clean up event! 🧼🧹🍴

Our big Spring-clean event was great fun, so we’re doing another one! 🧹🧼 Join us for a free community meal, then help us give our cafe and reception area a good refresh, before we head into our busiest time of year. Hope you can join us: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sheffields6foodbank/1334499  

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24 Jul 24

Thanks to these ballers 🏀🏀🏀

Huge thanks to the Sheffield Elite Basketball team for this whopping donation!   At the Sheffield College/Elite Alumni All-Star game recently, the teams nominated our foodbank to receive a percentage of ticket sales, which allowed them to buy 5️⃣ trolleys full of food to donate!   Thanks so much everyone 🏀🏀🏀

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24 May 24

Karen’s story

Thank you to our foodbank guest, Karen, for bravely sharing her story with Yorkshire Live to help raise awareness. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/…/i-embarrassed-tell-son… Sadly, Karen’s story is not unusual across our foodbank network, as increasing numbers of people find that their income no longer covers their bills and basic living expenses, and that debt repayments are crippling them. […]

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22 May 24

Almost 70,000 food parcels in one year!

Thanks to Sheffield Star for covering our annual figures: https://www.thestar.co.uk/community/almost-70000-food-parcels-provided-to-people-by-sheffield-s6-foodbank-in-the-last-12-months-4637357 You can read the article via the link above.

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17 May 24

Every statistic is a real person

Our foodbank manager, Chris Hardy, spoke with the Sheffield Star about our 2023-24 figures, and why the 26% increase in demand is only one aspect of the story. Behind every statistic is a family who are struggling, and we need to listen to their stories. Watch Chris’ interview: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8yjf0a And read the article, here: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffield-foodbanks-handing-out-more-parcels-than-rest-of-uk-4630054

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22 Apr 24

Thank you, Jessica Flinn Fine Jewellery!

Local people supporting local people has always been at the heart of everything we do at S6 Foodbank 🤝 We’re so happy to have the support of the lovely team from Jessica Flinn Fine Jewellery, who joined us for a volunteering session last week! Interested in volunteering with us this year? Send us a message […]

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