News
11 Jul 22
Meet volunteer, Anne
“I love it, having the privilege of talking to people, and having people talk to me about themselves and their lives, it’s just wonderful. I’ve experienced through people the fragility of our so called civilisation. We do have a welfare system, but it is set up in such a way as to be very difficult […]
11 Jul 22
Meet volunteer, Nick
Nick has been volunteering with us for about 9 years. He’s almost part of the furniture! Nick says, “We are in a very different place now to where we were 9 years ago. And the reason we’ve got foodbanks is to help people who’ve had an unfortunate turn of events in their life, and that’s […]
11 Jul 22
Meet volunteer, Christine
Meet Christine, one of our longest standing volunteers 🙋♀️ Christine says, “I come here because I’ve got a passion for people. I hate the thought of people being hungry. We all wish that the foodbank wasn’t here, but because it’s here we love coming, meeting people and helping them to move on and get what […]
11 May 22
Deliveries, 2022 style!
Foodbank delivery, 2022 style. 40 foot lorry packed full of 22 tonnes of food. Now being sorted by our brilliant team of volunteers, ready to be distributed across our city-wide foodbank network by our supporters Bramwell Relocation who kindly loan their delivery vans for free. To everyone who makes this possible, week in, week out; […]
4 May 22
Referrals hit 50,000+
Sheffield S6 Foodbank supported over 50,000 people with emergency food parcels between April 2021-March 2022 Sheffield S6 Foodbank, which runs 11 foodbank sites across Sheffield, has revealed its referral figures for the past year. Between April 2021 and March 2022 the foodbank supported over 50,000 people for the first time in its history, 50,828 to be […]
4 May 22
SWFC and their fans supporting the whole city 🦉
Huge thanks to everyone at Sheffield Wednesday for organising a donation drive and bucket collection for us at the Owls’ final home game of the 21-22 season. Read about their support here: https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2022/april/s6-foodbank-at-hillsborough-on-saturday/ The Sheffield Wednesday Armed Forces Supporters Club volunteered on site for the collection, and also raffled off a signed home shirt to […]
21 Apr 22
Another partner comes onboard 🚅
Big thanks to Shan, Charlotte, and the whole team at @VolkerRailUK & @StoryContractng for kicking off their support for us over 2022. The team will be collecting donations, fundraising, and #volunteering with us. Great to have you onboard!
1 Apr 22
Why I volunteer – Greg’s story
S6 Foodbank volunteer, Greg Stiles “I initially volunteered with the S6 Foodbank because I felt that whilst I was part of the local community I simply wasn’t giving enough back to the local area. The phoneline work that I do, talking to clients about their needs, issuing food vouchers, and generally just having a nice […]
29 Mar 22
New partner announcement: Blenheim Park Estates
Blenheim Park Estates and Blenheim Park Developments Partners With Sheffield S6 Foodbank To Ensure Nobody Goes Without – March 2022 Blenheim Park Estates, the bespoke estate agents who specialise in selling beautiful properties across Sheffield, Derbyshire, and beyond, and their luxury construction business Blenheim Park Developments have partnered with Sheffield S6 Foodbank to help ensure that […]
29 Mar 22
Nobody Goes Without
Last year’s #ForAllSheffield campaign was a huge success, raising over £200k to support people in need across Sheffield. For April ’22 to March ’23, our new campaign will be: #NobodyGoesWithout Food poverty is a city-wide problem and needs a city-wide response where we can all play a part to help ensure that everyone in this […]