News

7 Dec 22

150th Sheffield Scout Group Beavers

Always brilliant to have the hard-working and generous Beavers from 150th Sheffield Scout Group with us! Don’t be deceived by their size; these little superstars got our warehouse sorted in no time We’ve heard from the big man in red that they’re all definitely on the nice list this year

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24 Nov 22

Lodge Moor Guides 🎄

One of the highlights of Christmas for us at S6 Foodbank is seeing the generosity that others in the community show our guests, who they are likely never to meet. The Lodge Moor Guides put together wonderful pamper hampers for our guests every year, and this year is no exception 🤩 With the cost of […]

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24 Nov 22

Christmas book gifting 📚

This Christmas, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield and Sheffield Libraries invite you to share the joy of reading with children from families that are struggling financially across the city. Purchase a book from these pages by 12 December and it will be passed to families in crisis that have been referred to foodbanks in Sheffield.  […]

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10 Nov 22

Our mid year figures are in

 28,258 food bank parcels provided to people in crisis in Sheffield during the last six months New figures, released today by Sheffield S6 Foodbank, have revealed that 28,258 emergency food parcels were provided to people across Sheffield in the last six months – with 10,333 of these going to children. Between April and September 2022 Sheffield […]

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5 Sep 22

New partner: City Taxis/City Grab 🚕 🍜

Team City Grab Help Out at S6 Foodbank To raise awareness for ‘National Foodbank Day’, last week local food delivery platform City Grab, spent the morning volunteering with us at S6 Foodbank. Sacha Skinner, Marketing Manager at City Taxis and City Grab, said: “It was extremely humbling visiting S6 Foodbank and not at all as […]

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12 Jul 22

Thanks to Malin Bridge Primary!

Huge thanks to the wonderful School Council from Malin Bridge Primary School for organising a bake-sale fundraiser to support us! Our manager, Chris, went to meet the children earlier this year, to talk about the work we do in their community. The children wanted to do something positive (and delicious) to help, and were ably […]

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11 Jul 22

Meet volunteer, Joseph

Joseph says, “I’ve been volunteering for about 9 months, it’s just I wanted to do something that helps people and you can really see how you’re helping people here which makes me feel good, and it needs doing!” Whatever your motivation, if you’re looking to support a Sheffield charity, we’d be glad of any help […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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