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18 Oct 24

Preparing for Christmas 2024 with Reverse Advent

Now Harvest is almost under our belt, we are truly thankful for the generous donations collected by Schools, Churches, Community Groups and business’ to support our community this winter. So far we have recorded 5 tonnes of stock donated across 60 groups. Well DONE all involved.  Our target to match last year was 7 tonnes.  […]

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12 Sep 24

HARVEST 2024

Harvest time is here again. It marks the start of our busy period which sets us up for the long winter ahead. This year we are reaching out to the community to ask for your support.  Be it a collection drive in your Church, school, workplace or family or individual.  We have lots of resource […]

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3 Jun 24

Lend a hand 2024 – Salisbury Guildhall Square Saturday 8th June 10 – 3pm

After the success of the Big Help out as part of the 2023 Coronation Celebrations, the “Lend a Hand” theme this year asks us not to be afraid of the word ‘volunteer’ and to remember that just one small act of kindness can make a huge difference. So, if you are in town do your […]

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16 May 24

Salisbury Foodbank usage 2023/24

volunteers preparing emergency food parcel

8,086 emergency food parcels provided to people by Salisbury Foodbank in the last 12 months, as people struggle to get by on low income.   ‘Increase in the number of households with children, specifically 12-16 years increased by 27%’ ‘Increase in the number of pensioners by 10% compared to 2022/23’ New annual figures from the […]

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2 Apr 24

Website email enquiry error – apology

It has recently been discovered that we have not been receiving emails via our website “Contact us” page,  “Email us” We are not sure how long this has been going on for.  Our sincere apologies to anyone who has been waiting to hear back from us and felt like they may have been ignored. The […]

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11 Jan 24

The legendary International Pancake Race 2024!

    DATE: Shrove Tuesday 13th Feb ’24 TIME: 10:45 for 11:00 First Race LOCATION: Salisbury High Street ( Outside Waterstones ) FOOTWEAR: Running shoes, Fancy Dress optional. FREE ENTRY : Pancake Race Entry Form 24 MEMORIES: To last a lifetime.   You could be the NEXT winner of the golden frying pan.  You need […]

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19 Dec 23

FOODBANK OPENING TIMES OVER FESTIVE SEASON 2023

Our foodbank staff and volunteers have worked exceptionally hard throughout 2023 and more so in the run upto Christmas. We have worked with multiple agencies to ensure the most vulnerable people in our community are supported over our Christmas closures.   Supporting over 1100 people with our Christmas hampers project, which will mostly be delivered by […]

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19 Oct 23

2023 Reverse Advent & Christmas Appeal

I couldn’t go away before issuing reverse Advent! Remember the main thing about advent is we get it BEFORE Advent –At the very latest by December 4th.  so we can get it to the people who need it most, by Christmas! There will be many more Christmas resource on the way… but to kick start […]

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19 Oct 23

2023 Harvest Update

Hello all, Thank you very much for your support during harvest. So far to date we have collected over 6 tonnes of food – with more still to come.  This will see us into the early winter months when demand starts to climb. As I wind down for the half term break after a very […]

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15 Sep 23

2023 HARVEST APPEAL

It’s harvest season. Myself, volunteers and colleagues are out in the community this month.  Talking in schools, Churches and community groups about the importance of giving; Sharing, Caring and making sure people less fortunate than ourselves are provided for.   Often the foodbank is praised for its great work in the community, I have been thanked […]

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