News & Blogs

15 Feb 21

Amazing support from Tesco community team

Tesco have been great sports supporting foodbank over the years. Building community relationships is key to our cause, we are very lucky to have this great team on our doorstep. Tesco Extra – Community Champion Gilbert had an idea, that was to create a fundraiser for Salisbury foodbank by re-purposing their Bags of help unit. […]

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25 Jan 21

Our warehouse is almost full, thank you!

Due to the exceptional generosity of our donors and supporters in the past 6-8 months our warehouse is almost full. Right now we would like to encourage everyone who is thinking about buying food for us to use the ‘donate’ button instead, in the top right hand corner of our website. The pounds you would […]

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22 Dec 20

Welcome to this the first blog from the newly independent Salisbury Foodbank! Every year at this time we read “A Christmas Carol”. Close to the beginning two “gentlemen of goodwill” visit Scrooge asking for help to feed the poor. Scrooge sends them packing “it’s not my business. It’s enough for a man to understand his […]

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21 Dec 20

High Volume of Phone calls

Due to an exceptional number of calls today we are struggling to answer them all and aware our voicemail system if FULL. If your call is regarding donations. Our warehouse @ Unit 6b Ashfield Trading Estate, SP2 7HL.  is open is Open 10 – 4 Until Wednesday for Donations: For people wishing to Collect Emergency […]

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14 Dec 20

Christmas Opening Times for Food Parcel Collections

Please see attached details of when and where you can access support form Salisbury Foodbank over the Christmas period, restrictions will be made on home deliveries.   We are aware several of our foodbank referral agencies will be closed over the festive period and we encourage anyone who feels that may need our service to approach […]

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1 Dec 20

When a community comes together – Great things happen

Monday Morning Surprise from Winterslow Churches together & Community   It was a cold foggy morning when the doorbell rang at Unit 6b.  We rarely know who awaits the other side.   Our wonderful visitors proclaimed. “We have a our reverse advent for you” Not in our wildest dreams did we expect this grand community offering.  […]

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23 Nov 20

Tesco Store Collection 2020 #EveryCanHelps

This year it was Touch and Go if we would be able to hold a collection at all.  With current restrictions in place we were advised this could not be manned by our volunteers, No handing out of shopping lists, or giving stickers to thank you and no tomfoolerly with photo booth frame! The staff […]

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20 Nov 20

Design a Christmas card for Salisbury Foodbank.

I need your help and quick! Get the felt tip pens ready, Sharpen the pencils and ask all the children you know to design a Christmas themed card for Salisbury Foodbank. We would love it to be festive and colourful.  It could include reference to food, sharing, community, caring, hope & happiness.  Something to make […]

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11 Nov 20

Reverse Advent Calendar

Reverse Advent Calendar 2020 (1) Set aside each item every day. (Note, that you can start whenever you want.) Collect the monetary donation separately. At the end of the calendar you can drop off the donations in our warehouse any weekday between 10-4pm. (Unit6b, Ashfield Trading Estate, SP2 7HL). The deadline is the 10th December, […]

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2 Nov 20

Historic day for Salisbury Foodbank

  On November 1st Salisbury Food Bank  became an independent charity. This brings it in line with all the other 400+ Trussell Trust Food Banks throughout the UK. This means that we now have a specially appointed board of trustees, drawn from the Salisbury area, who bring to the foodbank their own knowledge, specialist expertise […]

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