Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Foodbank’
Number of children using Hackney Foodbank doubles in two years – as charity urges government to act
Food bank’s CEO calls on Whitehall to ensure Universal Credit is keeping up with living costs
Read More‘Real lifeline’: Hackney Foodbank awarded £20k to help families during the summer holidays
The charity will use the National Lottery funding to provide supermarket vouchers
Read More‘They aren’t really surviving’: Hackney Foodbank warns of huge surge in pensioners asking for help
‘People who have worked hard for much of their lives are struggling,’ says one of the charity’s caseworkers
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For the new year, we could all take inspiration from the world’s only Victorian steam ship
Read More‘Sad sign’: Hackney Foodbank in urgent donations plea as demand soars by 70 per cent
The number of children and over-65s needing the charity’s help has jumped drastically in the last year
Read MoreThousands of Hackney parents ‘missing out’ on unclaimed food vouchers, warns charity boss
An estimated 55 per cent of eligible local families have not applied to the Healthy Start scheme
Read More‘Duty of care’: Hackney Foodbank urges community to help fund holiday lunches for children in poverty
‘Ten pounds can fund lunch for one child for a week,’ says CEO Pat Fitzsimons
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2023: Hackney Foodbank pays tribute to inspirational local women and calls on government to fix ‘unfair system’
Charity appeals for improved maternity pay, benefits, and childcare costs on day of recognition for women’s achievements
Read MoreHackney Foodbank boss asks coronation revellers to ‘bear a thought for the malnourished’ and help tackle holiday hunger
Pat Fitzsimons urges anyone organising or attending a coronation event on 6 May to fund meals for children during summer half-term
Read More‘I don’t remember it ever being this bad’: Volunteers at Hackney Foodbank dealing with constant stream of visitors as residents struggle with financial pressures
Six-person team were kept on their feet when the Citizen visited one of the charity’s distribution sessions
Read More‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand
The charity is expecting to spend £125k on food this year – a figure that has risen from just £2k in 2017
Read MoreLeader – Desperate measures
Help out Hackney Foodbank through our winter appeal
Read More‘Wages haven’t kept pace with living costs’: Hackney Foodbank launches Friday night centre to reach working people
‘When even working people can’t afford to heat their homes or buy food, you know the system is very broken,’ says Foodbank boss
Read More‘Amazing’: Halloween charity trail collects three tonnes of food for residents in need
Team behind the Trick or Eat scheme ‘very grateful’ to everyone who took part
Read MoreRare Hackney, Two More Years studio, exhibition review: ‘You won’t regret a visit’
Neil Martinson’s photographs of the borough, on display to raise money for the local food bank, show ‘a community on the move’
Read More‘Makes a big difference’: Organisers of Halloween food bank trail urge residents and businesses to sign up
Donate supplies while out and about in Hackney on 31 October as Trick or Eat returns for fourth year
Read MoreHackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths
Volunteers at the charity are ‘worried’, with food donations falling away despite demand doubling
Read More‘Money is tight’: Hackney Giving launches cost-of-living appeal to ensure ‘nobody is left behind’
The local charity hopes to give out £25k in grants to organisations helping residents through the crisis
Read MoreHomerton Hospital staff donate to Hackney Foodbank as a ‘thank you’ to the community for its support during the pandemic
Hospital workers ask for on-site donation points to be made permanent after collecting 55kg of food and essentials for those in need
Read MoreTrick or Eat scheme is back this Halloween to bolster dwindling supplies at Hackney Foodbank
Join in by hosting a collection box at your home or by following the trail and donating food in your neighbourhood
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