News | Kinson & West Howe Foodbank

18 Dec 24

Revised operating location

Please note that due to renovation work our foodbank will currently be operating as follows:- RECEPTION – reception will be held in the church. FOOD PICK-UP – food will be available for collection from inside the church centre front entrance. Please note that the car park will still be available for parking.

26 Jan 24

Amazon visit Kinson & West Howe foodbank

We were recently visited by a great group of lads from Amazon DBH3 Poole. They donated over 200kg of stock. This was very needed today after a very busy Friday shift serving 31 house holds! Thank you team Amazon!

3 Jan 24

Operations during 2023

A Happy New Year to all our clients and donors. As you can imagine 2023 was our busiest ever. Last year we distributed food parcels that helped a total of 3649 adults and 1985 children. This is a 30% increase over 2022. During December alone we gave out 270 food parcels. So, if you’re fortunate […]

10 Nov 23

Harvest Festival

Once again Kinson and West Howe Foodbank was fortunate enough to receive Harvest Festival donations from many of our local schools and churches. This year we received a total of 670 kg from schools and 545 kg from churches. We are currently distributing approximately 900 kg of supplies every week. Fortunately we continue to be […]

31 Dec 22

OUR MOST CHALLENGING YEAR EVER

Kinson and West Howe Foodbank experienced our most challenging year ever during 2022. During the year we distributed 1664 emergency food parcels. This represents an increase of a third compared to 2021. The increased price of food, gas and electricity have all contributed to local families suffering hardship. If you donated something to us during […]

5 Oct 22

Gary Beale memorial golf match.

Kinson & West Howe Foodbank recently received a generous donation of £400 which was raised by Ferndown Forest Golf Club during their Gary Beale Memorial Day golf match. This is a useful boost to our general fund as cash donations allow us to purchase the products that are not so frequently donated. This frequently includes […]

31 Aug 22

Visit by children from St.Mark’s church

Recently a group of children from St.Mark’s church at Talbot Village visited the foodbank. They were studying the story of the Good Samaritan as part of their holiday club. During their visit they listened to a short talk about our work and asked lots of interesting questions. They also saw what we give out in […]

3 May 22

SCOUT VOLUNTEER

We were recently joined by a young scout who had to volunteer at a charity for a day to obtain her Scout Gold Badge. Hannah spent the day with us collecting food donations from supermarkets, sorting it at the foodbank, listening to clients as they arrived and finally packing food parcels.

15 Sep 21

VOLUNTEER NEWS

This month we said farewell to one of younger volunteers who is sadly leaving us to start his university degree. Nathan started volunteering as part of his Duke of Edinburgh award where he had to do some form of voluntary work for 12 months. Well, he enjoyed the foodbank work so much he stayed for […]

21 Jul 21

Tesco Summer collection

During mid-July Kinson and West Howe Foodbank held their summer collection in conjunction with Tesco Kinson. Once again Tesco generously allowed us to use their foyer to both greet customers on entry and accept their products on exit. Our collection this time was a little different from usual as we were not able to hand […]

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