News
19 Apr 22
Trussell Trust and Deliveroo partner for donations
The popular food delivery app, Deliveroo, is partnering with the Trussell Trust to support individuals in crisis across the UK. It has been revealed that Deliveroo is including an extra option when checking out on the app, allowing its customers to add a round up donation for the Trussell Trust’s food banks. Deliveroo employees will […]
12 Apr 22
What a ride: Egg-cellent Easter Collection for the food bank
The streets of Shafton were filled with roaring engines on Saturday, with bikers across the country joining an amazing Easter Egg Drop for our food bank. Over 800 Easter eggs, 18 chocolate bunnies and 10 bars of chocolate were collected and brought to our food bank manager, Suzanne, as well almost £200 in monetary […]
23 Mar 22
Reds Against Hunger Returns
We are partnering once again with Barnsley FC and Reds in the Community for a fantastic food collection this April. Reds Against Hunger is a wonderful initiative, with fans encouraged to bring donations to the Barnsley home game against Reading on Saturday 2nd April. With rising bill costs, universal credit changes and more individuals […]
22 Feb 22
Our Wish List: How to donate via Amazon
There are many ways to donate to Barnsley Foodbank Partnership, but did you know that you could donate via Amazon? Our Amazon Wish List is updated weekly with our most needed items at that time. This could be items that we are running low on, or even items that we have completely run out […]
16 Feb 22
Fun Facts Campaign For The Half Term
This February half term, Barnsley Foodbank Partnership are introducing a brand new campaign! February Food Facts looks at a different food parcel item each day, showing off a list of facts about the item alongside it. We hope you take away the facts and share them with family and friends! We have a […]
9 Feb 22
How to donate this Easter
Easter is fast approaching and we’ve already started getting chocolate egg donations. It really is just a hop away! If you’d like to donate to us this Easter, here’s a selection of ways that you can get involved. Food Donations Warehouse- Our warehouse is open Monday to Friday, 9am-3:30pm for donation drop offs. You can […]
22 Dec 21
Christmas Reminders
We can’t believe we are already at the end of the year. Here’s a reminder of things you need to know as we approach 2022! Any donations must be with us by 3:30pm on 23rd December. We will then continue accepting donations again from Tuesday 4th January. Our office opening times are: Christmas Eve […]
6 Dec 21
A fantastically festive Tesco Collection
Barnsley Foodbank Partnership got into the festive season last month when the Tesco Christmas Collection took place. We had volunteers representing the food bank across Tesco Hoyland, Tesco Stairfoot and Tesco Penistone, with the Community Champions bringing their festive spirit along too. We were so overwhelmed by the kindness of the customers, with trolley […]
23 Nov 21
Christmas Information 2021
We are already planning ahead as we get towards the end of the year. Here’s some key points to be aware of over the festive period at our food bank. Office Opening Times Thursday 23rd December: 9am-4pm Friday 24th December: 9am-1pm Monday 27th December: CLOSED Tuesday 28th December: CLOSED Wednesday 29th December: CLOSED […]
1 Nov 21
Advent-turous Christmas campaign for food bank
We can’t believe it’s already November! As we begin the countdown to the festive season, we have lots of donation opportunities coming up at Barnsley Foodbank Partnership. First of all, the Tesco collection returns on the 18th-20th November in Tesco Stairfoot, Hoyland and Penistone. There are still volunteering opportunities for this too, just email […]