News
23 Sep 20
Annual Report for Year Ending 2019
Annual Report 2019 The 2019 Annual Report for Hackney Foodbank can now be viewed at the above link.
15 May 20
Sources of help during lockdown
We’ve made a list of other places that you can get help whilst lockdown continues. The list will be updated when we recieve new information and can be found here: ADDITIONAL HELP DURING LOCKDOWN
28 Apr 20
NEW Citizens Advice freephone number 0808 2082138
If you can’t afford food, you can call 0808 2082138 (freephone) for free to speak to a trained and independent Citizens Advice agent. The freephone helpline is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm. You’ll be able to talk to an agent confidentially about your circumstances and if needed they’ll issue you with a food […]
19 Mar 20
Changes to service due to Covid-19
Hackney Foodbank is open. We are still supporting people with emergency food at Hackney Foodbank and will do for as long as is possible. Service will continue at our established centres for the time being. However, in light of the coronavirus, and to minimise risk, both to our volunteers and to clients, we have temporarily changed to […]
9 Mar 20
Hackney Foodbank 2018 Annual Report
HFB 2018 Annual Report_compressed The 2018 Annual Report for Hackney Foodbank can now be viewed at the above link.
20 Dec 19
Places to get free food over Christmas
Tuesday 24th Dec – Friday 3rd January (inclusive) there are no foodbank centres open. Found out about other places to get free food during this time: https://hackney.foodbank.org.uk/local-places-to-get-a-free-meal/
17 Dec 19
Food donations to send us? Please hold on to them until the New Year!
Due to the incredible response to our appeal for food donations, we now face the unprecedented task of having insufficient storage to hold it all! We are truly overwhelmed by your generosity. To help us address this challenge, if you have made a food collection but have not yet delivered it to us, please hold on to […]
17 Dec 19
Foodbank Closure Times over the Christmas Holidays
Centre Closure over Christmas/New Year The last foodbank centre for 2019 will be Monday 23rd December at St John’s Hoxton. The first foodbank centre for 2020 will be Saturday 4th January at Florence Bennett Centre Hoxton. The Hackney foodbank office will be closed from 12 noon Tuesday 24th December until 10.00am Thursday 2nd January 2020. Our warmest wishes to […]
5 Dec 19
Nearby road closure Monday 16th December
Advance warning – Cherbury St closure – Monday 16th December Our deadline for pre-Christmas food donations to our Hoxton warehouse is Monday 16th December between 0900 – 1430. Unfortunately the council is closing our road, Cherbury St, on that day. This will mean you will not be able to access our warehouse from New North […]
5 Nov 19
It’s reverse advent calendar time!
We are running a Reverse Advent Calendar this year. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR: Reverse Advent Calendar 2019 Each day in the run-up to Christmas, you simply put one item of food into a box. The food items that you donate will be used to help individuals and families who are really struggling over the […]