If you're giving up something for Lent, take your giving to another level and support people in crisis by getting involved in our Adlent Calendar Challenge this year.

With the amazing help of Pootitinyerbag community group, The Duke of Richmond and The Prince Arthur, Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free school lunches from 3 of our distribution centres.

The Northwick Trust, set up to help charities working to relieve suffering and hardship or focusing on protecting the natural environment, has just given us a £4,000 donation.

Michele and Andrew kindly donated these lovely handmade and eco-friendly face coverings to Hackney Foodbank.

Yvonne Booth, a member of staff at John Laing Charitable Trust has reached 15 years of service with the company and in recognition of this, has nominated Hackney Foodbank to receive a donation on her behalf.

Moose Accounting are making regular donations to Hackney Foodbank over the next three or four months.

From all of us at Hackney Foodbank, thank you for your donation! This will go a very long way to helping us with achieving our goal of ensuring that no one needs to go hungry in our community.

On Tuesday 22 December we welcomed Bianca and Robin from Leica Camera Ltd. to Hackney Foodbank.

List of free food available during the Christmas closure and Hackney Foodbank closing times.

Christmas Shopping List donations will be included in food parcels issued by Hackney Foodbank.

Last week a whopping 5,347.45 kg of food donations were collected for Trick or Eat across Hackney, which makes it the second biggest donation we have received this year!

The Trussell Trust has launched a hunger-free future campaign. This campaign's aim is to build a movement of people to work together and achieve the ultimate goal of a future where people have enough money to buy essentials.

Here is a list of free school meals in Hackney during the October half term.

Support people in crisis in the run-up to Christmas by running your own Reverse Advent Calendar. Feel free to add some lovely Christmassy items too!

The Trick or Eat donation collection is returning for its second year this Halloween to collect vital supplies for Hackney Foodbank. We are grateful to the local discount card company The Local Buyers Club, who run this event.

The 2019 Annual Report for Hackney Foodbank can now be viewed and downloaded.

We've listed other places where you can get help whilst lockdown continues. The list will be updated when we receive new information.

If you can’t afford food, you can call 0808 2082138 (freephone) for free to speak to a trained and independent Citizens Advice agent.

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 an "at-the-door" service.

The 2018 Annual Report for Hackney Foodbank can now be viewed and downloaded.