BY pARTNERING wITH HACKNEY FOODBANK YOUR COMPANY CAN MAKE a TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE , SUPPORTING A CHARITY THAT NOT ONLY ALLEVIATES HUNGER BUT aCTIVELY ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF FOOD INSECURITY.
EVENTS, VOLUNTEERING AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
If you’re looking for an opportunity for team-building, while supporting a charity addressing food poverty, you’ve come to the right place!
Demonstrating your values in such a tangible way shows your staff, customers and partners that your commitment is genuine, and inspires trust and engagement. Boosting employee engagement with challenges and volunteering is a great way to lift morale and increase staff retention. In choosing us for your corporate event, your company can be publicly recognised in our newsletter and via social media, which reach thousands of loyal followers.
In addition to our Supermarket Sweep and warehouse volunteering days (detailed below) we offer bespoke events (such has hamper packing for Christmas and Ramadan) and can come and present about our work. .
Demand for Hackney Foodbank increased by 30% (January 2024 - January 2025). We are currently providing emergency food for around 708 people per week.
In order to meet that rising demand, we ask for a donation from corporates volunteering with us. Your contribution will help ensure we have enough food for our visitors and will support our casework; helping visitors address the root causes of poverty.
Join us for the Supermarket Sweep Shopping Challenge. This activity is suitable for groups of (between eight and 70 people.
Businesses head to Hackney Foodbank’s Homerton warehouse for a talk about the need we’re seeing and the work we do. They’re given shopping trolleys, a list of our most-needed items and some challenges to complete on the way to the supermarket. There are points up for grabs (including being the team with the heaviest haul of shopping) and the winning team walks away with our fabulous shopping trolley trophy!
Will your team gain a coveted place on the Supermarket Sweep Leader-board?
Supermarket Sweep
Half Day Warehouse Volunteering
Head along to our Homerton Warehouse between 8.30am and 11.30am or 12pm and 3pm and help prepare emergency food parcels for our visitors.
Your tasks may include packing long-life food into crates, preparing bags of fresh fruit and vegetables or decanting sugar, washing powder, washing-up liquid and more.
This activity takes place Monday to Friday and is open to groups of up to five people at a time.
Full Day Warehouse Volunteering
Head along to our Homerton Warehouse between 8.30am and 3pm and help prepare emergency food parcels for our visitors.
Your tasks may include packing long-life food into crates, preparing bags of fresh fruit and vegetables or decanting sugar, washing powder, washing-up liquid and more.
This activity usually takes place on a Wednesday and is open to groups of up to 10 people.
“The Supermarket Sweep challenge was a rewarding experience for all our colleagues involved. The activity combined community volunteering, colleague collaboration, and friendly competition in a fun and engaging format. After the event, the energy levels and feedback from colleagues were overwhelmingly positive – with many asking when they could volunteer again!”
“Speaking on behalf of our TOMS team, we were so inspired by your team, the work they all do, and how amazingly organised the entire operation was. It truly was an honour to support the work even just for a day, and we’ll see if we can come back again soon to continue our support. ”
“Volunteering at Hackney Foodbank was a powerful reminder of the strength of community. The experience was both challenging and uplifting, as we worked together to support those in need. It was a day filled with compassion, teamwork, and the rewarding feeling of making a difference in people’s lives.”
“The supermarket sweep was so well organised, and it was a great way to spend time together as a team. Fully recommend as a great volunteering opportunity for teams of any size”
payroll giving
We’ve just launched a payroll giving scheme.
Funds raised will help provide emergency food parcels for people in crisis and enable work with food bank visitors to address the wider effects and causes of poverty.
It’s easy to set up and many employers offer match-funding.
Whether your a company looking to bring this into your workplace or a team member keen to sign up, we’d love to hear from you!
more CORPORATE opportunities
By joining Hackney Foodbank as a Corporate Partner, you will play an important role in achieving our vision of a hunger-free Hackney, where everyone can afford to eat.
As well as the volunteering opportunities listed above, corporates can support by becoming donation points, offering in-kind support, supporting our supermarket food drives or taking part in our Give in Lent or Reverse Advent Calendar or joining Trick or Eat.
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We will provide posters and an up-to-date list of our most needed items to support your collection. All you need to do is find the perfect spot to collect donations, encourage your team to contribute items from the list, and arrange to drop off your donations at our warehouse following the collection period. A really simple way to help us get food and household items to people who need them!
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We're a small team trying to make a big difference in our local area. We are constantly trying to develop our offer to provide the most effective support and services to people in Hackney who are facing food poverty. If you have specific skills that could help us to adapt and improve our operation (such as managing and analysing data, producing marketing materials – photos, videos, social media skills) and could commit to working alongside our team to help bring a project along and share your skills and knowledge along the way, we'd love to hear from you.
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We hold annual 3-day collection events twice a year to encourage shoppers at two Tescos in Hackney to donate our most needed items
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Run your own Reverse Advent Calendar in the lead up to Christmas by collecting our most needed items for Hackney Foodbank
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Trick or Eat collects donations for Hackney Foodbank during Halloween. Get involved to be a donation point!
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Take part in our Adlent Calendar challenge during Lent by collecting an item a day and donating them to Hackney Foodbank! For more info, click here.
get in touch
If you would like to pursue a partnership with Hackney Foodbank, or explore any of the opportunities listed above please contact Jenna our Head of Communications and Fundraising at jenna@hackneyfoodbank.org
corporate partners
By joining Hackney Foodbank as a Corporate Partner, you will play an important role in achieving our vision of a hunger-free Hackney, where everyone can afford to eat.
As a Partner, you will help people in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs who are in crisis or trapped in poverty. Your support will go towards providing food and household items which offer practical, immediate relief in moments of crisis, and connecting people with local organisations who can help them to address the root causes and wider effects of poverty in their lives through relevant signposting and support.
If you are interested in making a one-off donation only, please visit our Donate page.
Corporate Supporters
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financial support
Giving regularly via Direct Debit
Establishing a payroll or matched giving scheme
Donating a portion of sales for a specific product
Naming us ‘Charity of the Year’
Providing funding for a specific project or activity
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in-kind support
Offering your skills, advice or other pro-bono support
Connecting us with relevant contacts
Donating food/household items or hosting a donation collection point
Working with us to develop new activities where our interests align
Taking part in our Supermarket Sweep challenge!
your donations make a difference
If you are interested in making a one-off donation, please visit our Donate page.