News
12 Sep 18
Harvest Festival 2018
Our Harvest Festival poster of items suggested as donations – we kindly ask due to storage limitations in our little warehouse that only these items be donated. Plus James our warehouse manager says we’re also short of Shower Gel! Tinned Fruit Tinned Ham Pasta Sauce Coffee – small jars Rice Pudding Jam Hot dogs Dried […]
11 Jul 18
Kids Summer bags 2
Dear ace donators and foodbank packers! Many thanks indeed to our volunteer packing team for all the hard work done at the Jubilee Centre in respect of the Summer bags scheme, done in record time: 85 double bags prepared Over 770 kilos – collected, sorted, prepared, packed & distributed 14 local schools involved We have […]
10 Jul 18
Thank you @candmclub !
A big thank you to the Caravan & Motor Home Club @candmclub for their donations towards our summer bags scheme! Tony Cox our manager is pictured with members of the team at the Caravan & Motor Home Club at their office in East Grinstead.
21 May 18
GDPR – Foodbank Privacy and Cookies Policy
At East Grinstead Foodbank we are committed to protecting your information. We have recently updated our Privacy and Cookies Policy to clarify how we protect your personal information in keeping with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our updated policy provides more details on: the information that we collect; how we use this […]
8 May 18
East Grinstead May Fair – Monday 7 May
Our thanks to Eileen Murphy Lyons for this great photo of part of the team of volunteers who manned the stand for the East Grinstead Foodbank throughout the day yesterday. Our ‘Guess – what’s – in – the- tin’ competition was won by Lucas Welton, 10 yrs. (we have permission from his mum to publish […]
30 Apr 18
The recent Trussel Trust Report…
The Trussell Trust (TT) figures – published last week – report an increase of 13% to 1.33 million in the number of emergency food parcels issued to clients across the 428 TT foodbanks. Not unexpectedly, low income, debt, benefit delays and benefit changes account for 79% of all referral reasons. People have asked asked about […]
22 Mar 18
A huge thank you – Easter Lunchbags appeal
Despite some very real fears that we would not have enough of the items we would need, you amazed us once again with your generosity and we made it! With our social media campaign helping to highlight our pleas for items, which magically arrived! Proof that social media can be a force for good! We certainly had enough […]
23 Feb 18
Easter Lunchbags Scheme Appeal
We have all heard in the news that children are going hungry in the school holidays and the use of Foodbanks is increasing. As this continues to be a worrying problem, we are again running our Lunchbags scheme in advance of the Easter holiday. EG foodbank Easter Lunchbags Appeal 2018 Lunchbags contain basics such as pasta & sauce, soup, […]
20 Feb 18
Effectiveness Statement 2017
Foodbanks are more often mentioned in the media these days, typically associated with comments about growth in usage. In areas as diverse as Wandsworth, Islington, Coventry and Newcastle, usage is growing and this effect can be seen, not just in large urban communities, but also in more rural districts such as ours. We support the […]