About our foodbank

Cambridge City Foodbank has had a presence in Cambridge for over 10 years. Our foodbank was founded by local churches, and is part of the Trussell Trust’s network of foodbanks across the UK.

Our vision is a UK without the need for food banks. We meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community.

Our values shapes everything we do:

Compassion – We stand in solidarity with people in need and are motivated to work together to end poverty.

Dignity – We uphold the right of every person to be valued and respected for their own sake.

Justice – We are motivated by our desire for a more just society. It is not right that anyone should face poverty and hunger.

Community – We believe we have a responsibility to support one another in our community. To create change, we believe we must collaborate together for a fairer society.

Impact – We believe our work must be informed by evidence of what works and that we should use the resources we have been given wisely to create positive transformation.

To keep our operations running we rely on a 200-strong team of dedicated volunteers, some of whom have been with us from the very beginning. Today, our foodbank provides food parcels from eight centres in locations across Cambridge city and beyond, ensuring we can support those areas in the greatest need. We run two Fairbite Affordable Food Clubs to meet the growing need for long term support accessing affordable food. We also have three warehouses to store and organise our food donations and we work with around 100 partner agencies, enabling different avenues for referral and ways for people in need to receive foodbank vouchers.

 

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