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1 Dec 22
Cambridge City Foodbank receives record number of Christmas hamper donations
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the local Cambridge community, Cambridge City Foodbank has received a record number of registrations for its annual Christmas Winter Hamper appeal. Despite spiralling energy bills and rising food costs, members of the public and businesses across Cambridge have pledged to donate more than 750 hampers, smashing the […]
13 Oct 22
Cambridge City Foodbank is searching for a Warehouse Assistant
Are you looking to join a diverse and friendly team, all while supporting the local community? If you answered yes, Cambridge City Foodbank could be your next move. We’re looking to recruit a hard-working Warehouse Assistant to join our team. In this paid position, you’ll be supporting the Warehouse Manager in the operation of the […]
10 Oct 22
Cambridge City Foodbank welcomes new CEO
Cambridge City Foodbank is delighted to welcome Steve Clay as its new Chief Executive Officer and successor to Margaret Saner, who has served as volunteer CEO for two years. Steve, who is set to join Cambridge City Foodbank on 1st December 2022, is currently CEO of YMCA Black Country in the West Midlands and brings […]
16 Mar 22
Cambridge City Foodbank expands food poverty support with new Fairbite shop in East Chesterton
Cambridge City Foodbank has opened a second Fairbite shop, located in East Chesterton and run in partnership with the Hope Church. Since April 2020, Hope Church has been running a Community Food Hub, supported by Cambridge Sustainable Food and Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance, with 40-50 households regularly using the service. Moving on from the initial […]
20 Dec 21
Christmas Opening Hours
23rd December: Cambourne, 10:00 to 12:00 23rd December: Church of the Good Shepherd, Arbury, 11:00 to 13:00 23rd December: Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, 14:30 to 16:00 24th December: C3 Centre, Coldhams Lane, 10:30 to 14:00 24th December: St Paul’s Church, Hills Road, CLOSED 27th December: All Centres CLOSED 28th December: All Centres CLOSED 29th December: Northstowe, […]
1 Nov 21
Cambridge City Food Bank Christmas Hampers 2021 – now complete
NEWSFLASH – we have reached our goal of 500 hampers and are not accepting any more offers. Thanks for your interest – we will run again nest year. ————- Although Cambridge is considered a prosperous area, the reality is that there are many families who struggle financially and Christmas is a very difficult time. Saying […]
29 Oct 21
Red Hen Project online success
Hilary, one of Cambridge City Foodbank’s wonderful volunteers, has also been busy running an online cookery programme for families in need in Cambridge, with the Red Hen Project. Through the programme, each week, for six weeks, 10 families in North Cambridge receive a bag with all of the ingredients they need to cook one recipe. […]
29 Oct 21
Spotlight on the St Paul’s Church Monday team
For this month’s volunteer spotlight, we spoke with Odile who has been volunteering for Cambridge City Foodbank for around seven years, and David who first joined the Chesterton team two years ago, before moving to the St Paul’s Monday team at the start of the pandemic. Odile and David discuss the importance of creating a […]
30 Sep 21
Spotlight on Northstowe
In June we opened our new centre in Northstowe to provide greater support to individuals and families in this area of Cambridgeshire. We spoke to Ilse and Makepeace, who have both volunteered at Northstowe since its opening, about what’s changed over the past three months and what they see coming next. What has it been […]
27 Aug 21
Welcoming our new Signposting Coordinator
This month, we spoke to Lindsey who joined the Foodbank team at the beginning of August as our new Signposting Coordinator. The role is completely new to the Foodbank – one which has been introduced to increase our capacity to offer advice and support to help our visitors find long-term and sustainable solutions to their […]