News

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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30 Jul 21

Spotlight on Church of Good Shepherd

For our July volunteer spotlight, we have been speaking with Jen, one of our core Church of Good Shepherd (CoGS) volunteers. Jen joined CoGS at the start of the pandemic and quickly took on a leadership role; since then, she has done a fantastic job of keeping one of our busiest centres running, while keeping […]

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30 Jun 21

Spotlight on Chesterton

For this month’s volunteer spotlight, we headed (virtually) to our Chesterton centre to speak with Jean, who has been volunteering for six years, and Helen , another Chesterton volunteer who also supports our warehouse team. Hear from Helen and Jean about how their time volunteering has sparked personal reflection and provided crucial lessons, and how […]

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28 May 21

Spotlight on the Driving Team

Cambridge City Foodbank’s driving team is responsible for ensuring that all donations and food items reach our distribution centres in and around the city. As part of our ongoing volunteer Spotlight series, Paul, who has been part of our driving team since the start of the pandemic, explains which road to avoid in Cambridge and […]

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4 May 21

Foodbank use in Cambridge up 127% since 2015

Cambridge City Foodbank has revealed a significant long-term increase in the number of people accessing its foodbanks. While the population of Cambridge and its surrounding area has grown by approximately 10% since 2015, there has been a 127% increase in foodbank users during this time. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 10% more people accessed Cambridge […]

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30 Apr 21

Spotlight on the Office Team

As part of our volunteer spotlight series, this month we are shining a light on our office team and the wonderful work they do in coordinating much of the Foodbank’s core activity. We spoke to long-term volunteer, Joan, who works on the financial side of the office team, about how the pandemic and the move […]

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31 Mar 21

Spotlight on Cambourne

As part of our volunteer spotlight series, profiling our volunteers across Cambridgeshire, this month we spoke to volunteer Becky from our distribution centre out in Cambourne. Having started volunteering with us in the months following the outbreak of COVID-19, Becky looks forward to a time when volunteers can sit down again and engage in conversation […]

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26 Feb 21

Spotlight on Alpha Terrace

For this month’s volunteer spotlight, we spoke to Martha and Sona about their experiences of volunteering at our Alpha Terrace centre in Trumpington. Martha started volunteering with the Foodbank during the second lockdown in November of last year, while Sona also joined the team in November, having previously volunteered at our distribution centre in Cambourne […]

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