People in Redbridge and surrounding areas are going hungry today...

The Indices of Deprivation 2010 indicates that Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest all rank within the top 50 of 326 local authorities in England on at least one of the summary measures* of deprivation.

When you have no financial safety net, a sudden crisis, such as bereavement, benefit delay, redundancy or illness, can leave you unable to feed yourself or your family.

Such situations can quickly deteriorate, leading to relationship breakdown, house repossession or worse. Redbridge foodbank works alongside local care professionals to support people who find themselves on the edge of disaster.

*Income deprivation, Employment deprivation, Health deprivation and disability, Education, skills and training deprivation, Barriers to housing and services and Crime

Our Project

Redbridge foodbank is part of a national network of foodbanks, giving out nutritionally balanced emergency food to people in crisis who have nowhere else to turn.

Redbridge foodbank also offers additional support to help break the cycle of poverty, putting people in touch with relevant agencies who can offer further support.

YOU CAN DROP OFF DONATIONS OR COLLECT YOUR FOOD PARCELS DURING ANY ONE OF OUR BELOW OPENING TIMES:

Mon :

13:00 - 14:00

Tue :

12:00 - 13:00

19:00 - 20:30

Wed :

14:00 - 16:00

Sat :

10:00 - 13:00

11:00 - 13:00

Locations - Jubilee Church-Ilford, Granville Road IG1 4JY (Daytime opening); FOOD PARCEL COLLECTION ONLY at New Testament Church of God, Netley Hall, Netley Road, Newbury Park, IG2 7NP (Tuesday evening opening) & City Gates FB Centre (see below for address & opening times).

Please note - you must have a food voucher or referral in order to collect a food parcel

NEW FOODBANK CENTRE OPEN

Food parcels can now be collected from the following location:

City Gates Foodbank Centre,

TCL ReUse Centre, Unit 1, 330 - 348 Uphall Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 2JJ

Opening times: Saturdays, 11am - 1pm

Please see our list of Permanent Food Collection Points for locations to drop off your donations.

REDBRIDGE FOODBANK WILL BE CLOSED

ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

25 December 2017	Christmas Day
26 December 2017	Boxing Day
1 January 2018	New Year's Day

Click here to see our 2016 Newsletter

Supported by

Our project has been

funded by the

Evening Standard

Grassroots Dispossessed

Fund as managed by

East London Community Foundation

Big Yellow Self Storage - Storage for homes and business

Click to make online donations via BT Mydonate or PayPal

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News

NEIGHBOURHOOD FOOD COLLECTION

We had an opportunity once again of having our foodbank stand in the lobby of Tesco Barkingside (Cranbrook Road) for the 3-day National Neighbourhood Food Collection (Thursday 30th June to Saturday 2nd July 2016). These events enable us to create awareness of our foodbank project - the community can meet and speak to the volunteers who run foodbank and we can personally thank those who support us.

This summer customers and staff donated an amazing 1.2 tonnes in food and toiletry items along with £453.70 cash donations!

Our sincere thanks and appreciation goes out to everyone who contributed to our cause this weekend.

We also want to give a special mention to Justine (Charity Champion, Tesco Barkingside), our regular volunteers who put in extra hours and the occasional/one-off volunteers - thank you all for making the event happen!

If you would like to help out at any of our future events -

please email 'info@redbridgefoodbank.org' for more details

THANK YOU to Sheldon and Gez from our local company BOC Gas and Gear, Woodford Trading Estate for your generous donations of plastic carrier bags! This is a great help to our foodbank service as we use regular carrier bags to pack our clients' food parcels.

THANK YOU to all the Schools, Churches, Community Groups, businesses, organisations, families and individuals who continue to support foodbank with generous donations. Your donations of food, toiletry items and time - enable us to run foodbank effectively and provide a service in the community that supports individuals and families in desperate need.

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