News
11 Aug 19
Thank you to St Augustine’s RC High School
A big thank you to Year 9 at St Augustine’s RC High School, who have raised £590 for the Foodbank – a magnificent achievement!
1 Mar 19
Take part in our 40 for 40 challenge this Lent
With people struggling to afford food living locally, it is important that we can continue to support families in crisis throughout the Easter period. We provide essential emergency food, emotional support and practical advice to families who live near you and really need us. The challenge We are asking people to join us in taking small actions to transform lives by giving […]
27 Dec 18
1.5 tonnes of food donated to Foodbank at Tesco Christmas Collection
Thank you so much to all of you who kindly helped out with the recent Tesco Christmas Collection and the Christmas parcel packing day. We collected just over 1.5 tonnes of food at Tesco, and packed about 200 Christmas parcels, which will make a big difference to Christmas for local families in need. None […]
6 Dec 18
A huge thank you to everyone who helped with or donated to our 2018 Tesco Collection
The Tesco shoppers were extremely generous, and we collected just over 1.5 tonnes of food (which Tesco will top up by 20%). Following the collection, our hardworking volunteers packed the food into nearly 200 Christmas food parcels for local families in need. Thank you to our friends at Tesco, and to everyone involved – you […]
13 Dec 17
Tesco collection December 2017
Thank you to everyone who volunteered or donated during our Tesco collections on 30th November to 2nd December 2017. We collected an impressive 1535.8kg of food, which is equivalent to 3656 meals. Your generosity is amazing! Our volunteers assembled again on Monday 4th December and made up Christmas food parcels for distribution to Foodbank clients in the local […]
6 Nov 17
Cake sale at St James raises £150 for foodbank
Congratulations to Florence and Maddie for organising a cake sale at St James’s Church, Clitheroe, which raised £150 for Ribble Valley Foodbank. Thank you to everyone at St James who came along, ate cake and made donations!
21 Sep 17
Scarecrow festival raises funds for foodbank
Residents living in the Cowper and Milton Avenue areas of town exhibited scarecrows to raise money for Ribble Valley foodbank. Organisers of the event which is in its second year, would like to thank everyone that attended. The exhibits raised £684 which will be used to feed the hungry in the borough. A spokesman said: […]
21 Sep 17
Ribble Valley Foodbank commended by the Tussell Trust
Following a Quality Assurance Visit on 9th August 2017, the Trussell Trust commended the Ribble Valley foodbank. The report summary said: ‘the foodbank is an outstanding project which is well managed with support from the trustee board and an excellent team of long-standing volunteers. The foodbank provides comprehensive training and support to volunteers, which is certainly […]
31 Jul 17
Johnson Matthey donates 200 items to Foodbank to celebrate 200 years
Johnson Matthey is celebrating its 200th birthday this year and on Wednesday 19th July, Johnson Matthey sites around the world held a party to mark this momentous milestone. Clitheroe Site organised a lunch for all staff with outdoor games and also planted a tree in commemoration. Photos and memorabilia from the site’s history were also […]
26 Jun 17
Mayor presents cheque to Ribble Valley Foodbank
As many people in Clitheroe are aware Mark French, last year’s town council mayor, nominated Foodbank as one of his charities. On Saturday 24th June volunteers from Ribble Valley Foodbank attended a presentation at the Town Council rooms to receive a cheque of funds raised over the year. We were delighted to receive a cheque for £1000 which […]