About our Foodbank

Richmond Foodbank operates as part of Vineyard Community & Richmond Foodbank, a local charity dedicated to combatting homelessness, food poverty, and other complex crises. Our aim is to stop hunger in the Borough of Richmond, but until then, our charity is here to support those in need.

Currently, we run seven Foodbank centres across Richmond Borough, which aim to meet the growing need in our local area. Our work is championed by our local communities, churches and schools, be this through volunteering, fundraising or food donations, and we are so grateful for this ongoing support.

Our Foodbank centres are more than just a place to access emergency food provisions. We provide a warm welcome in times of personal crisis, and operate as a hub for practical and social support. Our partnerships with different agencies, such as Citizens Advice, Glassdoor and The Real Junk Food Project, mean that guests can access more than just the Foodbank when they visit us; they access crucial lifelines out of their challenging circumstances. Help in crisis, hope for life.

 

Hear from some of our Foodbank guests below…

“I am a parent support advisor and yesterday came to your centre with a parent for an emergency food parcel. Thank you so much for your kindness and for giving the parent a warm lunch. She was very grateful and it was just what she needed.  This parent is finding things very difficult at the moment and is not eating herself in order to feed her daughter.”

“Just to say a very big thank you for making a horrid, humiliating experience recede into the background because of the care and kindness shown to me yesterday. Bless you for the work you do to help those of us who have hit difficult times we never anticipated.”

“I have been approached by a patient for food vouchers. He has lost his job due to health problems and is  not able to work. With the new benefits system he does now have to pay taxes for empty bedrooms as he has not been able to find a smaller apartment as he lives on his own. For the last few weeks he ran out of money and had to go without food for one, sometimes two days. He is a diabetic and it is dangerous for him.”

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