News
4 Oct 21
New opening hours from 11/10/2021
With effect from Monday 11th October 2021 The Forest Foodbank will be operating as below: Monday – Deliveries to GL14, GL15, GL16 and GL17 Tuesday – CLOSED Wednesday – Deliveries to GL14, GL15, GL16 and GL17 Thursday – Deliveries to GL14, GL15, GL16 and GL17 Friday – CLOSED
6 Jul 21
Severn Trent Water – The Big Difference Scheme
Severn Trent Water are there to assist you with your water charges. You can apply by visiting www.bigdiff.co.uk
6 Jul 21
Fuel Voucher Availability 2021 – No longer available
Fuel voucher update, all the funding for this scheme has been allocated. We are no longer able to help with fuel. Severn Wye is able to assist with advice and support still.
12 Jun 21
We have some exciting news
After 2 years of hard behind the scenes work The Forest Food Bank is now an independent charity. We are now a CIO. Coleford Baptist Church has been an integral part of The Forest Food Bank. In the lead up to 2013 many churches got together with the Baptist Church in Coleford where a number […]
18 Apr 21
Gloucester and District Samaritans – MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 10 – 16 MAY
‘It’s Good To Talk’ … ….. a series of short webinar presentations to mark MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 10 – 16 MAY Gloucester & District Samaritans warmly welcome you to join in for one, or several, of the following short talks, all starting at 7.30pm and lasting for about 30 minutes: Monday, 10 May – […]
28 Mar 21
Tesco drop off points – update
To help ensure that any Tesco top-up we receive is only paid on eligible donations, the drop off points are for in-store shoppers only. Any food that has been purchased in a different store and brought into store should be sealed by the donor and clearly labelled as having been purchased elsewhere. Thank you for […]
13 Feb 21
A Life in the Day Emma Revie – CEO of the Trussell Trust
If you are a Times subscriber you can access the article here The Trussell Trust CEO, Emma Revie, on running the UK’s biggest food bank in the pandemic | The Sunday Times Magazine | The Sunday Times (thetimes.co.uk) A really interesting article about the CEO of The Trussell Trust.
7 Feb 21
Healthy Start Gloucestershire
If you’re pregnant or have a child under 4 and you are getting benefits, you may be able to get Healthy Start vouchers to help buy some basic foods. You also qualify if you are under 18 and pregnant, even if you don’t get any benefits. This important scheme provides vouchers to spend with local […]
25 Jan 21
Gloucestershire Covid-19 Emergency Living Fund
The fund provides practical support to eligible adults and families for food, gas/electricity top ups and household items such as furniture including white goods/appliances and furniture. Auriga Services Ltd administers the delivery of the Gloucestershire Welfare Support Scheme and Covid-19 Emergency Living Fund. In April 2020 Gloucestershire County Council approved plans to extend the existing […]
5 Jan 21
Christians Against Poverty – Here to help
Christians Against Poverty are there to help you in a number of ways – budgeting, debt advice, grocery shopping, energy top ups and where needed school uniform purchases. Their free helpline number is 0800 328 0006 and is open Mon – Thur – 9.30am to 5.30pm Fri – 9.30am to 3.30pm CAP services are run […]