News

20 Feb 23

COME WORK WITH US! – CAB FOODBANK ADVISOR

Forest of Dean Foodbank Advisor  Cinderford office This role is to provide an advice service to foodbank clients who live in the Forest of Dean area.  The service will ordinarily be delivered face to face at the foodbank distribution centres, with some home visit appointments if needed. The role will be line managed by Citizens […]

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9 Feb 23

IMPORTANT – How to access an e-referral

The Forest Food Bank is OPEN, we are here for YOU We will feed anyone who needs us no matter who you are, or what walk of life you come from.  It doesn’t matter if you are a single person, a couple or a family, we are here for you. Until we have an end […]

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19 Oct 21

Can you help?

Gloucestershire Nightstop are determined to make Youth Homelessness a thing of the past, and to do so they require Volunteer Hosts who are willing to support low risk 16-25 year olds. This involves offering a Spare Room, a warm meal, and a listening ear to people at risk of rough sleeping. In 2018/19 they had […]

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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

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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

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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.

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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 […]

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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 – […]

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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 […]

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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.

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