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17 Sep 25

Supermarket collection, this Saturday

We’re back in Tesco Extra Leigh this Saturday 20th September, from 9am – 5pm, collecting donations from the always generous shoppers in The Loom store. If you can, please add an item or two from our list to yours and hand to our volunteers, or maybe drop a few pence in our tubs and buckets. […]

13 Sep 25

Volunteers required for 2 hours

Tesco Extra Leigh, Saturday 20th September 9am – 5pm What are you doing next Saturday, do you fancy helping people facing hardship in your community? We know you love to buy a donation or 3 and we absolutely love you for it, but have you ever considered giving 2 hours of your time too? Well, […]

31 Jul 25

Drop in advice service starts Friday

Are you struggling to make ends meet and not sure where to turn for help? We are proud to be able to offer a completely free drop in service for the people of Atherton and surrounding areas, that are struggling to make ends meet and afford the essentials. Thanks to the efforts of our supporters […]

25 Jul 25

Donate for free with easyfundraising

Donate to the food bank at no extra cost to yourself We know it’s not always easy to balance your own shopping needs and donating money, so we can help people facing hardships, but now thanks to easyfundraising you can earn donations when you buy online and it won’t cost you a penny. You will […]

19 Jul 25

Sainsbury’s food drive “Nourish The Nation”

On Saturday 26th July we will be in Sainsbury’s Leigh, as part of their Nourish the Nation campaign, collecting donations from the very generous shoppers in the Parsonage retail park store. Our volunteers will be manning the tables from 9am till 5pm and we’re sure they will be kept very busy, as they usually are […]

16 Jun 25

Asda Food Drive

Asda Leigh, 13th -15th June 2025 Food Drive What a brilliant weekend we had at the Atherleigh Way store, with our volunteers being kept busy from minute 1 till the very end of the day on Sunday. The amazing Asda shoppers did what they always do, by digging deep to help local people that are […]

12 Jun 25

Guarantee our Essentials Lobby day

9.3 MILLION people are facing hunger and hardship across the UK – that’s 3 times the population of Wales. So on Tuesday 18th June we’re joining Trussell UK , the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and hundreds of people in Parliament to call on MPs to act. The UK government must commit to an Essentials Guarantee […]

10 Jun 25

Volunteers required for 2 hours, that’s you isn’t it?

3 day collection at ASDA Leigh We will be in Asda, Atherleigh way, on Friday 13th – Sunday 15th of June (this weekend) and we still need a few volunteers to help us collect the donations from the generous shoppers. Could you spare 2 hours to help local people in food crisis? We start at […]

27 May 25

Supermarket collection Saturday 31st May

This Saturday (31st May) our amazing volunteers will be back manning the table at Tesco Leigh, from 9am – 5pm, collecting much needed donations of food, toiletries and cash from the very generous shoppers in The Loom, Derby Street store. We know it’s tough for everyone, but if you can afford to, please add an […]

22 Mar 25

AGM 2025

Our Annual General Meeting for the year 2024 – 2025 will take place at Leigh Baptist church, Vernon Street/Church Street, Leigh, WN7 1BH on Monday 9th June. Save the date! The meeting will get under way at 7pm prompt, with all our volunteers, supporters and fund givers encouraged to join us to hear about our […]

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