News | Atherton & Leigh Foodbank

16 Apr 26

Got 2 hours spare on 8th, 9th or 10th May?

ASDA Leigh 3 day food drive 2026 Volunteers needed 8th, 9th & 10th of May The annual ASDA food drive is back, and we need you to help us over 3 days of collecting food, toiletries and cash from the always generous shoppers in the Atherleigh Way store. As always we will be in store […]

4 Apr 26

Our new telephone number

With the new Project Manager Bev Robinson now in place we also have a new contact number for people to use, instead of the old one. The new number for all food bank contact, other than agencies dealing with Helen, is; 07517393362 Bev is happy to accept phone calls, text and WhatsApp messages, or you […]

2 Apr 26

Easter shutdown

As previously advertised, we are now closed till Tuesday April 7th.

30 Mar 26

Our new Project Manager

Welcome Bev Robinson Bev Robinson, long term volunteer, food bank centre manager, Warrens right hand women and sounding post, and now the new Project Manager of Atherton & Leigh foodbank. After 13 years as a loyal volunteer, serving in many roles from centre manager to in store collections, and everything in between, Bev has the […]

6 Mar 26

Our financial inclusion project continues, thanks to National Lottery players

Financial Inclusion continues Over the past few years we have been running a Financial Inclusion Hub months, in partnership with Citizens Advice Wigan Borough. For a while this was funded by Trussell, who oversee a large number of independent food banks, of which we are one. We weren’t sure how we would or could keep […]

3 Feb 26

Could you be our next Project Manager?

With the news of Warren leaving comes the opportunity for a new person to lead the food bank in to its next phase. If you have a passion for helping people facing hardship, are enthusiastic and hard working, why not take a look at the full job description and what kind of person we are […]

3 Feb 26

Warren to leave his role as project manager

Warren, our long term project manager, has decided the time is right to step away from the food bank, in order to seek new adventures. Since the food bank started in 2012, Warren has been there as a driving force to get the project started, then became a trustee when it attained charity status in […]

9 Jan 26

Hello Instagram, we’re here

Yes, it’s true, we now have an Instagram account We’ve been using social media for a while now, with our effort focussed on Facebook, X and occasionally LinkedIn, but now we’re hitting Insta, in the hope we can spread our message to even more people, and hopefully attract even more support. Instagram traditionally has a […]

4 Jan 26

We have a new home for one of our distribution centres

We’re moving 1 of our food bank centres From Tuesday 6th January 2026 we will have a new distribution centre location in Platt Bridge. We have had a good run at our last location, in Olympic House, but we hope our new centre will be even better, make it a bit easier to find us […]

22 Dec 25

Christmas opening

We are open as usual over Christmas, apart from Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. We would recommend, if you need to apply for a voucher, you should do so as soon as possible and please get to the food bank, ready for when we open. you can find our opening times and […]

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