News
18 Oct 22
Help with the cost of living
The government have announced help for every UK household but lots of other help and advice is also available. visit our cost of living advice page for information on all the various agencies that can offer help and direct you to the different payments and schemes available to you.
8 Oct 22
Our busiest week ever!
Last week was our busiest in over 9 years of operation. Demand for our service, that was originally set up as a short term support project to help people through austerity, has rocketed of late and, unfortunately, that demand seems only to be going one way. More vouchers, more people and more stock going out […]
20 Sep 22
Harvest Appeal 2022
As Harvest time draws near we have never felt the need, to help people in food poverty in our neighbourhood, more than we do this year. The cost of living and energy crisis has really hit our communities hard and our services are running flat out. Please, if you can add one or two items […]
29 Aug 22
What our warehouse needs
After the very recent collections we had a good level of stock in all departments, but the huge increase in demand has soon created a long list of items that we are short of. If you are thinking of donating please consider an item off this list. For as little as 50p you can and […]
29 Aug 22
Five star Hygiene Rating awarded
Last month we were visited by a Wigan Council food safety officer, for an inspection on behalf of The Food Standard Agency hygiene ratings scheme. The scheme is there to make sure organisations that handle food meets the current regulations on food handling. What the rating covers Ratings are a snapshot of the standards of food hygiene […]
22 Jul 22
We are desperately short of some toiletries and household items
Although we are primarily a foodbank we do like to give out essential household items and toiletries to our customers. Because we rely on donations we can’t really control what we get so sometimes run short on items that lots of people request. When we do we have a list on the Donate Food & Toiletries page, […]
16 Jul 22
If you are struggling there are lots of options, not just the foodbank.
Help and support in your community, by your community. Times are tough for most people at the mo, but if it’s becoming a strain and you are having to make difficult choices between bills and food, there is help and advice available. We work closely with Wigan Council and Citizens Advice Wigan Borough, amongst many […]
5 Jul 22
Tesco collections results have to be seen to be believed
The Tesco summer food collection was a huge success We have counted and calculated and can now reveal the totals for the 3 day collections, held at both Tesco Atherton superstore and Tesco Leigh Extra on 30 June, 2 July & 3 July. Our amazing volunteers had a brilliant 3 days and were kept very busy by the amazing […]
2 Jul 22
Double Amazon Smile donations this prime day.
When you shop with AmazonSmile this Prime Day (12th & 13th July) you will generate DOUBLE donations, for us. Amazon will double donations on all eligible purchases made with AmazonSmile during the event. Full terms and conditions can be found here. The simple decision to shop with AmazonSmile makes a big difference. So far, they’ve […]
1 Jul 22
We need volunteers for today at Tesco Leigh, can you help?
Our Tesco 3 day collections have started well, and we are overwhelmed with the level of support and donations from the wonderful Tesco shoppers, but we are in need of a few volunteers for today (Friday 1st) if you can spare 2nor more hours. It will do us a huge favour and help out people […]