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A Huge Thank You

Thank you so much for your huge response to our request for donations for our Christmas Hampers. The response was amazing and these will be going out this week. With so much goodwill and support we have a fairly full warehouse at the moment, though we are in our busiest time of the year. The […]

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Collection

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Low stocks

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Rutland Foodbank AGM Report 2018/19

Rutland Foodbank AGM was held on Tuesday, 4th June 2019. The report presented can be viewed here:  Foodbank AGM 2019  

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End of Year Stats 2018/19

Rutland Foodbank provided 1113 three day emergency food parcels to local people between April 2018 to March 2019. Of this number, 484 went to children.  The figures from Rutland Foodbank are a 31% increase on the same period last year. The local increase is primarily due to people struggling on low income, benefit delays and […]

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Thank You

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Spread the word this winter

It may only be early November, but the icy-chills of winter are already creeping their way in. The crisp air and icing-sugar like dusting on the leaves may be beautiful, but the reality of this time of year is sinister. For thousands of people in the UK, the end of summer marks the point where […]

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HARVEST 2018

Once again the food bank has benefited from bountiful harvest donations. Many thanks to all who contributed. As a result of this our shopping list is fairly small at present. The warehouse is full but realise there are still people who are in food poverty and perhaps don’t know of us or how to access […]

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AGM 2018

The Annual General Meeting was held on Monday, 18th June 2018 at 5:00pm in All Saints Church Hall, Oakham. A report from the previous year which was discussed at the meeting can be found here.

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Christmas 2017

Many thanks to all who sponsored hampers this year. We packed 200 in a conveyor belt system on the morning of December 7th then distributed them to voucher holders in the afternoon. Thanks too for all the volunteers who enabled this to happen. Donations……we never cease to be amazed at the generosity of people in […]

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