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3 Aug 23
Aberdeenshire North Foodbank AGM 2023
Annual General Meeting Please join us for our Annual Meeting where we will not only look back at 2022 and elect our Board of Trustees, but will also share our exciting plans for how the Foodbank will develop in order to meet the challenges ahead. When: Monday 21st August 2023 at the Huntly Pod at […]
1 Nov 22
2022 Reverse Advent Calendar
We know there are some people that are very organised on the run up to Christmas (something the rest of us can only hope to be!). For those keen beans, and also to help us with all your generous donations that we receive from now until Christmas, we are issuing our advent calendar for 2022. You can […]
7 Mar 22
BanktheFood App
We are delighted to announce that we are now using the BanktheFood app to help to keep you updated with our donation needs. Using the app is very simple. Please scan the QR code or download the app to your phone or tablet & follow the instructions to get started, this app can be found […]
10 Dec 21
Slow Cooker Project
We would like thank CALA Homes for helping us to fund our new pilot Slow Cooker project. A £1,000 donation from the CALA Homes community bursary initiative has supported our Foodbank with a regional initiative that will help provide local families with the food, equipment and skills to prepare healthy meals. It sees low-income families […]
14 Sep 21
Fraserburgh Foodbank Centre – 1 year since opening
Fraserburgh Foodbank Centre has been open for one year today and it seems like a good opportunity to explain about some of the work that has been going on. We opened in the height of the pandemic, having secured the property in April 2020, and used it as a distribution point. We were then safely […]
6 Apr 20
RACE NIGHT
Thank You to the Rotary Club of Oldmeldrum and District and Meldrum Amenities Improvement Group. They held a race night on the 6th of March and raised £1000 for Aberdeenshire North Foodbank
30 Mar 20
COVID-19 UPDATE & INFORMATION
We have tried to answer as many questions as you have below. ARE YOU IN NEED OF FOOD? If you are finding it difficult to find money for food, you should consider if the Scottish Welfare Fund can help you. Please see here https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/benefits-and-grants/welfare-reform/scottish-welfare-fund/ If you cannot get money for food, we work on a voucher […]
27 Nov 19
Christmas Donations
We continue to be humbled by your support for us at this time of year. In order to help us be as organised as we can be whilst also meeting the need for food parcels, the information for donations times are below: Peterhead Foodbank Centre – donations day Wednesday 11.30am- 1.30pm Inverurie Foodbank Centre – […]
21 Oct 19
Reverse Advent Calendar and Christmas Giving
We know some folk are still in the middle of Harvest and Halloween is still to come, but with one eye on the next lot of big festivities, we need to mention the ‘Christmas’ word…sorry! Last year, local people across all of our centres, donated over 16 tonnes of food (that’s the equivalent of about 40 […]