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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 […]

18 Oct 19

Happy Harvest at Pitmedden Primary School

The pupils, parents and staff of Pitmedden Primary School marked the end of term by holding a Harvest Assembly, collecting 208.85 kg of very useful food donations for Aberdeenshire North Food Bank. We are very grateful for such generous support and wish everyone at the school a good holiday.

1 Oct 19

Foodbank Centre Volunteering Opportunity

There is an opportunity to join out Huntly Foodbank Centre Team. Huntly Foodbank provides emergency food for 3 days and signposts people in crisis to places where they can receive help. There are different areas in the foodbank where you can get involved. If you would like more information about getting involved, please email:- […]

25 Sep 19

Happy Harvest

When the primary 1 classes from Kintore Primary School visited the village church with their teachers to learn more about harvest thanksgiving, the boys and girls enjoyed a trip away from the classroom and Inverurie Food Bank gained a whole load of food! The children brought with them lots of brown paper bags filled with […]

12 Sep 19

Annual General Meeting 19 September 2019

Our Annual General Meeting is next week – come along and hear about the work we have been doing.

1 Jul 19

Ellon Foodbank Centre Opening Hours

From this Friday, 5th July, Ellon will be moving their opening hours on a Friday to 11am-1pm, rather than 10am-12pm. Monday opening will remain the same from 10am-12pm.

29 Apr 19

Peterhead Weekend Opening Hours

We are currently running a trial of weekend opening at the Peterhead Centre on a Saturday from 11.30am – 1.30pm in order to make us more accessible for people who may be working through the week or can’t get to a referral agency to get a voucher. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau is open on a […]

9 Oct 18

Feeling Thankful

In the words of their Harvest song, the pupils of Midmill Primary School in Kintore are ‘so thankful for the food that we eat’ that they decided to collect some food for their local Food Bank. The collection was organised by Miss Smith’s P2 class, after they had a visit from a Food Bank […]

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