News | Aberdeenshire North Foodbank

21 Apr 22

We are recruiting!

We are delighted to be recruiting two new posts for the Foodbank to continue our work for ending the need for emergency food and eradicating poverty. Please see below for the role descriptors for both jobs. If you have any questions or queries, please email us on [email protected]. Huntly Project Worker Role Description April 2022 […]

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 […]

10 Sep 20

Fraserburgh Foodbank opening Monday 14th September

The opening of Aberdeenshire North Foodbank Fraserburgh Distribution Centre will formally place on Monday 14th September 2020. Since 2014, Aberdeenshire North Foodbank has provided 2035 emergency food parcels in the Fraserburgh and district area, through referral partners holding emergency food boxes to be issued, and latterly in conjunction with AOG Church. These figures indicated to […]

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 […]

12 Dec 19

UPDATED: Christmas Opening Times – Huntly now open!

Please see below for our opening times over the festive period: INVERURIE Mon 23rd Dec – OPEN 10AM-12PM Tues 24th – CLOSED Wed 25th – CLOSED Thurs 26th – CLOSED Fri 27th – OPEN 1-3PM Mon 30th – OPEN 10AM-12PM Tue 31st – CLOSED Wed 1st Jan – CLOSED Thurs 2nd Jan – CLOSED […]

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 […]

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