News
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 […]
20 Dec 18
Christmas Opening Hours
Huntly Last day Friday 21st December 1-3pm. Open again Friday 4th January Ellon Last day Friday 21st December 10-12pm. Open again Monday 7 January Inverurie Friday 21st December 1-3.30pm Friday 28th December 1-3.30pm Friday 4th January 1-3.30pm Open again Monday 7 January Peterhead Mon 24th of Dec 11-1pm Fri 28th 11-1pm Mon 31st of Dec 11-1pm Fri […]
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 […]
9 Oct 18
Harvest Goodies
Following on from their work for Aberdeenshire North Food Bank as part of their ‘Our Community’ project earlier in the year, the pupils of Tarves Primary School collected an amazing 102.55kg of food as part of their harvest celebrations. Well done and thank you very much!
10 Jun 18
Peterhead Foodbank Centre Now Open
Our new Foodbank Centre in Peterhead is now open. The address is 21A Skelton Street, Peterhead, AB42 1HR. Opening times are Monday, Thursday and Friday, 11.00 – 13.00. For more details please check out our website: https://aberdeenshirenorth.foodbank.org.uk/locations/ For information on how to get help (referral partners and vouchers for food parcels, please see here: https://aberdeenshirenorth.foodbank.org.uk/get-help
13 Mar 18
Foodbank Centre Easter opening hours
Changes to our normal Foodbank Centres opening hours over Easter are as follows (Friday 3oth March – Monday 2nd April): Huntly is closed on Good Friday. Ellon is open Good Friday but closed Easter Monday. Inverurie is open Good Friday and Easter Monday.
13 Mar 18
Update: The Foyer, Peterhead
Aberdeenshire North Foodbank is grateful to the wonderful team at The Foyer who have been acting as a temporary distribution point for pre-packed emergency food boxes in Peterhead until such time as we could open a Foodbank centre. This arrangement has now ceased and pre-packed food boxes will no longer be available from The Foyer. […]
12 Dec 17
Christmas & New Year Break, December 2017 to January 2018
Our Foodbank Centres will be closed over Christmas and the New Year. Dates and times for the last sessions of 2017 and first sessions of 2018 are shown below. Inverurie 4 St James’s Place Inverurie AB51 3UB Last Foodbank session will be on Friday, December 22nd from 1pm – 3.30pm and will open on Monday, January […]
28 Nov 17
Tesco – Food Collection
Help us support people facing hunger this winter by joining us for the UK’s biggest food collection. The Tesco Food Collection is manned by our volunteers who will hand out shopping lists of tinned and dried goods at our local Tesco stores to encourage customers to buy an extra item of food or two during their […]
15 Sep 17
Aberdeenshire North Foodbank Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Aberdeenshire North Foodbank AGM will take place on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 at St Mary’s Episcopal Church hall, St Mary’s Place, Inverurie AB51 3NW at 7pm. The Agenda is as follows: 1. Convenor’s Report on the activities of the Foodbank 2. Annual Statement of Accounts 3. Re-election of Trustees