St Neots Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust, providing emergency food for local people in crisis and is run entirely by volunteers. In addition to a longlife box of food people who use the foodbank are given a box of fruit, vegetables and eggs, giving them about a week of food for themselves and their family.

The longlife boxes are made from donations made by members of the local community at our dropboxes in Tesco, Waitrose, the Coop and library and at some businesses and schools. In addition many businesses, churches, groups and schools do collections for us. The veg boxes are paid for by the financial donations we receive from the public.

Our food boxes are often a sticking plaster for an underlying difficulty which might include debt, illness and housing. Through a grant we have been able to fund our own Citizen’s Advice worker for the past 18 months, which means people can have their benefits checked, help with debt or other issues and to know they are receiving the best possible information. We will be increasing this offer with other local support to do our very best to help those in need in St Neots and surrounding villages. We also help people to access support grants from Hunts District Council to provide energy and supermarket vouchers.

A huge thank you to local people who have donated so generously with food and money. Without your help we wouldn’t exist. The items we most need at the moment are tinned tomatoes, rice pudding, fruit, jam and pasta sauce.

If you are struggling to make ends meet give us a ring on 01480 475426 or email info@stneots.foodbank.org.uk
You can find out more about us on our website – www.stneots.foodbank.org.uk