Food bank related articles

More than 4,000 Church of England parishes are estimated to have stepped up their support to local communities in the face of rising levels of poverty, loneliness and isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research published today.

More than 33,000 social action projects are run or supported by churches, according to figures setting out for the first time the full scale of the Church's service to communities.

Food, clothing and items from toothpaste to soap are being collected in Church of England parishes over Harvest Festival to supply food banks and support homeless and vulnerable people.

Up to 250 households visit ‘food clubs’ each week opened at Church of England parishes in Wigan, providing low cost fresh and tinned goods to members.

FEATURE / Hear Steve Burrows, who is part of the Wirral Debt Advice team, speak about how the team works alongside food banks in two churches in the Diocese of Chester. 

Amid a sharp rise in demand at food banks and other distribution organisations, Thrive Together Birmingham began piloting food collections in five streets in the Kings Heath and Hall Green areas of Birmingham.

Ascension Church in Newham, East London, started a food bank within days of the lockdown which now serves around 100 people a week, and is growing