News
5 Sep 18
Reflections on summer
From our Foodbank Manager, Annette: I recently had a time away from the Foodbank. I found it hard. Harder than living day-to-day in a community of people who struggle to keep their heads above water and whose survival techniques include food clubs as armbands and local support agencies as lifeguards.During my time away I watched […]
15 Aug 18
We are very short of food at the moment
We are extremely low on food at the moment and have just launched an appeal for donations. Can you help? We have seen a big rise in demand for our services over the past year, leading to the Foodbank almost running out of food. Key items such as pasta sauce, soup, tea, rice pudding, tinned […]
21 Jul 18
Morecambe Bay Foodbank launches its summer appeal to combat Holiday Hunger
Today we have launched our summer appeal to combat Holiday Hunger. Many families that we work with struggle to feed their families during the school holidays often because they rely on free school meals during the day time to budget for food. This summer we have launched a fundraising campaign to encourage people to text […]
21 Jul 18
The Uniform Project launches its summer appeal
The school year is ending and so the Uniform Project, run by the Morecambe Bay Foodbank is gearing up for a big uniform drive over the summer holidays to collect and re-distribute uniform to children in need of it before the new school year in September. The Uniform Project is working in partnership with Lancaster […]
15 Jun 18
The government must take action to fix these unacceptable problems with Universal Credit
You may have seen items in the news today about Universal Credit. Here at Morecambe Bay Foodbank we have seen a massive increase in the numbers of people needing to use our service and the vast majority of these have been to do with the rollout of Universal Credit in the Lancaster district. Along with Citizens Advice North […]
7 May 18
The foodbank now accepting donations via JustGiving
The Morecambe Bay Foodbank can now accept online donations via the JustGiving website. If you would like to donate, click the below button: You can donate as much or as little as you are able to, and the process should be very easy.
25 Apr 18
The Trussel Trust release first foodbank-led report into Universal Credit
The Trussel Trust has released the first foodbank-led qualitative survey, looking at the experience of people on Universal Credit (UC). The report, titled Left Behind: Is Universal Credit Truly Universal?, was released as part of their End of Year Stats and you can read it at https://www.trusselltrust.org/what-we-do/research-advocacy/universal-credit-and-foodbank-use/. The analysis in the report is based on […]
25 Apr 18
5,946 local people fed with emergency food supplies in the last year, Morecambe Bay Foodbank reveals
Between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018, 2,425 three-day emergency food supplies were provided to 5,947 local people in crisis by Morecambe Bay Foodbank, compared to 3,842 people in the previous year. Of this number, 2,313 went to children. The Foodbank, a member of The Trussell Trust’s network which has today reported a UK-wide […]
6 Jan 18
Morecambe Bay Foodbank launches The Uniform Project
Here at Morecambe Bay Foodbank we have had repeated requests for help with school uniform from both clients and schools and as such we are launching The Uniform Project from January 2018. To start with, we need to build up stock and work with schools to make sure we are delivering what they need, […]
6 Jan 18
The Arndale Centre Morecambe supports us in 2018
Arndale Morecambe Bay has named the Morecambe Bay Foodbank as its charity of the year for 2018. The shopping centre is located in the centre of Morecambe and each year nominates a local charity to support through regular events, collections and outreach. Sarah Harrison, Centre Manager said: “Arndale Morecambe Bay is proud to support local […]