News
12 Dec 22
Thank you for your kindness, Harrison!
We’d like to give a really BIG thank you to Master Harrison Snow who saved his pocket money to bring us a fantastic donation of 14.3kg of food including some lovely Xmas treats for children. Thank you & we hope you & your family have a wonderful Christmas Harrison!
29 Nov 22
Citizens Advice at Foodbank Sessions from 2nd December
We will be starting a new advice and support service for foodbank clients, starting from Friday 2nd December. At each of our Wednesday and Friday opening sessions an advisor from Citizens Advice will be based in our foodbank and available to discuss and provide advice on a range of issues such as benefit claims and […]
2 Nov 22
Bank the Food
The need for food banks in the UK is higher than for ever before. Bank the Food is on a mission to make sure food banks get exactly what they need, when they need. Find out more here and download the app so you can help every time you go shopping.
31 Oct 22
Reminder of Donation Points
A reminder for donors, if you can’t get to either of our opening sessions then donations can be left at Morrisons or at the Leek Building Society on High St.
24 Oct 22
Donations from local schools
In the last couple of weeks we have had visits from Sarah Yates from Dilhorne Endowed Primary School with Head Boy Oliver and Head Girl Milly who came to the foodbank to deliver their school’s harvest festival donation and received a wonderful donation of 58.5 kg of food and £57 of cash from Greatwood Primary School […]
15 Oct 22
New Trustees join our volunteer team
Welcome to Andrew Carter (on the right) our new Treasurer. He’s lived within a 10 miles radius of Cheadle for nearly 40 years. Having owned and managed companies, and now approaching retirement, he wanted to help a local charity. Cheadle Foodbank had always been on his radar so he was delighted to find that we […]
3 Oct 22
Generous donor helps to build our food stocks this autumn
On a very wet day last Friday, volunteers brought a large donation of vital food items, bought with the generosity of a very kind donor associated with Marchington Community Shop. Tins and jars of the top items on our shopping list were warmly received.
21 Sep 22
New research: the impact of cost of living rises on people on the lowest incomes
New research from The Trussell Trust highlights the devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on people forced to survive on the lowest incomes, alongside action that the UK Government should take to support households on the lowest incomes this winter and beyond. This research found more than two million people (40% of people […]
3 Apr 22
We have a new Volunteer Trustee!
We are delighted to welcome Dorothy Sherratt who is joining us as a Volunteer Trustee and taking over the role of Volunteer Coordinator from Barbara Hill who has been fulfilling the role for 8 years. Dorothy has recently retired from a busy role at the Donna Louise Hospice and is no stranger to the challenges […]