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21 Jul 21

Tesco Collection

Huge thanks to everyone who donated to our Tesco collection at the weekend. This is Josie from Tesco in Padstow with all your lovely donations.

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28 Jun 21

Foodbank feature in Salt magazine

Thank you to John Bray & Partners Estate Agents for featuring our Foodbank and the fantastic support we receive from the Cornwall Community Foundation in their Salt magazine. Here’s a link to the magazine, the article appears on pages 36-37.. https://issuu.com/johnbray1/docs/salt2021_singlepdf

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28 Jun 21

Art auction

We’re delighted that John Bray & Partners estate agency has chosen 2021, its 50th Birthday year, to organise a charity art auction jointly in aid of our Foodbank and the Cornwall Community Foundation (CCF) – two charities close to the agency’s heart. You can find out more here…https://www.cornwallcommunityfoundation.com/art-auction/

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15 Jun 21

Royal visit

We are excited to share the news that our Project Manager, Jacqui White MBE was invited to meet the Queen, The Duchess of Cornwall and The Duchess of Cambridge at a reception marking the Big Lunch at the Eden Project. There were a number of organisations represented and it was a great opportunity to talk […]

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9 Jun 21

Partnership with Wadebridge Cricket Club

Great to have our partnership with Wadebridge Cricket Club up and running and so fantastic to see so many local youngsters enjoying sport. Our collection basket will be at the Dynamos cricket and All Stars cricket sessions every Friday. Thank you all for your donations and support.

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3 Jun 21

Our Storehouse Shop

The Storehouse is our furniture & household goods re-use project. The premise is simple: people donate furniture & household items (crockery, cutlery, bedlinen etc) and we sell these items in our shop, allowing us to pay our bills and be sustainable. We also donate them, completely free of charge, to local people in crisis. If […]

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27 Apr 21

Birthday donation

This morning we received a trolley full of 50 items for our Foodbank from Kelly Gardiner who wanted to donate to us on her birthday. We hope you have a wonderful day Kelly, thank you so much for your kind and generous donation.

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21 Apr 21

Overwhelming support from West Pharmaceuticals

We have been overwhelmed with the continued donations from local business ‘West Pharmaceutical Services’. Community involvement is one of the defining characteristics of their company and they are committed to being by the side of the communities in which they live and work. Their fantastic support enables us to sustain the work we do.

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7 Apr 21

Our new team at Camelford Foodbank

We wanted to let you know we have a new team at Camelford and we’d like to welcome Andrew & Christina to our Foodbank. They are based at the Grow Centre which is our food box collection point. PLEASE NOTE: OUR NEW OPENING HOURS AT CAMELFORD FOODBANK are Tuesdays from 12pm-2pm at the Grow Centre, […]

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4 Mar 21

Our foodbank during lockdown

This week our Foodbank featured on Cornwall Live and we had the opportunity to thank the Cornwall Community Foundation for their continued support. We’re also really grateful for the donations we receive from local organisations and the general public that enable us to help people in our community.  Since 21 March 2020, our Foodbanks have […]

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