News
27 Jul 22
New Day of Face-to-Face sessions coming soon
In August 2022 – we are starting a third full day of face to face appointments. We will begin with the afternoon session first (1pm-4pm), and once that is up and running, we will be starting the morning session (10am-1pm). We also aim to offer an after work session (4pm-7pm) and also an evening session […]
18 Jul 22
Our volunteer raised money by walking the Camino!
A volunteer of ours called Rosemary very kindly decided to raise money for our foodbank by walking over 100KM in Spain on the famous Camino trail. She hoped to walk the very last section of the route called the Camino de Santiago – and to do this in 1 week. Above is a picture of […]
14 Jul 22
Tesco Summer Collection 2022 – Over 2 tonnes collected!
What a successful Summer Tesco Collection! For 3 days we were based at Tesco Newtownbreda, and had a huge number of volunteers helping us in a variety of ways, including speaking to customers, pre-packing some bags of shopping and sorting donations. We collected 2133 KG -which works out to being 5,081 meals for people in […]
20 Jun 22
Summer Tesco Collection June 30th – July 2nd
Each summer, South Belfast Foodbank spend 3 whole days collecting food from customers who shop in Tesco Newtownbreda. It’s always a fantastic opportunity for the foodbank to raise its public profile, to create some drama and excitement in the store, and to give customers a chance to donate an item or 2. As always, we […]
17 Jun 22
Face to Face Sessions
We are so happy to be meeting people face to face once again. We are doing this in a slightly different way now. We have organised our sessions so that those that have been referred have a 1:1 appointment with a trained volunteer. The person can select their own food, toiletries, household and baby items […]
15 Apr 22
Easter Arrangements
South Belfast Foodbank office is closed Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th April. Deliveries will recommence Wednesday 20th April. If you are in urgent need of food, please contact Mornington Community Project who are holding some of our Emergency Food Boxes. Mornington Community Project (117 Ormeau Road, BT7 1SH) Contact Person – Celia Contact Details – […]
17 Feb 22
2021 Impact
2021…what a year! Many highs and lows along the way as we supported the many struggling folks in South Belfast. It is important to remember that behind every number is a person with difficult circumstances they are navigating through. Behind every kg donated are churches, businesses, schools and individuals with a heart for hurting people […]
21 Dec 21
Emergency Food Boxes/Christmas Closure Arrangements
South Belfast Foodbank office is closed Friday 24th December until Tuesday 4th January . Deliveries will recommence the week of 10th January. If you are in urgent need of food, please contact one of the following who are holding some of our Emergency Food Boxes. Alliance Part Office (Paula Bradshaw) Contact Person – Paula Bradshaw / […]
25 Nov 21
A Massive Thank You!
We want to take this opportunity to thank all the staff and customers at Tesco Newtownbreda for last week’s 3 day collection. Throughout the 3 days we managed to collect a brilliant 2733.9kgs of food and toiletries. This is absolutely fantastic given the fact we are still in a global pandemic. We are continually blown […]
13 Nov 21
Food Collection Tesco Newtownbreda
We are delighted to say that we will be back in person at Tesco Newtownbreda for the annual winter food collection. Due to all the Covid 19 restrictions we have not been able to be present for the collections that took place earlier this year. You have been very generous at the unmanned collections and […]