Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd June

Food Donation Collection for Isle of Wight Foodbank

Donate a can if you can!

We are part of the national Trolley Push event covering over 2,300 miles and visiting 50 of our foodbank locations across the UK.  The five week tour begins in Salisbury, the home of Trussell Trust foodbanks.

Supporters and volunteers will tour with Phil the supermarket Trolley across the Island to raise awareness, funds and donations for this vital provision.

May 9th, 9.30am starting in Ryde at Hovertravel Terminal Ryde, who wil be holding an IoW Foodbank Green charity day with collections.  There is a rumour that Neil Chapman of Hovertravel will be joining in with our Ryde push!  Hovertravel will give us a special send off with Local Group Capo 4 playing us off on our way.  The tour is as follows..

Shopping streets in Ryde, Wootton, Newport, Cowes, East Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, Ventnor & Freshwater.

Special Stops at Tesco Extra - Ryde where an IoW Foodbank Green charity day will be in store.

Spar Store, Wootton who will have an IoW Foodbank Green charity day will be in store.

Isle of Wight Radio following our interview breakfast time the day before.

Church on the Roundabout, Newport for a special welcome.

isle of Wight County Press for a photo opportunity.

Waitrose, East Cowes who will be holding an IoW Foodbank green Charity day in store.

Wightlink, Fishbourne who will transport Phil The Trolley off the Island after a magnificent visit.

more details to follow...

IF YOU SEE US HOOT!  IF YOU CAN DONATE SOME LOOT!

ISLANDERS HELPING ISLANDERS.

We are hoping that anyone on the route will support us in any way they can - even if it is by donating a can!  A fun event but with a serious point to make.  Join us in the push against food povety in the UK, especially the Isle of Wight.  Further details can be found on www.trusselltrust.org/trolleypush

A HUGE thank you to the Isle of Wight branch of TESCO EXTRA for donating hundreds of items of school uniform to the Isle of Wight foodbank.

If you are looking for school uniform, them look no further. We have hundreds of trousers, skirts and dresses for sale all priced from £2.50

We are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 9am - 12pm if you would like to come and browse! 

Thank you to every one who donated at TESCO EXTRA, Ryde on 1st and 2nd December you donated a whopping 1.6 tonnes of food!

A big thank you also to the staff, RSA members and foodbank volunteers for thier support too.

A big thank you to everyone who supported us on the day. We raised an amazing £710.49p!!!

We would like to say a special thank you to our volunteers and to Calbourne Classics and Medina Foods for donating delicious cakes for us to sell on the day!

We will be holding another sale in the new year, watch this space for more details...

Isle of Wight foodbank hit the news today with its 'nearly new fashion sale'. This is happening on Saturday 17th November 2012 at foodbank HQ, on Somerton Business Park from 10-2pm.

http://onthewight.com/2012/11/09/isle-of-wight-foodbank-need-our-help/

See our latest Press Release

Please come and support us! We would love to see you there.

We are collecting food at Waitrose, East Cowes this Saturday and Sunday 24th and 25th November 2012. We will be there all day and we hope to see you there!

Up and coming fundraising...Beat the Dawn - Some mad fellows on the Isle of Wight are raising money for the Isle of Wight foodbank by taking part in a challenge that involves running from the Western tip of the Island to the Eastern point. They have between sunset and sunrise on 23rd June 2012 to 'Beat the Dawn' and complete their challenge. Please donate on our PayPal page to support these crazy people!

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Click Here to download the Spring 2012 news letter

To download our latest newsletter from September 2011 please click here

We're looking for volunteers to help with the foodbank. Would you be able to spare 4 hours of your time to work in an Isle of Wight foodbank cafe / Distribution Centre? For more information ring the office on 01983 292040.