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Music Madness Fundraiser October 6th

Our Music Madness fundraiser event is back on Friday October 6th at Quay Arts Centre, Newport. Doors/bar opens at 7pm, music starts at 7:30pm. Come and grab a drink, sit back and tap your feet to some fabulous local music! You’re also welcome to get up and dance, it has been done before. Line Up: […]

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Pittis donation provides supermarket vouchers

A huge thank you to Pittis for partnering with us by donating £100 every time you booked your free valuation. With the money donated, we have been able to provide a supermarket voucher with every foodbank emergency food parcel allowing people to also buy fresh food etc. This has been wonderfully received. A team from […]

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Asda Green Token – Vote here

With the annual food inflation jumping to 13.3% in December, where we supported over 900 people, and the cost of living crisis continuing to rise, we appreciate the timing of the Asda Green Token Giving Fund. Asda is supporting thousands of local good causes, and the new voting period has just began. PLEASE VOTE HERE […]

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Mid Year Stats Apr-Sept 2022

On Thursday 10th November, we released our stats for emergency food parcel distribution from April to September 2022, which shed light on the level of need for the Isle of Wight Foodbank in our local community. The stark new figures reveal that we provided 2635 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials […]

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Southern Water Drop In Sessions

Southern Water are very kindly providing Drop In sessions at our Foodbanks to provide practical advice on reducing your water bill. If you would like to know more and receive one of their practical and free goody bags to help you reduce your water bill, drop into our foodbank cafe’s and have a cuppa and […]

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Monthly Clothing Sale Reopening 29.10.22

We are very excited to be re-opening our monthly clothing sales after being closed for two years due to the pandemic. It was the right decision to make back in 2020 as it allowed us to focus on keeping our volunteers safe, and those using the foodbank, as we continued to support local people in […]

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Southern Water Drop In Sessions

Southern Water are very kindly providing Drop In sessions at our Foodbanks to provide practical advice on reducing your water bill. Thanks to Stuart (pictured above) who joined us today at our Cowes foodbank. If you would like to know more and receive one of their practical and free goody bags to help you reduce […]

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Preloved Clothing – Opening Soon

We are excited to be opening up our Textile Recycling Centre again after two years. Covid saw us needing the space to socially distance our volunteers to keep them safe. We also closed our doors to the general public, pre-packing food for collection outside our buildings. Now this has changed, we hope to be able […]

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Thank you for donations nov/dec 2021

14 Million people in the UK live in poverty and the Isle of Wight is no exception, which is why we appreciate every single donation. We are unable to mention every kind and generous soul that donates, helping to support local people in crisis, but we would like to thank you all! December is our […]

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MUSICAL MADNESS FUNDRAISER NOVEMBER 2021

A NIGHT OF MUSICAL MADNESS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT FOODBANK Come and enjoy a great night at the Quay Arts Centre featuring The Rug Band, Strawberry Moon, Francie Aiello & Heather Wilson, The Kelpies and now also JC and Kathy Grimshaw, with a bowl of chilli, whilst also supporting the Isle […]

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