Blog | Abingdon Foodbank

9 Jun 25

Kid’s Summer Meals Campaign returns in 2025

Our Kid’s Summer Meals Campaign is back! ☀️ We’re collecting donations for breakfast and lunch items to help families through the summer holidays. Our list is one that allows for multiple meals/uses to help with the extended period of not having free school meals. We’re collecting donations all through June to be bagged up in […]

9 Jun 25

507 people fed in April 2025

In April 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 213 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 507 people, of which 192 were children. Thank you so much for your support in April. 💚

9 Jun 25

559 people fed in March 2025

In March 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 229 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 559 people, of which 243 were children. Thank you so much for your support in March. 💚

14 Apr 25

Abingdon Foodbank closed on Good Friday 18th April

Please note! Abingdon Foodbank will be CLOSED this Friday 18th April for Good Friday bank holiday. This includes both clients visiting, and public donations of goods. Foodbank sessions will run on: Tuesday 15th April (North site) 11am-1pm Wednesday 16th April (South site) 1pm-2.30pm and resume on Tuesday 22nd April (North site) 11am-1pm

11 Mar 25

550 people fed in February 2025

In February 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 220 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 550 people, of which 235 were children. We helped a number of families with additional parcels during half term, to help with children’s lunches. In February our top donations […]

13 Feb 25

579 people fed in January 2025

In January 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 224 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 579 people, of which 229 were children. As volunteers, we noticed it was a quieter start to the year than we anticipated. Towards the end of the month we […]

13 Feb 25

Waitrose Abingdon donates 14 tonnes in 2024

Waitrose Abingdon donated 14 TONNES of donations to Abingdon Foodbank in 2024! In 2023 Waitrose Abingdon donated 13,405kg of food and household items, but in 2024 they went even further, donating 14,069kg. To every customer, staff and member of the public who has dropped items in the donations crates in-store, thank you! Waitrose Abingdon is […]

14 Jan 25

2024 Christmas Campaign Results

The figures are in! Our 2024 Christmas Campaign saw us distribute 384 extra parcels to 289 vulnerable households in Abingdon and surrounding villages. This weighed in at 2,688kg of food going to those facing hardship. Not only did we distribute the food parcels at our foodbank sessions, we also liaised with local schools and agencies […]

8 Jan 25

720 people fed in December

In December 2024, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 257 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 720 people, of which 328 were children and 412 were adults. December’s figures show an increase from previous months, which we expected to see given the financial pressures of […]

19 Dec 24

Christmas & New Year Opening Details

Abingdon Foodbank will be CLOSED to clients on the following dates: CLOSED: Tuesday 24th December (North site, Christ Church, Northcourt Road) CLOSED: Wednesday 25th December (South site, Preston Road Community Centre) We will be OPEN at all other sessions during the festive period as follows: OPEN: Friday 27th December (North site, Christ Church, Northcourt […]

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