News | Abingdon Foodbank

14 Apr 26

Our volunteer Seth runs the London marathon for Abingdon Foodbank

Our volunteer, Seth, is running the London Marathon in a few weeks, raising money for Abingdon Food Bank! Seth helps us with supermarket food collections, seasonal food drives (pictured here on the right at our Waitrose Easter food drive just a few weeks ago), and at our client foodbank sessions. When he’s not running around […]

9 Apr 26

528 people fed in March 2026

In March 2026, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 224 emergency food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 528 people, of which 182 were children. Thank you so much for your support in March. 💚

10 Mar 26

2.6 million food parcels provided by foodbanks in 2025

In 2025, more than 2.6 million emergency food parcels were distributed to people across the UK. From this figure, 912, 216 emergency food parcels were provided for children. Compared with 2024, this figure of 2.6 million food parels is a 12% decrease in the total number of parcels provided, and represents a ray of hope […]

10 Mar 26

489 people fed in February 2026

In February 2026, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 213 emergency food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 489 people, of which 169 were children. Thank you so much for your support in February. 💚

10 Feb 26

479 people fed in January 2026

In January 2026, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 216 emergency food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 479 people, of which 143 were children. Thank you so much for your support in January. 💚

19 Jan 26

Culham Campus pilot scheme generates 103kg of donations

In 2025 we were approached by the team at Croft Associates Ltd who are based at Culham Campus, who wished to set up a pilot foodbank donation initiative on site. Croft have been long-time supporters of Abingdon Foodbank, primarily led by Abbie Johnson and her team, and she was keen to explore if support could […]

19 Jan 26

2025 Christmas Campaign and December Results

In December 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 272 standard emergency food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 731 people, of which 272 were children. Our 2025 Christmas hamper campaign saw us distribute special Christmas parcels to 388 local families. We worked with schools and […]

15 Dec 25

Christmas Opening Times 2025

🎄Christmas Opening Times at Abingdon Foodbank🎄 As we get closer to Christmas, here are the dates of when we will be open or closed for client sessions for both centres. South centre (Preston Road Community Centre) will be CLOSED on Wednesday 24 December. North centre (Christ Church, Northcourt Road) will be CLOSED on Friday 26 […]

7 Dec 25

565 people fed in November 2025

In November 2025, your donations helped Abingdon Foodbank to distribute 233 food parcels to people facing hardship in Abingdon and the surrounding villages. These parcels fed 565 people, of which 197 were children. Thank you so much for your support in November. 💚

12 Nov 25

4,000kg donated for Harvest 2025

WOW!!! 4 tonnes of Harvest Donations!! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated, we have been inundated with collections from the general public and all different parts of our community and have beaten last year’s harvest total quite considerably! We had huge support from our local schools and our local networks of churches […]

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