The Coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed the world, with a worldwide reach unprecedented in our lifetimes.
The Bournemouth Foodbank’s commitment to see the need of the most vulnerable in our community covered remains unchanged.
Food banks have been given essential status, and our intention is to keep the Bournemouth Foodbank open for as long as possible. Our amazing team of staff and volunteers keep working tirelessly to make sure that the most vulnerable in Bournemouth and families struggling financially can get the food they need during this time of crisis.
The food banks are essential for so many people in our town, but we have the uncertainty of what will happen in the case of a lockdown. Nonetheless, our intention is to remain operative as long as necessary, changing and adapting as the crisis unfolds.
If you need help
If find yourself in a critical situation, please look in our map all the different agencies you can direct yourself or call in order to get a food voucher.
Foodbank Agencies Map
How to help
1. DONATE FINANCIALLY.
Having the financial ability to buy the items we need when we run out will be invaluable in this time and crisis.
Please Donate via any of these options:
Virgin / PayPal
2. DONATE LOW STOCK ITEMS.
If you cannot donate financially, here are the items we’re running out of quicker. You can drop them off at any of our donation points.
- Long-life Fruit Juice
- UHT Milk
- Rice Pudding
- Tinned Fruit
- Tinned Vegetables
Other needed products are tinned fish, tinned tomatoes, savoury snacks, toiletries and soap.
3. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARE.
Please, please, please, follow us on social media and share our posts. It is incredibly important for us to be able to reach as many people as possible. This crisis is really highlighting how crucial this is.
Facebook / Instagram / Twitter
4. VOLUNTEER
We are so grateful for all our volunteers that freely give their time to help us continue with our work.
Thankfully, we’ve had a great response from people offering to volunteer. Nonetheless, we don’t know how things will develop and if we will need more volunteers in the future. So if you are interested to volunteer during the Coronavirus update or long term, please complete our application form.
Please be patient when waiting to hear from us, since due to the high volume of applications, we’re only contacting volunteers as needed.
