News | East Yorkshire Foodbank

17 Dec 25

Christmas Closing

The last food bank sessions will be Monday 22nd December in both Beverley and Bridlington. All referrals must be received by 12 noon on Friday 19th. The food bank will close early 24th December and re-open on Friday 2nd January to give our volunteers a well earned break. If you are in crisis over the […]

3 Nov 25

Big Christmas Appeal

As Christmas draws near, many of us look forward to sharing meals, laughter, and warmth with loved ones. But for too many families in our community, food will be meagre this year. Our food bank is working harder than ever to provide meals and comfort to those struggling to make ends meet — but we […]

15 Oct 25

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the food bank will be held at 1.15pm on Friday 24th October at the Ferguson Fawsitt, East End, Walkington. It is open to all. You are welcome to attend to hear about the last year in review and current activities.

30 Jul 25

Ensure that your foodbank gets what it needs most… use the BanktheFood app!

BanktheFood is a registered charity with an app to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need and not just baked beans. Its app is free to use (and they say it always will be!) BanktheFood is very simple to use. Once you have downloaded the app from the app store and followed the install […]

6 Jun 25

Cost of Living Crisis Impact

The cost of living crisis continues to impact households of all sizes and make up. In the year to March 2025 the foodbank gave out food to feed over 12,500 people. Of those, almost 5,000 were children. 50% of the food we gave out came from local people and community groups, for which we are […]

26 Mar 25

Join us for a Murder Mystery evening – Saturday 5th April

Join us for a fun murder mystery evening with the very entertaining Cave Players on Saturday 5th April at the Armstrong Centre in Beverley. There will be a bar, hot drinks and cake stall to keep you refreshed as you try to work out who did it and why. Book your place now by telephoning […]

27 Jan 25

Living Wage Employer

The food bank is proud to be a living wage employer. If you are in employment you should be able to afford the absolute basics.

23 Dec 24

Christmas 2024

The food bank is closed for Christmas from 24th December and will re-open on 2nd January. If you are in absolute crisis in this period please phone 01482 393939 which is the council’s 24 hour emergency number. Our best wishes to all.

9 Oct 24

Book Auction to raise money for the East Yorkshire Foodbank 2024

A shelf with books on the left and a box of food donations on the right.

The book auction is back for the third year! A group of local authors are running a book auction to raise money for the East Yorkshire Foodbank. There are lots of signed books on offer, plus the chance to have a chat with a bestselling author or even the chance to have your name given […]

2 Aug 24

Urgent appeal this summer

The cost of living crisis is still a harsh reality for many people. We are seeing this from the number of people we help and a fall in donations of food. The result is very little food to give to those in crisis. The food bank has therefore launched an urgent appeal for donations. If […]

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