NEWS & EVENTS
A feast of gratitude to you all
Whether one of our seventy volunteers, supermarket partners, donors, supporters, churches, local schools and youth groups, agencies or referrers, you have all played an important part in our emergency food service this year. We wish you all a very Happy Christmas!
Probus Club of Sherborne appearance
Following a meeting of the Probus Club of Sherborne on 21st November 2023, David Kemp, Chair of Trustees for Sherborne Food Bank, was delighted to receive a cheque from their guest speaker, The Lord Sedwill KCMG, who kindly donated his appearance fee to our charity....
We’re a NISA Winter Warmer Winner!
Sherborne Food Bank is delighted to have been chosen as a ‘Heart of the Community Winter Warmer Winner’, which comes with a donation of £1000 towards our emergency food delivery service. We were nominated by our long-standing independent supermarket supporter Dike...
Let’s hear it for our Friday delivery teams!
The first Food Bank volunteers at the depot today were Jo and Michael! Friday is delivery day and we are averaging 43 families each and every week who receive an emergency food delivery from us. We deliver to Sherborne and the surrounding villages, an area of some 78...
New donation point! Hunt’s Supermarket
We're delighted that Hunts' Supermarket (next to Sherborne Station) has just come on-board as a supporter. We visited Hunt's earlier this week to set up a donation point in-store, right next to the main till. Retail Manager Suze Rudkin and store assistant Ed...
Leigh Village Flower Show fundraiser
It was a great pleasure for our Chair, David Kemp, to meet with Elizabeth Turnbull, and the organisers of Leigh Village Flower Show, in October to receive a cheque for £290. David thanked those present for their generosity and the Food Bank plans to use these...
