News
25 Mar 19
NEW OUTLET to open in St Stephen on Wednesdays
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with St Stephen in Brannel Church which will see a foodbank outlet open every Wednesday from 11am – 1pm at the Parish Church. Anyone with one of our vouchers will be able to collect a food parcel from our dedicated team there as well as enjoying a […]
23 Mar 19
Bumper amount collected at Tesco!
We were delighted to collect an amazing 1,073kg of food on Thurs 21st March at Tesco – a new record for a one day collection! People’s generosity never ceases to amaze us! Thank you!
18 Feb 19
Thank you Cornwall/PirateFM
Our team were delighted to collect a substantial amount of food from the PirateFM studio this morning as they exceeded 10 “tonnes of tins” as part of their amazing appeal! If you’d still like to donate, check out the PirateFM website for details. THANK YOU!
4 Dec 18
THANK YOU St Austell!
Thank you to all the kind folks who donated at Tesco and Co-Op this past weekend, We realised a total of almost 3 tonnes of food donated in 3 days – an amazing result! We were so struck by people’s generosity and compassion at this Christmastime – it will make such a difference to local […]
12 Oct 18
Collect for us this Christmas
Once again this year we are running our “Reverse Advent Calendar” as a great way to get your office/organisation/school/church involved in supporting the foodbank. Rather than receive your chocolate, you instead make a donation to the foodbank, giving the items stated. Collect them all into a box, and drop them to us in time for […]
7 Sep 18
Thank you to Tesco’s shoppers
Thank you to the kind shoppers of Tesco who donated a total of 783kg of food on 6th Sept. This will make an amazing difference to our stock levels and to local people in need, Thank you!
7 Sep 18
Our Par centre is now closed
After many years of faithful service, our team at Par have closed our foodbank outlet. We are sorry for any inconvenience this might cause, and advise you to contact our St Austell or Roche branches. Thank you.
27 Mar 18
Thank you to local shoppers!
Thank you to all who shopped at Tesco Holmbush and St Blazey Co-Op in recent weeks and donated over a tonne of food to the foodbank. It was an amazing result, and we really could not operate without you! We continue to feed about 50 people a week, so, on their behalf, THANK YOU!
27 Mar 18
Easter Opening Hours
The foodbank will be open as usual until Thurs 29th April, and then closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. We reopen on Tues 3rd April.
14 Jul 17
Can you help us feed local people?
With demand for food on the increase, so our need of stock increases too! If you would like to contribute non-perishable foods to the foodbank, please drop it to our collection points at Holmbush Tesco or Gover Co-Op or visit us during opening times. We are especially in need of instant mash potato and tinned […]