News | B30 & South Birmingham Foodbank

6 Mar 25

Julian doing the hard yards!

Volunteer Julian is training hard for the Manchester marathon on the 27th April to raise funds for B30 Foodbank. The link to his justgiving page is below and any sponsorship would be hugely appreciated. Thank you Julian, keep on running! Please sponsor me if you can and if you do, please also add […]

6 Dec 24

Christmas newsletter 2024

Click here for our 2024 Christmas newsletter. Merry Christmas to all our supporters, clients and volunteers newsletter

2 Oct 24

£260 raised from jam and pickle sales!

Once again the amazing Britt has made a very significant donation to the foodbank following sales of her in-demand jams and pickles. Britt, and husband Paul, also support foodbank clients by donating and delivering wonderful fresh fruit and vegetables from their own and other great growers at Moor Green Allottments. Thanks again to Britt and […]

27 Jun 24

Donations are down, demand is up, get out and vote!

In the run up to the election we are seeing an increased demand for our services. Understandably with the cost of living crisis clients are finding getting to the end of the month more and more difficult. Inevitably with costs rising donations are down and our warehouse shelves are becoming depleted. “More and more […]

19 Apr 24

Olio donations to B30

Volunteers at B30 Foodbank have been delighted that we were contacted by Food Waste Hero, Court, from the sharing and surplus food app @olio.app recently. Court explained what she does: “I volunteer to collect surplus food from local businesses to save it from going to waste. Once collected I then take photos and list it on the […]

28 Feb 24

Mega runner Daniel does it again!

Daniel Moloney is an incredible local runner who has supported the foodbank for several years, raising thousands of pounds on his gruelling long distance runs. Please support him on yet another incredible effort! On March 8th Daniel is attempting to run 135 miles across Ireland from Galway to Dublin and raising money for B30 Foodbank. […]

28 Feb 24

Mothers’ Day gift joy

For the past few years we have tried to give small Mother’s Day gifts to the many mums who visit the foodbank and to clients who want a gift for their mum too. This year, the task of making up gift bags was taken on by our wonderful volunteer, Anna. Her powers of persuasion brought […]

27 Dec 23

Local crafters bringing comfort and joy!

Kind-hearted knitting and crochet crafters have once again donated more beautiful, handmade blankets to foodbank clients, via Christine’s Wool Shop (Cityknits) on Bournville Green. Shop owners Julie and Caroline have always crafted for charity and encourage their talented customers to do the same. So, for the second year running they put the call out to […]

27 Dec 23

Cadbury Athletic – great supporters!

Our thanks go to the wonderful Cadbury Athletic Football Team and managers who have done a big push and a fantastic collection for the foodbank at their latest match last Saturday. Foodbank Volunteer Ian was on hand to help, together with Bournville Labour Cllrs Fred and Liz. Club Chair Bryan was on hand to add […]

27 Dec 23

Mondelez staff collection

Once again we send our thanks to the lovely People Services team at Mondelez International (Cadbury’s) in Bournville. This year their Christmas collection amounted to almost 300kg of much-needed food. Organiser Angela started the collection early, making sure her colleagues knew what to donate and organised collection points for them to leave it at. Our […]

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