News | Wythenshawe Foodbank

15 May 25

Help Fight Hunger in Wythenshawe This June – Join Us at ASDA!

This June, we’re rolling up our sleeves and getting stuck in to fight local hunger—and we’d love your help. Wythenshawe Foodbank will be out at ASDA Wythenshawe and ASDA Hale Barns on the 13th and 14th of June, collecting donations to support families in crisis right here in our community. Thanks to ASDA’s amazing ongoing […]

1 May 25

How to Get Help from Wythenshawe Foodbank

At Wythenshawe Foodbank, we’re here to support people facing crisis situations. To ensure you receive the right support, we operate through a referral system. How the Referral System Works To access emergency food from our foodbank, you will need a food voucher, which must be obtained through a referral from one of our local partner […]

1 May 25

Trustees Wanted

We’re seeking two new trustees to join our board. Wythenshawe Foodbank are part of the Trussell network, we’re a small charity working to support local people in food crisis. We operate across five sites, 6 days a week, serving the whole of Wythenshawe from a central operations hub based in Wythenshawe town centre. Unfortunately, our […]

16 Mar 21

Why We Work With Referral Agencies

Here at Wythenshawe foodbank to get a food voucher we use a referral system. So to get help you will need to be referred to us by one of our local partners the full list can be found here. In order to provide the most appropriate help for your current circumstances we work with local […]

15 Mar 21

Volunteers Wanted

Volunteer Where: Sorting Hub, 10-11 The Birtles, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 5UN When: Either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday Friday Overview of the role: This role involves supporting the food bank team in managing our food donations. Food donations are sorted, weighed and packed ready for distribution. Key tasks • Ensure that incoming stock is checked, weighed, […]

21 Dec 20

Support over the Christmas Period 2020

We will be opening our centres as follows: – Unit E (Referral Agency collection only) – Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd December – 09:30 to 14:00 Dandelion St Marks – Wednesday 23rd December – 10:00 to 13:00 St Luke’s – Saturday 2nd January 11:00 to 12:00 If you need any support over the Christmas period […]

4 Dec 20

December opening

We will continue to run our foodbank distribution centres as detailed below: – Sandilands Primary School – The last session before Christmas will be 15th December 15:30 to 16:30 and then reopen 5th January 2021 Dandelion – Will open on Wednesday 23rd as normal opening times 10:00 to 13:00 and then reopen 6th January 2021 […]

25 Nov 20

Christmas Donations

We will be opening the central unit E every weekday 9:30 to 12:30 to receive bulk donations for Wythenshawe Foodbank and would ask that all Christmas donations are arranged for no later than Monday 14th December to give time for us to get the items out in festive themed parcels as we approach Christmas. We […]

28 Sep 20

New distribution centre joins the network

We are pleased to announce that from October 2020 we will have a new additional distribution centre joining us here at Wythenshawe Foodbank. We will be offering pre booked collection of emergency food parcels from our new location at Sandilands Primary School, Baguley, M23 9JX from Tuesday 6th October 15:30 to 16:30 during school term […]

16 Sep 20

Opening Times

We have 2 distribution centres open for collections of an emergency food parcel. Dandelion – Oatlands Road, M22 1AH – Wednesday 10:00 to 13:00 St Luke’s – Brownley Road, M22 4PT – Saturday 11:00 to 12:00 Please note that you must have a red Foodbank voucher or a Wythenshawe Foodbank voucher E-Code to collect your […]

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