Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank

01/08/2026

Big shoutout to our great friend Tony, who has taken on an amazing challenge to raise funds for two of our favourite charities - The Anchor Project and Bradford Baby Bank. This September, he's going to cycle from London to Paris in just four days - a grand total of 311 miles, or around 78 miles a day!

To find out more about the challenge and the two brilliant charities Tony is supporting, click on the Just Giving link below. Please donate or share, and send them all some support!

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Help Tony O'Connell raise money to support Bradford Baby Bank

20/07/2026

A belated but HUGE, HUGE thank you to everyone who donated to our food collection at Morrison’s last weekend!

We’re so grateful for the incredible generosity and kindness we experienced throughout the day - every tin, packet, and carton we received will help us to provide nutritious food parcels for families and individuals in our District who are facing difficult times. We're currently distributing between 350-400 food parcels a week, so every donation makes a real difference.

A MASSIVE thank you, too, to our wonderful volunteers who turned out to help us on the day, assisted very ably by Wyke Guides and Rangers. You did an amazing job as always - your support and commitment are truly appreciated💛✨.

Photos from the day are published with consent. Great to see those lovely smiles from everyone!!!

09/07/2026

We're holding a collection!

Our lovely volunteers will be braving the heatwave weather at Morrison's Supermarket in Girlington, BD8 9BN, this Saturday July 11th, from 9.00 AM until 5.00 PM.

Every tin, packet and toiletry item we receive will make a huge difference to families facing tough times right now.

The items we need most are: rice, long-life pitta bread, peanut butter, tins of mixed beans, instant mash, tinned fruit, and microwave pasta pouches.

If you can, just pop an extra item in your trolley and help us to make sure that no one in our district goes hungry. Our team will be at the entrance to take your donations, so please stop and have a chat!

If you can't come along on the day, you can still help us by sharing this post!

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27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating at this time. May this Eid bring peace, harmony, and joy to all ❤️

06/04/2026

Wishing everyone a belated Happy Easter from all of us at Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank! We hope your weekend has been filled with friends, family, smiles and chocolate☺️

We also want to say a huge thanks for helping us to provide free food to those who need support across the Bradford District. As we so often say, we couldn't do this without you!

We're thinking too about those who are struggling to make ends meet in communities across the whole of the UK, and of families and children living in perilous situations in war-torn countries. These are extremely difficult times for so many people. Your support means such a lot and reminds us that community action unites us in difficult times ❤

20/03/2026

Warm wishes to everyone celebrating Eid! Wishing you and your loved ones a celebration filled with joy, peace and hope. ❤

11/01/2026

This is to let you know that our lovely friend and colleague Ken Leach was given a wonderful send-off in a private funeral shortly before Christmas.

We'd like to express our sincere thanks to Ken's family and in particular his wife Marjorie, for requesting that donations be made to our food bank in lieu of flowers. The collection raised an amazing £788.75, which is an incredible tribute to Ken and his heartfelt belief in the work of our food bank.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones. Rest in peace, Ken ❤

08/01/2026

*Please share!

Cold weather provision for homeless people is open all year round. Homeless Outreach Teams provide on the ground support to people sleeping rough in places such as parks, stations, bus shelters and shop doorways. If you know of anyone sleeping rough like this, you can use Street Link to send an alert to Council and Charity Outreach provision so that they can provide support. Keep a lookout and help if you can.

As the temperatures are set to drop further and more bad weather forecast, Cold Weather Provision for homeless is open all year round and outreach workers are out. They can also help with long term housing support.
If you are worried about anyone sleeping rough in the district please use to connect them to support services.
https://thestreetlink.org.uk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPJ-ItleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBPdVZRWTJKYkdzd1RhbmNyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt0OaYo4Euo9Hu28CgrilAXJqerwBQDeSu-gjoGxkuXNGJTf0VGSdXNMNu2G_aem__F33XcyTG5_nDYtwAA7_Vg

01/01/2026

Wishing you a happy, healthy and hopeful New Year!

As always, 2025 was a busy year for us. Our lovely team of volunteers worked in all weathers, from winter snow and icy temperatures to summer heatwaves, in order to pack and distribute up to 300 emergency parcels each and every week. That’s approximately 15,000 parcels for the year.

So a massive well done and thank you to everybody who helped us to make this happen, whether through volunteering your time with us, donating food items, completing sponsored challenges, donating cash or sharing our Facebook posts. We hope you’ll continue to support us this year in our aim to reduce hunger in our District.

Here’s to a brighter year ahead! 🎉

25/12/2025

To our amazing volunteers, donors, friends, and supporters,

The festive season has well and truly arrived, and as always, we'd like to take a moment to wish you all a wonderful Christmas.

We’re incredibly grateful for your unwavering support, which helps us to provide food parcels for people across Bradford who are struggling to get by. Thank you for helping us to make a difference!

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, filled with joy and peace.