Waveney Foodbank

29/05/2026

🛒 Heading to the shops this week? Please spare a thought for your local foodbank 💙

As you’re picking up your groceries, could you add just one or two extra items to donate? Things like tinned food and toiletries make a huge difference to families in our community.

If you’re shopping online, you can still help! Simply donate via PayPal and we’ll use your contribution to buy essential items on your behalf:
👉 https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/3218281

Every donation, big or small, helps ensure no one in our area goes without. Thank you for your kindness and support 🙏

28/05/2026

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26/05/2026

URGENT APPEAL
Due to an unprecedented demand for our help, our stocks of the following items are now at a critical level.
If you can support, even with one or two items, it would make a real difference to people in our community who are struggling right now.
Thank you so much for your continued kindness and generosity 💛
You can donate at your local supermarket or use the link below to donate via PayPal, and we can buy items on your behalf. https://waveney.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/

URGENT APPEAL

02/05/2026

Are you able to give a couple of hours a week to help local people struggling with food insecurity??

We need volunteers to help at one of our distribution centres a few miles from Harleston.

Main duties would include.....

Talking to clients over a cuppa.

Distributing food.

Signposting to other agencies.

Volunteers must be good listeners, non judgemental, and follow confidentiality and safeguarding rules.

Full ongoing training will be provided.

Email Jemma in the first instance

[email protected]

Or call her on 07761 548951

24/04/2026

🚩 Common Scam Examples:

“I just need £20 for baby formula tonight — my baby is starving

"I've left my abuser, and the council has moved me into a hotel"

"The foodbank won't help"

Posting late on a Friday or weekend when charities might be shut

New profiles with no posts elsewhere

Claiming they’ll accept nappies/food, then suddenly say only money will work

Using photos of babies or children that appear on multiple profiles

Reposting the same story every few weeks with a slightly different emergency

✅ Safer Ways to Help:

Donate to local food banks, baby banks, or verified charities

Encourage professional support services that can help long‑term

Let’s protect each other while still supporting genuine families in need ❤️

Think twice, verify first, and share this post to spread awareness.

24/04/2026

Thank you for the invite, it was a pleasure and your donations were very welcome

20/04/2026

This week's most wanted item is: Instant Pasta

11/04/2026

Thanks to Beccles Rotary, Beccles Lions and all the fantastic individuals that helped us collect over 3 cages of food today at Beccles Tesco.
And thank you to all the wonderful people who donated food .

11/04/2026

Thanks to everyone from Rotary that helped us collect over 3 cages of food today in Beccles Tesco...

Various Beccles Rotary members helped Waveney Foodbank today to raise awareness of their scheme for donation of goods at the Tesco store in Beccles. Customers who were willing were handed shopping lists with suggestions about buying an extra item or two and adding it to the foodbank collection. Here is our president, Tony Rainbird on the right, with Matthew Scade, the Waveney Foodbank project manager.

10/04/2026

We really need UHT Fruit Juice

You can donate at any local supermarket

We will also be at Beccles Tesco on Sat 11/4 from 9am-4pm, collecting in-store, so why not come and say hi when making your donation

Or you can donate via PayPal, and we can buy it on your behalf

https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/3218281