The Olive Branch

12/10/2026

Wow - we have SO MANY Thanks to share, for all the donations and collections that have been delivered to our centre in the last week, from individuals and groups in our community, including:

⭐ Residents of Hala Grove
⭐ St Peter's Church, Quernmore
⭐ Holy Trinity Bolton-le-Sands Church
⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Bolton-le-Sands C of E Primary School
⭐ Christ Church Lancaster
⭐ Grace Baptist Church
⭐ The team at eggcup
⭐ Everyone who donated to our collection point in BoothsCountry store in Scotforth
⭐ St James & John
⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Moorside County Primary School
⭐ St Lukes Skerton
⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Ellel St John's C of E Primary School
⭐ The Lancaster University Business School Support team
⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Skerton St Luke's CE Primary School
⭐ Everyone who donated to our collection point in Co-op store in Quernmore.
⭐ Lancaster Baptist Church
⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Dallas Road Community Primary School
⭐ St Paul's Church Scotforth
⭐ Everyone who donated to our collection point in the Gatehouse Reception of White Cross Business Park Lancaster
⭐ St Bernadette's Church
⭐ St Thomas' Church
⭐ Priory Church
⭐ The team at Positive Futures Café

Thanks to all these amazing donations, our stocks have been looking much healthier 💚. Please keep your donations coming! 🙏

09/10/2026

Our stock of toiletries is particularly low at the moment. If you feel able to help us replenish any of these items over the next week, this would be hugely appreciated.

⚠️ Shower gel
⚠️ Shampoo and conditioner 🫧

Many thanks! 🙏

07/10/2026

Save the date for The Olive Branch's Ceilidh on Saturday 14th November! 🥳

Come and join us for a night of dancing, music and community from 6.30 pm on Saturday 14th November - promising to be lots of fun, as well as helping The Olive Branch to raise vital funds to support its ongoing work.

The Ceilidh will be led by a fantastic band at Over Kellet Village Hall, with tickets including a meal of pie & peas (hot dogs for primary school children), followed by pudding!

Head over to our website to book tickets ⤵

https://the-olivebranch.org.uk/latest-news/the-olive-branchs-ceilidh

We hope to see you there 🙂

07/10/2026

We want to say a big thank you to all the pupils, parents, carers and staff at Moorside County Primary School for their phenomenal Harvest collection that arrived with us today! These donations will go a long way, helping us store up food for the winter months when the need for emergency food increases. We are so grateful for this support 💚

05/10/2026

We have Many Thanks to share for a number of wonderful donations and collections from individuals and groups in our community, including:

⭐ Pupils, parents, carers and staff at Loyne Specialist School
⭐ Grace Baptist Church
⭐ The team at Animal Care
⭐ St James & John
⭐ Everyone who donated to our collection points in BoothsCountry stores in Milnthorpe and Carnforth
⭐ St Paul's Church Scotforth
⭐ Caton Baptist Church
⭐ Everyone who donated to our collection point in the Co-op store in Quernmore.
⭐ Members of Lancaster's Quaker community
⭐ Willow Lane Church
⭐ Priory
⭐ Holy Trinity Bolton-le-Sands Church

Last week, we supported over 70 households with emergency food, so your support to replenish our shelves each week and stock up for the winter months is hugely appreciated 💚

02/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who helped us replenish our cereal box stocks (please keep your donations coming!) 💚

This afternoon, David was able to achieve his challenge to create a cereal box train that travelled all the way through our centre!

P.S. No cereal boxes (or volunteers!) were hurt in the making of this film 😅

30/09/2026

Our Autumn Newsletter is out! 🙂

Head over to our website to read about The Olive Branch's news, including our recent Back to School Project and upcoming Ceilidh Fundraiser (tickets sales go live tomorrow!) ⤵

https://the-olivebranch.org.uk/latest-news/autumn-2026-newsletter

28/09/2026

We have Many Thanks to share this Monday, for some amazing donations and Harvest Collections that we've received over the last week, from individuals and groups in our community, including:

⭐ Christ Church Lancaster
⭐ Grace Baptist Church
⭐ Trinity Church Lancaster
⭐ St James & John
⭐ The staff team at Harvey House.
⭐Everyone who donated to our collection points in BoothsCountry stores in Milnthorpe and Carnforth
⭐ St Thomas' Church
⭐ Trinity United Reformed Church, Lancaster
⭐ Priory Church
⭐ St Paul's Church Scotforth
⭐ Clapham Evangelical Church
⭐ St Bernadette's Church

With the weather starting to get colder, your help to stock up our storerooms in time for the winter is a vital support to those facing hardships in Lancaster. 🙏💚

25/09/2026

Are you up for a challenge?

This is all the cereal we have in our food bank.

Can you help us replenish our shelves with enough cereal boxes that David can make a 'cereal train' that runs through our whole building?

Your help to replenish our stocks would be hugely appreciated! Many thanks.

25/09/2026

Our friends at LM Debt Centre are hosting a fabulous Quiz Night on Saturday 3rd October (we can vouch for how fun it was last year!)

Grab some friends and book onto this event for a great night that supports a vital service in our community 💚

👀 Ooooooh... a quiz!! 👀

Grab some mates and get yourself along to Morecambe Memorial Hall on Saturday, October 3rd for a great night of quizzical fun! 🥳🥸🥳

All proceeds to support the local work of Lancaster & Morecambe CAP Debt Centre & Job Club... bringing hope, changing lives! 🙌

Sign up ASAP
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