Oldham Foodbank

01/10/2026

🎶 Another big thank you to Saddleworth Male Voice Choir for choosing to support Oldham Foodbank this year.

Join us for their Concert of Remembrance on Saturday 7th November at 7.30pm at Uppermill Civic Hall, featuring special guests Dobcross Youth Band.

It will be a wonderful evening of music, and we'll be there collecting donations in support of local people facing hardship across Oldham.

💚 We hope to see some of our supporters there. The choir's support over the coming year will make a real difference to our community.

24/09/2026

🎉 BIG NEWS! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce that Oldham Foodbank has been awarded £50,000 from Postcode Community Trust, a charity funded by People's Postcode Lottery.

Receiving a grant of this size is both exciting and humbling, and we’re incredibly grateful for the trust and support shown in our work.

We’re currently exploring the best ways to use this funding to create the greatest impact for people across Oldham, and we’ll be sharing our plans as soon as they’re finalised.

Keep following our page for updates, and join us in thanking Postcode Community Trust for making this possible! 🙌💚

22/09/2026

🌽 Support Oldham Foodbank this Harvest Festival 🌽

As Harvest Festival approaches, many schools, churches and community groups will be thinking about how they can help others in their local community.

If you're planning a Harvest collection, we'd love to work with you! We can provide an up-to-date shopping list of the items we need most and arrange collection of your donations.

To find out more, please contact:

📧 [email protected]

Together, we can ensure local people and families have access to the support they need this autumn. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. 💚

21/09/2026

We're Running Low on Some Essential Items 🚨

Demand for our services remains high, and we're currently running low on:

🥣 Cereal
🧃 Long-life fruit juice
🥕 Tinned vegetables
🍑 Tinned fruit
🧺 Laundry detergent

If you're doing your shopping this week, please consider picking up an extra item to donate. Every donation, big or small, helps us support local people and families facing hardship across Oldham.

You can find details of our donation points here: 👉 https://oldham.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

Thank you for your continued kindness and support. Together, we can make sure nobody in our community has to face hardship alone.

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18/09/2026

From a supermarket collection point to someone's doorstep, ever wondered what happens in between? Watch the whole journey, in one minute.

None of it happens without the people behind it, whether that's someone adding an extra item to their shop or backing us with a regular donation. Thank you for being part of that chain.

Donate: https://localgiving.org/donation/oldham-foodbank/start

17/09/2026

FREE TO A GOOD HOME — 10 chairs

We have 10 blue upholstered stacking chairs to give away, on castors, sturdy frames. Some seat pads have tea/coffee staining from use, so they're not showroom condition, but structurally sound and ready to use.

Would suit another charity, community group or church hall. Collection only from our warehouse on Vulcan Street, Oldham. First come, first served, please comment or message if you'd like them.

03/09/2026

Last week, one of the people we supported was a pensioner in her 70s with just 59p left until the weekend. Her energy company had been increasing her payments, and this week her pension simply didn't stretch far enough.

This is what hunger in Oldham looks like: a fixed income and rising bills that stop adding up, even for people managing carefully.

We could make sure she had food that day because of people like you. Thank you for making that difference.

Donate here: https://localgiving.org/donation/oldham-foodbank/start

28/08/2026

This August, 473 vouchers meant 974 people in Oldham didn't go without a meal. 349 of them were children.

Nobody chooses for their child to go hungry. What they don't get to choose is a food shop that costs more every month while wages and benefits don't keep pace.

That's the gap we exist to close, and right now we're buying in food to cover what isn't donated, at £8 per person. Every £8 you give puts a food parcel in someone's hands. Donate today: https://localgiving.org/donation/oldham-foodbank/start

24/08/2026

"I was upset at having to be referred for a food parcel, but everyone treated me so well."

That's what a mum told us on Friday, ringing just to say thank you. She'd worked for years before her health meant she could no longer continue, and she said that from the first phone call to the moment her food arrived, she felt treated with care, not judgement.

Nobody plans to need a food bank. A donation helps us keep answering that call with the same warmth she described: https://localgiving.org/charity/oldham-foodbank

We rely on the support of our local community for food donations, volunteering and finances. Can you help us stop UK hunger?

21/08/2026

Big thanks to Collister Ltd for donating a set of really good stackable chairs. Our old ones had seen better days, with stains that told their own story! 😬

The new ones are already in place in our volunteer rest area and meeting room, giving the team a proper upgrade for their downtime. We will be sending a certificate of thanks to Collister. Really grateful for a business that looks after us behind the scenes 💚