Smethwick Church Action Network

22/05/2026

This , if you'd like to help us with stock for our last session, we are urgently in need of:

- Tinned tomatoes
- UHT milk
- Tinned fruit
- Biscuits
- Jam

15/04/2026

We will reopen for food parcels as usual on Friday, 11 AM - 2 PM.

25/03/2026

FOODBANK CLOSURE ON 3RD AND 11TH APRIL

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be closed on the 3rd and 11th of April. We're very sorry about this. We'll reopen as normal for the 18th.

20/03/2026

Throughout the school holidays in 2026, visitors to any Morrisons Café can receive a free bowl of Kellogg’s Cornflakes or Rice Krispies with either dairy or soya milk and a piece of fresh fruit. The offer is open to everyone, including adults, with the aim of supporting families and children during the holidays when breakfast clubs aren’t running. Additionally, cafe visitors don’t need to make a purchase to access the offer.

20/03/2026

Happy Eid Al-Fitr! May it be restful and joyous. 💚

17/03/2026

Smethwick Foodbank: The Road So Far in 2026

DONORS, YOU ARE WONDERFUL! 💚

Some good news, for a change: here’s how you’re helping your community. Our foodbank has been struggling, but even in tighter times, we’re doing everything we can to help. Because of your incredible donations and some fantastic grants, just since the start of January, we’ve:

- given 2,018 local people emergency food – 1,353 adults and 665 children

- given people fresh fruit and vegetables with their parcels for the past two months, a massive difference when nutritious food has become incredibly expensive (thanks to a brilliant £500 grant by Groundwork UK with Tesco)

- made sure wherever possible people can get a loaf with their parcel (thank you Warburtons and Brushstrokes Sandwell)

- given nappies, sanitary supplies and incontinence supplies to those in need, so they can keep their hygiene and dignity, and keep caring for those they love – thank you to individual donors and communities for giving products while we found our way through a menstrual-hygiene products crisis, and InKindDirect for providing wholesale-or-lower charity prices for sanitary products

- helped people with pet food in difficult circumstances, and helped them get financial support for vet visits (thanks to RSPCA (England & Wales)’s marvellous Pet Food Bank Scheme)

- connected people to support for debt, mental health (with in-house help from Black Country Mental Health), fuel bills (with help from Black Country Local Energy Advice Partnership - LEAP and The Wise Group’s HEAT program), abuse and sexual violence, as well as helping with digital poverty. We’ve shown people potential ways out of abusive situations, struggles with addiction and unsafe housing.

- worked with local schools on education and outreach: from teaching primary school children in an age-appropriate way how a foodbank works, to working with secondary schools on their Harvest and citizenship donations

- listened, when people needed it most.

And that’s just as of today. By Friday afternoon, those numbers will have grown again. We couldn’t do any of it without you – these are where your donations go. We don’t spend anything on advertising; this is all direct impact, with a lot of help from our donors, friends and neighbours. Thank you.

13/03/2026

This , we're dearly in need of:
- Biscuits
- Tinned soup
- Baked beans
- Tinned spaghetti
- Tinned fruit

Or if you'd prefer to donate money: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/smethwickfoodbank
Thank you! 💚

We are here to help you. If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with us and we will be happy to help. We look forward to hearing from you.

10/03/2026

𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀

Easter can sneak up on you! 🐰 With our current opening times, our last day for donating them will be 25th March. (We will be serving clients on the 27th, and closed on Good Friday.) We’ll add your donations to emergency food parcels for people facing hardship this Easter.

You'll be helping us spread joy this Easter. Thank you for your support💚

18/02/2026

We would love it if you could give to us this Lent! Unfortunately, we're currently most in need of funds rather than food (and sometimes we can buy in bulk, meaning your donation can go further and provide more food if you opt to give money). If you would like to help us with money this Lent: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/smethwickfoodbank

However, we are always in need of food and will never turn it away. If you'd like to give food, here is a guide to help you give this Lent:

Thank you. 💚

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen? […] Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter?" - Isaiah 58:7

18/02/2026

Today, both Lent and Ramadan begin! On this holy week, we hope that you'll bear us in mind if you're thinking of giving. While we welcome food, we're currently most urgently in need of funds. We would love it if you could help us: https://localgiving.org/fundraising/smethwickfoodbank

Thank you. 💚

We are here to help you. If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with us and we will be happy to help. We look forward to hearing from you.