Witney and West Oxfordshire Food Bank

29/10/2026

Our Chair, Maria visited many primary schools over the last couple of weeks to talk about how the food bank helps people experiencing food poverty. As it was connected to the Harvest festival many families gave generously to help others. Thank you to the children, teachers and parents of the following schools for donating 1,527 kg of food. You are amazing!!

Charlbury Primary School, Burford Primary School, Windrush Primary, Leafield CE Primary School,
West Witney Primary School,
Bladon CE Primary School
The Batt and St Marys CE Primary Schools
St Kenelms CE Primary School
Hailey CE Primary School
Cokethorpe Prep School
Ducklington CE Primary School
Brize Norton Primary School
Stonesfield Primary School
Tower Hill Community Primary School
St Hugh of Lincoln Nursery School
Bampton CE Primary School
Queen Emma's Primary School
Finstock CE Primary School
Cogges Preschool
Madley Brook Primary School
Clanfield CE Primary School
Witney Community Primary School

26/10/2026

26/10/2026

The weather is cold and rainy but it’s warm inside Delice. Thank you to the lovely team at Delice for having one of our donation cards on display. A QR code makes it super easy to donate and help people in West Oxfordshire who are experiencing food poverty. 🫶🏻

26/10/2026

Did you know that local egg producer, Mayfield Eggs, has not only been hailed in The Telegraph as producing prized eggs for restaurants, but also supports Witney Foodbank? They provide us with fresh eggs every week on a Friday, enabling us to add eggs to our parcels which are hugely appreciated by the individuals and families we support.

Thank you to Mayfield Eggs and all the wonderful local businesses that support us.

17/10/2026

Did you know that St Bartholomew's Church Ducklington is not only a beautiful church dating back to the 12th century, but also a place where you can drop off items to donate to Witney Foodbank? If you sign up to the BanktheFood app, you can find the items we most need right now. The donation point is just inside the South Door - thank you so much to Jane for showing us around.

16/10/2026

Our latest shopping list - thank you so much for all the generous Harvest donations. We also keep an updated list of our most-needed items on our website and on the BanktheFood app.

16/10/2026

A big thank you to everyone at Stonesfield Primary School for welcoming us and asking such excellent questions when we visited to talk about the foodbank for Harvest Week. Last year, the school donated an impressive 38.2 kg of food, and Mrs Hill told us that you're hoping to beat that record this year! Good luck, and thank you for your amazing generosity.

14/10/2026

You can now donate to Witney and West Oxfordshire Foodbank while doing online shopping—eg at Sainsburys—without any extra cost to you! Sign up for easyfundraising (link is in the comments)

13/10/2026

Our Chair, Maria Grindley, has been visiting local primary schools, where children have been busy collecting food donations for the foodbank as part of their Harvest celebrations. Yesterday, Maria visited Madley Brook Primary School, where she was met by some very enthusiastic pupils who were keen to answer her questions! 👏

A big thank you to all the children, staff and families taking part and helping to support those in our community who need it most.

08/10/2026

Last week was our final food drive for this year at Sainsbury's. It was a super team effort including staff from Howdens Insurance, who provided a team all day (thanks to the lovely Michelle for her efforts). Thanks also to Francis George Solicitors for their team's help working alongside our own Foodbank volunteers.
A whopping 770.65kg in food was donated as well as £236.53 in donations. Thank you to Sainsburys staff as always and to those of you who stopped to say hi and find out more about our work.