News | North Cotswold Foodbank

20 Oct 25

Roadrunners go the distance for food bank

Let’s hear it for Bourton Roadrunners who are such a generous bunch. Every year the club donates the profits from its race events to charity, and this year members chose North Cotswold Foodbank as one of the beneficiaries. Food bank trustee Mike Sibthorpe was delighted to accept a cheque for £906. “Every penny will be […]

20 Oct 25

Pork and apple crumble pull in the pounds

It may have taken two days to make pulled pork and apple crumble for almost 100 people, but it was well worth the effort. Because the Harvest Supper, organised jointly by St Michael’s Centre and St Michael’s Church in Bishop’s Cleeve, raised £861 for North Cotswold Foodbank. And at the end of the evening, there […]

10 Oct 25

Alex does his veggie best in Loch Ness marathon

It was a monster challenge for Cotswold Veg Box boss Alex Thompson when he tackled the Loch Ness Marathon. “I hadn’t run further than 5k since lockdown unless it was chasing a cricket ball,” said the 38-year-old manager. “It was my oldest friend Ollie Woskett who got me into it. We went out one day […]

9 Oct 25

When a tin of beans and a loo roll make a big difference . . .

North Cotswold Foodbank is calling on the community to get behind Harvest Festival and Food Bank Fortnight and support people who cannot afford to put food on the table. Our organisation, run almost entirely by volunteers, gives out more than 1,700 emergency food parcels a year to more than 4,000 individuals, and the need shows […]

6 Aug 25

Newsletter Summer 2025

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28 Jul 25

It’s tea and a toast for food bank volunteers

We couldn’t do it without you! That was the message that went out to dozens of volunteers who keep the North Cotswold Foodbank going. More than 40 volunteers were treated to an afternoon tea at Guiting Power Village Hall and given a huge slice of thanks from Chair of Trustees Garry Dick and Foodbank Manager […]

16 Jun 25

North Cotswold Foodbank joins national lobby of MPs

Three trustees from North Cotswold Foodbank joined a mass lobby of Parliament on June 18 to support the nationwide ‘Guarantee Our Essentials’ campaign. Spearheaded by Trussell and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the campaign is aimed at ensuring that Universal Credit covers the costs of life’s essentials. Mike Sibthorpe, Jonathan Brown and Jenny Jones joined around […]

24 May 25

Food bank use still rising in North Cotswolds

North Cotswold Foodbank continues to see high levels of people facing hunger and hardship, with 1,762 emergency food parcels given out between April 2024 and March 2025, an increase of just over 1% compared with the previous year. These parcels provided food for 4,466 people. Across the UK as a whole, food banks in the […]

7 Mar 25

Newsletter Spring 2025

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6 Dec 24

Emergency food parcels distributed in past six months increase by more than 8%

North Cotswold Foodbank provided 823 emergency food parcels between April and September this year, an increase of 8.6% compared with last year. These parcels provided food for 2,052 people which is a 1.8% increase on last year. Foodbanks across the UK gave out just over 1.4 million emergency food parcels over the same six-month period, […]

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