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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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4 Nov 24

Autumn Newsletter

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17 Sep 24

North Cotswold Foodbank opens new centre at Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy

North Cotswold Foodbank has opened a new additional centre in Bishops Cleeve to cater for the increased demand from people in the area. Located at the Primary Academy, Tobyfield Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, GL52 8NN, the centre is open on Thursdays from 4pm-5pm during term time. The outlet is only for clients who have been referred […]

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7 Feb 24

Hidden Hardship: research into rural poverty in the North Cotswolds

North Cotswold Foodbank has participated in a project looking at rural poverty in the North Cotswolds. The Hidden Hardship project was carried out by Dr Stephanie Denning, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University. It aims to understand the experiences, coping strategies and barriers to wellbeing of people […]

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