A project seeded by The Trussell Trust
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Gillingham Foodbank - feeding local people in crisis.
Our foodbank provides a minimum of 3 days emergency food and support to local people in crisis. IN the UK, 13 million people live below the poverty line.
Find out how a foodbank works
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Gillingham Foodbank is part of a UK-wide network
Over 200 foodbanks are providing emergency food to people in crisis nationwide...
Find out about foodbanks
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Get involved...
Your support helps stop local people going hungry. From skydiving to supermarket collections, there are hundreds of ways you can get involved...
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New contact for volunteers

W have a new co-ordinator, Paul, for volunteers.  Plase contact him if you would like to help at the Foodbank, or would like to know more about the different roles available.  His contact details are paul@gillingham.foodbank.org.uk - tel. 07515 861423.

The latest on our supermarket...

We held another very successful collection at Waitrose, Gillingham, on April 26th, during which shoppers donated the... Read more

Generous support for the Foodbank from...

After one of its employees nominated Gilligham Foodbank as a local charity worthy of support, Dextra, Gillingham,made a... Read more

Foodbank Distribution Centre returns to...

From Monday April 15th the Foodbank Distribution Centre, where clients with vouchers go to collect their food, is... Read more

UK foodbanks

UK foodbanks

The Trussell Trust foodbank network works in partnership with local churches and organisations to bring foodbanks to communities across the UK. There are now over 275 foodbanks in the network. Find out about our national network here. 

Sponsors

Sponsors

Charitable trusts and business supporters help make what we do possible. To become a sponsor of Gillingham foodbank then please contact us.

Opening times

 

You can find us at:
The Old Library
Station Road
GILLINGHAM
Dorset
SP8 4PY

We are open as follows:

Mon 10.00am - 12.00 noon

Thu 10.00am - 12.00 noon

 

Donate food

Donate food

We rely on food donations to feed local people in crisis. From packets of pasta to tins of tomatoes please give what you can. Could you donate in-date non-perishable food from our shopping list? Read more

Budget recipes by leading chefs

Budget recipes by leading chefs

Get some tips from the UK's leading chefs on how to cook tasty food on a budget

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Video

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Real stories

Real stories

Read real stories of lives changed by the Gillingham foodbank

Church info here

The foodbank is run in partnership with local churches led by Gillingham Community Church, St. Marys, St. Benedicts and Gillingham Methodist church.

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The Trussell Trust

The foodbank network is part of The Trussell Trust, a Christian charity committed to community action against poverty and marginalisation in the UK and Bulgaria

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