News
3 May 17
Emergency food supply use jumps by a third in the last year
In the last year we’ve given out 1,881 three-day emergency food supply packages to local people in crisis. In total 3,862 people were helped, and 1,440 of those were under the age of 16. This represents a 37 per cent increase in the number of emergency food supply packages handed out between April 2016 and March this year, […]
13 Apr 17
Thank you
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us through the Co-op Local Community Fund. Your support has meant we’ve been awarded a whopping £1,448.78. Thank you!
28 Nov 16
Help us support local people facing hunger this winter
From the 1st to 3rd December, we’re hosting a food collection with Tesco as part of the ninth Neighbourhood Food Collection. You can find our collection points in Tesco at Musselburgh, North Berwick and Haddington. Why not come along and pick up a list of items we particularly need then add one to your trolley and support those […]
18 Oct 16
Thank you for your patience…
Exciting times this week as our refurbishment is underway, here are some photos. Half the Foodbank is empty and the other half is crammed full of everything. We should hopefully be back up and running our full service next week, but to all the referral agencies, thanks for being so understanding during this time. The Foodbank team […]
9 Aug 16
11,240 meals collected
Thank you again to all those who contributed to our summer collection in Tesco, we collected enough food for 11, 240 meals.
5 Jul 16
Thank you!
Well folks, that’s all the collections from our Tesco donation weekend in the foodbank. THE GRAND TOTAL is 6,744kgs
29 Jun 16
Help feed the neighbourhood
On Thursday 30th June, Friday 1st July and Saturday 2nd July we have our Trussell Trust National Tesco Collection Days. Volunteers and staff will be collecting food for our local Foodbank at Tesco in Haddington, Musselburgh and North berwick. Why not come along and pick up a list of items we particularly need then add […]
1 Jun 16
Help feed the neighbourhood
It’s coming to that time of the year again when we will be collecting at our twice yearly Tesco collections at the 3 Tesco stores in East Lothian: Haddington, North Berwick and Musselburgh. The dates to put in your diary for the Summer collections are Thursday 30th June, Friday the 1st July and Saturday the […]
19 Apr 16
1,366 parcels is still 1,366 too many!
In the last 12 months 1,366 three-day emergency food parcels were given to local people in crisis from East Lothian Foodbank. Latest statistics show in total 2,824 people were helped of which 1075 were under the age of 16, an increase to 38% of the total number of people fed.