We’ve started a new mini pantry at Gainsborough Adventure Playground (GAPA)! This will be topped up regularly with a variety of food from bakery, fresh fruit and vegetables, ambient goods and much more. We will also be providing ready meals such as roast chicken dinners for their children to have hot food for their lunch or dinner. GAPA is…
Feeding Gainsborough are so grateful to receive children’s meal bags, weekly, from Scotter Primary School. These bags are there to replace the free school meal and snack the child would’ve gotten from school if it was open – helping to relieve the financial strain of having children at home whilst they are closed. Each food hamper bag contains 5…
In June 2020, we were thrilled to be asked to take part in The Co-operative Bank’s latest marketing campaign ‘Together, we are people with a purpose’ after being accepted on their Customer Donation Fund. This was a fantastic opportunity to display some of the work we had been doing during the first lockdown, supporting over 400 families weekly! We…
We have just expanded our Feeding Gainsborough Network! Gainsborough Nursery School has joined in partnership with ourselves here at Feeding Gainsborough to set up a mini food pantry and freezer to support their pupils and their families. Nurseries are not required to close, like schools and colleges are, during this third lockdown so it was very important to get…
On the 4th January 2021 the government announced the third national lockdown across the UK. We are aware this will present many challenges for both our organisation and individuals and families impacted by the extra costs or reduced income due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our organisation came together to think of a response that still supports those in need…
On Christmas Eve 2020 we held our third successive ‘Free Food Shout’ events in the local community. One ‘Food Shout’ was based uphill’s in the social lounge at Affordable Foods Gainsborough and the other was based at our premises adjacent to Bread and Roses Community Pantry in the town centre. We were delighted we were able to put on…