News
27 Jul 17
Job Vacancy – Welcome Network Project Co-ordinator
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to co-ordinate on an exciting new project across Cheshire West and Chester developing the Welcome Network. This will be a 3-year post working on reducing the underpinning factors of food poverty and ‘holiday hunger’ in the area. Applicants will be expected to have a good understanding […]
31 May 17
Is our foodbank getting it right on non-food?
Do you wonder why foodbanks don’t all do the same thing? West Cheshire Foodbank focuses on giving food in exchange for vouchers brought to us by people in need. We have a nutritionally balanced food list that we advertise and we give from what is donated. In fact we get given a whole range of […]
5 May 17
Churches Friendship Network
We can’t solve food poverty on our own. At West Cheshire Foodbank, we want to be a catalyst for change in our communities. We work with people of all faiths and none, and with a range of organisations including charities, unions, housing associations and businesses. In every area, we find people who are committed […]
28 Mar 17
Four Years of Food Parcels – Reflections from West Cheshire
Image: People with direct experience of poverty distributed red foodbank vouchers to people queuing for lunch at the West Cheshire Poverty Truth Commission launch. The message ‘Visiting the foodbank was the lowest part of my story’ was printed on the back of the voucher. Credit: Alec Spencer Ruth Mock, Family Life Officer at the Diocese […]
26 Mar 17
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach’s gritty drama, I, Daniel Blake, provokes reactions in everyone who watches it. We were invited to attend some screenings in our local communities hosted by the Unite/Community unions. The format is to get together to watch the film, have a cuppa and a biscuit and then share our reactions. The idea is catching […]
26 Mar 17
West Cheshire Foodbank Development Plan
November 2016 marked four years of operation for West Cheshire Foodbank. It set out with a commitment to provide food in crisis situations and to speak out against the injustice of food poverty. Sustaining and developing the provision has only been possible through the consistent generosity of local people, businesses and organisations. This Development Plan […]
24 Mar 17
Full-time Job Vacancy in the Welcome Network
There are some exciting developments in the Welcome Network that we want to share with you. Please see these two documents that summarise the messages from our partners Healthbox and Feeding Britain. Healthbox – Welcome Network Presentation Feeding Britain Presentation There are contact details at the end of each document that we recommend to you […]
30 Jan 17
Poverty Truth Commission Launch
West Cheshire Foodbank believe that food poverty is reduced where there is food justice and that food justice is possible when policy makers and listening to the real experts who have faced food poverty and working together on real solutions. That’s why we are delighted that Cheshire West and Chester will launch a Poverty Truth […]
10 Dec 16
Christmas Holiday Lunch & Activities
We worked with local organisations to pilot a holiday food and activity scheme for primary school children this summer (which you can read more about HERE) and it was so successful, we’re helping this to happen in even more places this Christmas – including locations in Ellesmere Port and Neston. The children are welcome along with […]