Oldham Foodbank - 0161 622 1061

We provide three days worth of food to people in crisis in the Oldham borough who are identified by front-line professionals.

How the Oldham foodbank works:

Food is donated:
Schools, churches, businesses and individuals donate non-perishable, in-date food to the foodbank. All food given out by Oldham foodbank is donated.

Supermarket Collections are one of the main ways that food is donated: These are food drives held at local supermarkets where volunteers give shoppers a ‘foodbank shopping list’ and ask them to buy an extra item or two for local people in crisis.

Food is sorted and stored:
Volunteers sort food to check that it’s in date and pack it into boxes ready to be given to people in need.

Frontline care professionals identify people in need
Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher.

Clients receive food
Foodbank clients bring their voucher to the foodbank where it can be redeemed for three days worth of food. Our volunteers then try to make the client feel as at ease as possible, they discuss their issues over a cup of tea and try to sign post the clients to other agencies who may be able to help resolve some of the long term issues they face.

Donate

Regular gifts:
Giving by standing order helps us to plan ahead, making sure that we’re here to help people in crisis now and in the future: Please contact Oldham Foodbank for details.

One-off gifts:
Oldham Foodbank need funds to keep going. We appreciate whatever you can give, no matter how big or small. Please send cheques to Oldham Foodbank, 24 Clegg Street, Oldham OL1 1LP, remembering to make all cheques payable to Oldham Foodbank.

Give food
We love donations of in-date, non-perishable food items. Download a foodbank shopping list to see what we need. Please bring any food donations to the foodbank during our opening hours. Want to help even more? Could you start a foodbank collection point at your work, school or church?

Fundraise
With your friends, in the office, at school, as a family, or just by yourself... there are so many fun ways to support the foodbank.

Become a partner
If you are a company that shares our belief that no-one should go hungry in our local area, we’d love you to work with us.
There are so many ways to get involved, from volunteering as a team building activity to sharing your expertise. We will work with you to create bespoke partnership programmes that are mutually beneficial and effective.

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