News | Smethwick Foodbank

17 Mar 26

2026: The Road So Far

DONORS, YOU ARE WONDERFUL! Here’s how you’re helping your community. Our foodbank has been struggling, but even in tighter times, we’re doing everything we can to help. Because of your incredible donations and some fantastic grants, just since the start of January, we’ve: given 2,018 local people emergency food – 1,353 adults and 665 children […]

17 Feb 26

Starting 1st of March 2026, we will only be open for food parcels every Friday, 11am – 2pm.

This reduction from two foodbank sessions per week to one will be temporary. The cost of living crisis has meant a drastic increase in demand, coupled with a drop in monetary and food donations, as most people and organisations are trying to save money where they can. It has been a difficult decision, but a […]

23 Jan 26

Proudly Supported by Severn Trent

We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from Severn Trent to support our work in 2025-2026. This is helping to cover our core costs to keep our operations running and ensuring that we can continue to provide emergency food support to the community in Smethwick.

11 Apr 25

Good Friday Closure

We will be closed on Friday the 18th for Good Friday, but we’ll be open as normal on Tuesday the 22nd, 12 – 2 PM.

12 Mar 25

Help us feed a family this Easter

This Lent and Ramadan, we’re asking for your help in getting food to the most vulnerable members of our community. We’d love it if you’d donate in whatever form you can. Food can be dropped off at any of our community donation points, or you can donate money here.

3 Jan 25

We’re open again

Today we open again for collecting food parcels, beginning with a 12 – 2 PM session as normal. We’re back to the usual timetable of Tuesdays and Fridays, 12 – 2 PM.

18 Dec 24

We can only serve users with vouchers on 24th Dec. Here’s how to get a voucher:

Our last day for collecting food parcels as a service user is 24th December, 12 – 2 PM. We reopen 3 Jan. Due to extreme demand, we’ll only be able to give food to clients with vouchers and referrals. We can’t give vouchers; we only fulfil. Guide to getting a voucher: The best way to […]

17 Dec 24

Christmas Treats Campaign 2024

Want to make someone’s Christmas a little brighter? Every Foodbank Friday, we’ve been highlighting the items we’re most in need of this festive season. If you’re not sure what items to donate, we can take the stress out of the decision for you – simply donate money and we’ll do the rest: https://buff.ly/3NOrWoU. We’re dearly […]

13 Dec 24

Christmas closure and donation times

Collecting food We will be closed 24th December – 3rd of January. We shut after our Christmas Eve session (12 – 2 PM, as usual), until the 3rd of January, when we’ll reopen with a normal 12 – 2 PM session. Donating food Our last day for accepting donations is Friday 20th December. We’ll […]

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