We don’t often lead with an ask. But today please help keep our neighbours fed. Our amazing local foodbank volunteers at the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project do a simply awesome job. Unfortunately our project has just been turned down for lottery funding this year because they have had so much demand and couldn’t fund everyone. This is funding we rely on to help buy the tins and other items that go in the parcels. We have a big hole in the budget now, and we need to find £17

Wow wow wow! These kids are unstoppable! The Foodbank Youth Group, plus friends and family had an amazing night last weekend. They played badminton all night long from 7pm to 7am, to raise money for the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project. Their original target was £280 (enough to buy 1000 tins of beans), but they have absolutely smashed it! The sponsor money is still coming in, but as of today they have raised £477 online, plus more offline, and their latest total is £811.50 –

We had a wonderful visit from the Ash Vale Brownies this week! They were working towards one of their badges by learning about the foodbank and making a difference in their communtiy. They learned what goes into a food parcel, how a foodbank works, and they even went shopping to practice some savvy shopping and made their pennies stretch to a lovely crate full of donations! When they got back they created a super banner for the next foodbank bottle tombola fundraiser. Huge th