Foodbank Provision at St. Cross

On Sunday 7th May 2017 we launched the St Cross Foodbank.  During the Sunday Service a group of young people worked hard to decorate a large yellow food donation bin which is kept at St. Cross. We also have Foodbank Collection Points at ASDA Eastlands (look out for the new box shown in the photos below), the Wells Centre, St. Willibrord's Church and Seymour Road Academy, for donations of non-perishable foodstuffs.
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We are currently working with three partners, Ravensbury Community School, Seymour Road Academy and St. Willibrord's RC School, who we have asked to identify families in crisis.

St Cross Foodbank will open on Friday afternoons between 4:30pm and 5:30pm only to families who have been referred via Ravensbury Community School, Seymour Road Academy or St. Willibrord's School and have children at one of the schools.  At present St Cross Foodbank is not open to the wider community.

Thank you to our partner agencies:

ASDA Eastlands for hosting our Collection Box for donations
FareShare Greater Manchester -fresh fruit and veg, dairy produce and more
Trussell Trust Foodbank at St. Mary's Church, Droylsden - non-perishable food items

and, through the FareShare FoodCloud programme:
Tesco, Gorton - Bread and baked goods
Gregg's, Lime Square - Cakes and baked goods

​as well as all the organisations acting as collection points for us!

Advent Santa Sack Foodbank Appeal

We will soon be launching this year's 'Reverse Advent Calendar'-style Appeal to collect Christmassy-treat items for special Santa Sacks for each of our Foodbank Families this Christmas... click here to find out more about it!!

​If you are able to donate to help local families in need we would be very grateful:

​You can place donations in our 'big yellow bin' at Asda, any of our collection points around Clayton (see above) or bring them to church after services or during Foodbank hours on Saturdays (10:30am-12noon). 

If you would like to help but are unable to get to the shops or to church to donate food then you can donate online via our Just Giving page and we will use the money to purchase weekly essentials for our Foodbank Families to supplement other donations.

Thank you!

At present we are looking for non-perishable foodstuffs such as:

Tins -

• meat and fish
• vegetables (incl. potatoes) and fruit
• baked beans, spaghetti hoops etc.
• sauces eg. curry, chilli, casseroles
• soups
• rice pudding

Jars/bottles -

• sauces eg. curry, bolognese, chilli, pasta sauces
• mayonaise, ketchup, brown sauce
• jam, marmalade, honey, peanut butter, etc.

​Packets -

• soups
• sauces eg. casseroles, chilli etc.
• custard

Pasta
Rice
Cereals and Cereal Bars
Nuts
Drinks -

• tea bags
• coffee
• milk (longlife or powdered)
• sugar
• bottles of fruit squash/cordial
• fruit juice (longlife cartons)