About
About our foodbank
Here is an introduction to our project
Broxbourne Foodbank was set up in 2012 to help meet the needs of local people in crisis. Local churches, community groups, businesses and individuals work together towards stopping hunger in our local area.
St James Church in Goffs Oak helped us get started by allowing us to use a room in the church as a stock room – we soon outgrew this small room and thanks to Broxbourne Council we were able to move into our present warehouse in the New River Trading Estate.
We provide basic food parcels that give food for breakfasts, lunches and evening meals for 3-4 days. We also provide some fresh food but this is dependent upon donations from local supermarkets.
Broxbourne Foodbank is run entirely by volunteers, it is a community run organisation for the local community.
In November 2023 Broxbourne Foodbank was awarded The Kings Award for Voluntary service. This is a great honour and well deserved by all our volunteers.