Bicester News and Updates

A place to keep you updated on the day to day operations of the Bicester Foodbank as well as news pieces beneficial to our clients.
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Christmas Opening Hours 24-25

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Opticians raising hundreds for foodbank

Bicester Specsavers contributed £500 to the food bank by donating £1 for every customer feedback survey it received. Read more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/opticians-supported-customers-raising-hundreds-120000014.html

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Are you a good listener?

Bicester Foodbank is looking for a volunteer to join our team as a ‘listener’. This role involves providing direct support to people referred to the food bank centre by finding out what further support may be needed and signposting to other services or groups where appropriate. You will be given all the required training and […]

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Now Open Saturdays 10:00 – 12:00

  We are very happy to announce that we will now be open on Saturdays from 14th January 2023. Pop by and say hi!

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Bakels To The Rescue

A huge thanks goes to Bakels, who, at the last minute, kindly transported all of the food to the packing centre in Thame.

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Food is sorted and packed into hampers

Our volunteers have been working tirelessly over the last few weeks to sort and pack food for the Christmas Hampers. The food has either been donated to stores or brought fresh using donations. We are eternally grateful for all donations received, big and small and of course could not do this without all of our […]

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The Mayor visits Bicester Foodbank

We were honoured to receive a visit from the Town Mayor last week.

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Magic in the Park

Bicester Foodbank had a great afternoon with the families of Bicester attending ‘Magic in the Park’ at Garth Park.  We were able to spread the word about what support can be offered from the foodbank and talk to the public about how we operate and what food items we need.  We were also joined by […]

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July News

TESCO SUMMER FOOD COLLECTION! The Tesco Summer Food Collection was in full swing in July with lots of additional food donated by the amazing people of Bicester!  Many of the Bicester Foodbank volunteers came down to Tesco to ‘man’ the collection point and answer questions from the public and we are very grateful for your […]

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BCOS – Bicester Choral & Operatic Society donation!

A huge Thank you to the people of Bicester for supporting the BCOS show, and thank you for your Feed Me donations! If you were one of the over 500 people who came along and saw BCOS perform Little Shop of Horrors – Thank you! They had a fabulous time and we hope you did too! […]

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