Ely Foodbank Archives - Spotted in Ely

Ely Arts Society Donates Creative Art Bags to Support Local Foodbank Families

Art and Exhibitions, News, Organisations / By Amelia Murfitt

The Arts Society in Ely has delivered a creative boost to local families this summer through a special arts initiative supporting the Ely Foodbank. Funded by a £250 grant from The Arts Society in London and proceeds from the Society’s November raffle, the project saw members create children’s art bags tailored for three different age …

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Ely’s Touring Tigers Exercise their Way Round England to Support Ely’s Foodbank

News, Organisations, Sport, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Ely Tigers U14s team decided to set a summer challenge to keep fit, stay in contact as a team and to raise money for a local cause and for extra equipment for the team, and generations of Tigers going forward. The boys and coaches came up with the ‘Touring Tigers’ a 2881-mile coastal exercise challenge. …

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Ely Museum Provides Ely Foodbank with Craft and Activity Packs to Spark
Creativity this Summer

News, Organisations, Places to Visit, Tourism, Youth / By Alison Cooney

As the cost of living soars, and household budgets are squeezed, the museum is delighted to be providing these packs, filled with fun, to the foodbank. Ely Museum is continuing, for the third summer, to share the creative fun, and our love of the fens, with children across East Cambridgeshire with our creative ‘Museum From …

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Public thanked for foodbank donations as cost of living soars

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

Ely Foodbank is appealing to members of the public to continue donating essential food and other items to those in crisis as people across the UK face another sharp rise in living costs. Many of us will be feeling the squeeze from further food, fuel and energy price hikes hitting homes this month, with household …

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Season of Goodwill Celebrated in Abundance at King’s Ely

Kings Ely, News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Pupils, families and staff members at King’s Ely are renowned for showing community spirit all year round, but never more so than at Christmas. From raising funds for charities which support people less fortunate than themselves, to making and donating food for some of the Ely area’s most vulnerable people, King’s Ely is delighted to …

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Kindness Eco Grotto at Haddenham Arts Centre

Events, News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

Let’s be honest: the world needs more kindness… Haddenham Arts Centre in collaboration with Re-imagine Resource Centre bring you our Christmas Kindness Cabin. A magical place where you can give to the community by donating a small gift, a toy, a pudding or a Christmas treat for Ely Food Bank as there is no payment …

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King’s Ely Donates “Outstanding” Haul of Items to Local Foodbank

Kings Ely, News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

King’s Ely is proud to have gone the extra mile to support Ely Foodbank this autumn. Thanks to the generosity of students, staff and families from King’s Ely Acremont Pre-Prep right the way through to Sixth Form, King’s Ely donated enough food and toiletry items to fill five cars and the school’s rowing truck, which …

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CMAT Staff Complete 10 Peaks Challenge in Aid of Charity

News, Organisations, Schools / By Alison Cooney

Staff from the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT) pushed themselves to the limit as they took on the Lake District 10 Peaks challenge in 10 hours on the 10th October to mark the Trust’s 10th anniversary. The Lake District 10 Peaks Challenge was a one-day event which drew in 11 summits over a walking distance …

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Ely’s Dedicated Charity Football Team Hit the Road

Organisations, Sport / By Alison Cooney

Three months ago Ely Charity FC was formed by the board of county side AFC Ely and is managed by Ross Gray. On the 18th July they played Huntingdon Rangers at Ely City raising £220 for Ely Foodbank as well as collecting food donations. Following victory on game one they hit the road to Billericay …

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Ely Museum Provides Ely Foodbank with Craft and Activity Packs to Spark Creativity this Summer!

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

Following the success of our foodbank packs during 2020, the museum is delighted to be providing these packs again. Ely Museum, which reopened to the public in May 2021 following a £2.2m National Lottery Heritage Fund redevelopment, is delighted to be providing the Ely Foodbank with craft and activity packs again this year! Whilst the …

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Generous King’s Ely students donate Christmas packages to Ely Foodbank

Kings Ely, News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Community spirited King’s Ely pupils have donated dozens of shoeboxes filled with festive goodies to Ely Foodbank. Year 12 students in Withburga House, which is one of King’s Ely Senior’s Girl Day Houses, launched their Christmas shoebox initiative earlier this term and set out to fill as many empty shoeboxes as they could with festive …

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Buy a Balloon and help Support Ely Foodbank!

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

The two Rotary Clubs in Ely, The Ely Hereward Club, and The Rotary Club of Ely, have launched a Covid-safe fundraising game to support Ely Foodbank, an online Virtual Balloon Race. Everyone is invited to go to the website at https://www.balloonrace.com/RotaryClubsofEly, where they can buy a balloon (or more) for £3 each. At Midday on Sunday …

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Ely Foodbank and Cambridge Commodities need you!

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

This year, Team Cambridge Commodities is supporting Ely Foodbank’s Christmas shoebox appeal but can’t do it without the support of the lovely people of Ely. As part of their Christmas shoebox appeal, the Ely Foodbank will be gathering boxes of 10-15 long-life items to ensure that everyone in Ely (and surrounding areas) can celebrate Christmas …

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Ely Museum provides Ely Foodbank with craft packs to spark creativity this summer!

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

During lockdown, when so many are learning, and educating from home, the team at Ely Museum have been busy providing weekly “Museum From Home” crafts and activities online, inspired by the museums collection! You can find all of these on their Facebook page & blog at www.elymuseum.org.uk/blog. Lockdown has been a challenge for everyone, but …

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WVC Donation to Ely Foodbank

News, Organisations, Schools, Witchford, Youth / By Alison Cooney

At WVC, we wanted to help Ely Foodbank at this critical time of year and spread a little Christmas cheer. Our House Managers came up with the idea of a Reverse Advent Calendar where students donate food, toiletries and gifts in the lead up to the end of term. For their generosity, students were rewarded …

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King’s Ely community throw their weight behind Christmas Foodbank collection

Kings Ely, News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Boxes and boxes of edible goodies have been donated to Ely Foodbank in time for Christmas thanks to community-spirited King’s Ely students, families and members of staff. The ‘Twelve Charitable Days of Christmas’ initiative was spearheaded by King’s Ely Junior and pupils in each of the school’s Houses were encouraged to bring in three different …

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Platinum Properties Hosts Reverse Advent

Business / By Alison Cooney

This is the third year of Reverse Advent for Platinum Properties in order to do something positive within the local community. Each year for the month of December we ask our customers to drop in one item for the local Foodbank, meaning that by the time Christmas arrives we have at least 25 items to …

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New Premises for Ely Foodbank

News, Organisations / By Alison Cooney

The Ely Foodbank are delighted to be in new premises. From 23rd July, the new warehouse site will be at Glovers Business Park, Chettisham. This moves brings a larger space for the many donations received for the work of Foodbank. The opening times are Tuesdays 9-1.15pm for donations. As people struggle more with Universal Credit …

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King’s Ely students donate Easter eggs to local Foodbank

Kings Ely, News, Organisations, Youth / By Alison Cooney

King’s Ely students have helped to put a smile on the face of local people in need by donating Easter eggs to their local Foodbank. Girls in Withburga House at King’s Ely Senior decided to collect Easter eggs to donate to Ely Foodbank again this year in time for the Easter weekend. As ever, students, …

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More hard-up residents using Foodbank – and problem likely to get worse, its boss warns

Featured, News / By Tali

More residents in crisis are seeking help from Ely Foodbank than ever before, its boss says, warning that the problem is likely to get worse. Project director Cathy Wright told Spotted in Ely that despite East Cambridgeshire being perceived as an affluent area, many working people are struggling to keep up with the cost of …

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Bobby Scheme named Hopkins Homes' Cambridgeshire Charity of the Year

Featured, News / By Tali

A charity helping elderly and vulnerable residents to secure their homes against burglars is £7000 better off after being named Hopkins Homes’ Cambridgeshire Charity of the Year. Yesterday Hopkins Homes announced that the Bobby Scheme had won the competition, which invites members of the public to vote for their favourite local charity. The Ely Foodbank …

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Vote for your Cambridgeshire Charity of the Year

News / By Tali

Three Cambridgeshire charities could be in for a cash boost – with the public getting to vote for their favourite. Yesterday Hopkins Homes launched a new scheme, which will see three of six shortlisted charities receiving a share of £10,000. Between now and 5pm on February 24, members of the public can vote online for …

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Fresh calls for Foodbank donations

News / By Mark Cooney

The Ely Foodbank on Barton Road has made a fresh appeal for donations to help under privilege families in the East Cambridgeshire region. Food can be donated at the Ely branches of Sainsbury, Tesco, Nisa (Market Street) and Waitrose. Soham donations can be received at Asda and Co-op. Chatteris and March donations can be received at the …

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More than £1100 raised through Curry and Calendars

Featured / By Mark Cooney

Last night Sylhet in Ely held a Curry Night for Ely Community First Responders with the aim of buying a new life saving defibrillator for Ely. The aim was to raise £777 which was exceeded when money from the night and calendar sales from Spotted in Ely added together. Zahid Ahmed, owner of Sylhet said, …

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Sainsbury’s shoppers back local foodbank

News, Organisations / By Mark Cooney

Ely Foodbank officially launches as Ely Sainsbury’s new local charity of the year. Customers donate 700 kg of Food over two days. DONATIONS READY TO BE SORTED AT THE FOODANK STORE Ely Foodbank has held its first collection at Sainsbury’s Ely since being voted by shoppers as the stores new local charity of the year. …

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Ely Foodbank becomes Ely Sainsbury’s new Local Charity of the Year

Featured / By Mark Cooney

Charity to receive a year’s worth of fundraising and awareness support from the store’s colleagues and customers It’s the seventh year of the Sainsbury’s Local Charity of the Year scheme Sainsbury’s Ely has announced that Ely Foodbank will be the store’s Local Charity of the Year. The charity was voted in by customers in store …

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Tesco Foodbank IS still there

News / By Mark Cooney

Since showing the video earlier this week showing information on the Ely Foodbank, lots of you have contacted Spotted in Ely about Tesco and their missing Foodbank bin. Well, we are pleased to report that the Foodbank bin is still there and always has been but just re-homed within in the store temporarily. Ian Westwood, …

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The Trussell Trust – Ely Foodbank

Featured / By Mark Cooney

The Trussell Trust Ely Foodbank was set up in November 2012. It has helped approximately 8,000 people in the area living in financial crisis. Spending a morning at one of their distribution centres in Ely, and visited the warehouse where they store donated food items. Here Luke Edwards talk to Cathy Wright, Project Director, who explains more …

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