Foodbank
Thank you so much to everyone who is still finding a way to support our local Foodbank.
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Donations can currently be made at the supermarket as you do your weekly shop, or for Balderton residents you can currently drop off any parcels to the vicarage, 107 Main Street, Balderton. Please leave any items under the porch and these will be collected regularly.
Alternatively you can also leave them at 6 Collinson Lane, Fernwood.
For full shopping list click here
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To make a one-off gift
To make a one-off donation please do a bank transfer to the following account, adding a reference to indicate the source and also send an email to info@newark.foodbank.org.uk. This will help them to recognise the source of the donation. Thank you in advance for supporting them in this way.
CAF Bank Ltd
Sort code: 40-52-40 Account: 00027004
https://newark.foodbank.org.uk/
https://newark.foodbank.org.uk/
News from Newark & Tuxford Foodbank – February 2026
Dear Prayer Partners
Thank you so much for standing with us in this amazing work – the Foodbank. We appreciate your faithful support – prayer is invaluable and our work would be so much less effective and much more difficult without it. First we would ask you to remember our Manager Peter Wood in your prayers. He took over from Lesley Marshall, who retired last year, and he now has overall responsibility for the smooth running of the Foodbank, ensuring that it remains a safe and effective support for people in need. This is a very strategic role and I`m sure he would appreciate your prayers.
Christmas time was really busy in all areas of the Foodbank. Two hundred and seventy five bags of food and other items were given out over the Christmas period – the busiest day being 19th December, when 60 bags were handed out in one day! Please pray for the health and stamina of the volunteers, most of whom are retired – and pray that in all the
rush and busyness they still have time to have a friendly and welcoming chat with the clients. Many “Christmas extras” were donated, treats of special foods and toiletries and these really delighted those who received them. An anonymous donation of forty large wrapped toys was brought in and placed under the Christmas tree, so it was wonderful to be able to give so many children a really special Christmas gift. Thank God for generous people.
The primary reason for people accessing the services of the Foodbank is still the rising cost of living. Food prices are increasing all the time, and with the weather being so wet and cold lately people are struggling to keep their homes free from damp and mould. We’re always praying for better weather! but in the meantime we thank God so much for sending Tom from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau to work with us, and he is available to help people who are finding it hard to manage financially.
Many different people come into the Foodbank for help. One client suddenly found themselves looking after an ageing parent and consquently had to give up their career. With a much reduced income as a carer, the client has said how grateful they were for the support they received from the Foodbank and from Tom over the Christmas period. Also, one of
the senior citizens, despite their sole reliance on benefits and eligibility to use the Supermarket, not only contributed the required charge for each visit, but out of generosity and thankfulness, insisted on making an additional donation on every visit.
We thank God for our wonderful teams of volunteers in all areas turning out on cold and dark wintry days to collect, store, pack and deliver items. At this time of the year we’d ask you to pray particularly for those who go round collecting in sometimes icy and wet conditions and then have to unload freezing cold tins and stack them – then the following day others are in the warehouse packing the bags. On the busiest day just before Christmas one and a half tonnes of items were brought to the warehouse to be sorted and shelved – lots of mugs of reviving and warming tea and coffee were needed on that day!! Please pray for the health and safety of all our teams. Some of our clients are not able to come to Cartergate for various reasons, and we’d particularly ask you to pray for a volunteer driver who would be available to deliver food packages to clients within the bounds of Newark Town.
We thank God for the Cursor Controls Company who send two volunteers every week to help Chris and Bill on the Packing Team. The work would be much harder without their valuable assistance. Please pray that this company will be blessed and will prosper because of their generous sharing of their work force. Also please pray a blessing on our Newark
Asda store who are again allowing us to hold a Food Drive in their store, and they`re allowing one of their workers to help. This day is Tuesday 24th February from 10am to 2pm. Please come along and support us and pray that the customers will be generous with the items they donate.
We`re really grateful to all the schools who made large donations of food and other items just before Christmas – pray that the young people will realise how fortunate they are and how important it is to share and to help others. Also several companies have sent donations of all sorts of items – we would particularly mention a company called Morgan Sindall, who recently sent through a very large donation – pray that they and others will be blessed for their kindness and generosity when times are sometimes hard for everyone.
We`re very thankful and we pray a blessing on those who regularly support the Foodbank financially. It’s so useful when items are in short supply, to be able to go out and buy what’s needed. Please pray for wisdom for Chris who has decisions to make each week. Many items are purchased every month and weekly shopping trips are necessary for a top up. Please continue your prayers for a regular supply of donations, sometimes when demand is very high stock is being sent out faster than it comes in.
There seem to be a lot of prayer requests this time, but as I mentioned at the beginning of this letter, your prayers are so important and so valued, we appreciate your interest and commitment. “May the God of Hope fill you with all Joy and Peace as you trust in Him” Romans ch 15 v 13.
God bless you
Sue Eddowes