The Country Food Trust are the latest organisation to offer their support to the members of ERFPA by donating 1 tonne of frozen venison mince. The pallet of venison mince, which where packaged in handy 250g-500g frozen portions, where distributed…
Easington Pantry becomes 14th Member of the Alliance
Easington Pantry has joined the East Riding Food Poverty Alliance as the 14th member, supporting residents in rural villages in South West Holderness. Easington Pantry runs every Friday morning from All Saints Church based in Easington. The pantry is open…
Christmas Food Drive – Every Can Counts!
If you would like to support people facing poverty in your community this Christmas, please consider donating food and toiletries to ERFPA members. Every can counts! For current opening times, locations and donation requests follow the links below to ERFPA…
Free Winter Fuel Vouchers for East Riding Residents
Ridge Clean Energy have generously funded £10,000 of fuel vouchers for residents in the East Riding of Yorkshire this winter. To be eligible for the voucher, you must live in Burton Agnes, Thornholme, Haisthorpe or Carnaby. Referrals for the vouchers…
New donor for East Riding Hygiene Support
Bio-D Company are the latest organisation to offer support to East Riding Food Poverty Alliance, by donating surplus stock to the East Riding Hygiene Support. This donation will be used to support residents across the region who are struggling to…
New initiative to reduce food waste in East Riding
The SHoRes Centre have had a busy few months, with the launch of three new projects; FResH (Food Rescue Hub), DASH (Digital Access Skills Hub) and a pop up pantry aboard the Education bus as part of the Multiply project.…
Low income families at risk of food insecurity
Figures from the recent The Food Foundation report, The Impossible Challenge: Affording healthy food for the low income families with children, show that ‘among the poorest fifth of the population, the households with children would need to spend 70% of…
Youth Parliament representative, George Jackson, hopes to bring better quality food to schools
George’s manifesto is to bring better quality, healthy food, with more choice for young people in schools. George said: “I really want to encourage young people to eat healthy food, so that they live healthier lives, and it will help…
Love Driffield Announced as a BBC Make A Difference Award Finalist
The winners will be announced in September 2024. Driffield Food Bank are based at the Love Driffield Community Hub, and have been supporting the community access free food for many years now. They have been nominated for a BBC Make…
Free recipe bags for CTCC Pantry Members
This week members of the Cherry Tree Community Pantry were each provided with a free recipe bag alongside their shopping. The recipe bags were funded by The Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust, and provided the members with the ingredients…