The Hive Food Bank

Food bank based in Hillrise Ward, Islington - launched April 2016 to provide emergency food to those in crisis. Email [email protected]

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

If you’d like to support us but can’t get to us in person, you can donate via our CAF page - we’re grateful for anything you can give, large or small. All donations go towards food supplies for the people we support. Thank you https://t.co/nTiKwmXead

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

We distribute food parcels every week, all year. We rely on donations to be able to help those that need us most. If you are able to support us, please visit https://t.co/nTiKwmXead or email on [email protected] to find out how to donate food. Thank you!

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

👏 As 2023 comes to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to every individual and organisation who has supported us with food or financial donations this year. We couldn’t do it without you.

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

🌟Finally, an enormous thank you to our volunteers, who are so generous with their time and brilliant ideas. And to all at @stmaryhr for being the best home and community partner we could have asked for.

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

@IslingtonBC Huge thanks to our dedicated volunteers, to @stmaryhr , to the organisations that have funded us and to the public who have supported us with generous donations. We couldn’t do it without you.

[Islington Council @IslingtonBC]

🏆 The volunteers at @TheHiveFoodBank have received a Mayor’s Civic Award tonight. They were praised for their weekly efforts to ensure that local people in food poverty can get the supplies they need. #MayorsCivicAwards

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

🧐Looking for a great #volunteering opportunity in North London? We need some additional help at the food bank on Tues afternoon and Weds eve ongoing! Contact us for more info or to set up a trial shift: https://t.co/RXcHEiOSMV

[Islington Council @IslingtonBC]

We're proud to continue to offer healthy meals to our young people over the Christmas break. We know many families are struggling to feed their children in the cost of living crisis, and this scheme can make all the difference.
More details here: https://t.co/CjpZjnVG0T

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

Please see below a list of items we need. For more information please see https://t.co/Q22P4f7q4m
@FoodIslington @MichelleNgongo @jeremycorbyn
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[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

Are you able to donate unopened and in-date food to The Hive Food Bank in North Islington? We are open for donations at St Mary’s Hornsey Rise, Ashley Road, N19, 10am - 3pm Monday-Friday.
@stmaryhr @IslingtonBC @davepoyser
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[Charlotte White @charlottemwhite]

My latest @BigIssue piece on how recent MP comments do not reflect what we're seeing at our food bank https://t.co/0Ilvl91chz

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

If you're able to donate unopened and in-date food, St Mary’s Hornsey Rise, Ashley Road is open for donations 12 - 3pm Monday-Friday. This is a non-exhaustive list of items we need, and we are also grateful for toiletries and nappies. Thank you!

[IFAN @IFAN_UK]

"The Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) has written to the chancellor Rishi Sunak to warn that they are close to “breaking point” from an unsustainable surge in demand during the cost of living crisis."
#CashFirst https://t.co/5E9lAOBVmp
https://t.co/FO0IBL4UW4

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

“My real fear is dying, having not really lived.”

Joanna Jonathan, who has two children under the age of three, is coping with stage 4 lung cancer and spiralling living costs.

And she’s not alone… 🧵

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[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

🙏 Please sign and share. 🙏

Our friends at @TrussellScot @IFAN_UK and @Feeding_Britain are calling on the UK government to urgently increase benefit payments by at least 7% to keep pace with inflation.

https://t.co/tjQStOYMCU

[Bernadette Meaden @BernaMeaden]

Please sign this petition from @IFAN_UK
'Food banks cannot and should not pick up the pieces of UK government inaction against the rising cost of living'
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
https://t.co/Nvrxf1iwvF

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

This week we're short of donations in general, but especially pasta!

If you're able to donate unopened and in-date food, St Mary’s Hornsey Rise, Ashley Road is open for donations 12 - 3pm Monday - Friday. Thank you!

[The Hive Food Bank @TheHiveFoodBank]

This week we're especially short of pasta and sugar.

If you're able to donate unopened and in-date food, St Mary’s Hornsey Rise, Ashley Road is open for donations 12 - 3pm Monday-Friday. Thank you!

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

"I do skip meals so they eat"

Becky has three children and works part-time as an NHS nurse. She says the rising cost of living has pushed her close to breaking point

Watch the full story on Panorama’s Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis, BBC One at 20:00
https://t.co/rtTMUJpHEr

[Bernadette Meaden @BernaMeaden]

UK food banks ‘close to breaking point’ amid rapid rise in poverty, Sunak warned
#r4today #BBCBreakfast https://t.co/rV49JPZBxu