News
16 Feb 21
Give what you save this Lent
This year, make what you give up for Lent count for someone in need in our area! However much money you save by giving up something, simply buy item(s) from our current shopping list, either weekly or at the end of Lent, to donate to the Foodbank. We will do the rest! You can see […]
9 Nov 20
Christmas 2020 Arrangements
This year Brecon Foodbank has had to adapt how we cater for our clients at Christmas, including our annual Christmas Parcel project, in order to keep our volunteers, clients and donors as safe as we can in the current situation. Obviously we need to adhere to the current government guidelines as we prepare, and have […]
5 Sep 20
Harvest 2020
We realise that Harvest Festivals may not take place this year, and that those that do will be different. We have emailed local schools with details of a harvest competition we are running, asking children to design a compliments card for us to give out with food parcels. If schools are able and wish to […]
23 Mar 20
USING THE FOODBANK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC – updated 5th January 2021
Brecon Foodbank has managed to remain open and we are grateful to all who have enabled us to keep operating. We open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1.30 to 3.30pm. For the safety of our volunteers and clients, however, we are continuing to operate an ‘Appointments Only’ system and we will be observing ‘Social Distancing’ as […]
13 Mar 20
Coronavirus Update
We’re still supporting people with emergency food at Brecon Foodbank, while maintaining sensible precautions. It’s hard for us to say how things will unfold in the coming weeks, but we will continue to provide help wherever possible and if anything changes, we’ll publish the information as soon as we can, especially on our Twitter and […]
18 Feb 20
How to help us this Lent
If you would like to donate food this Lent, one way to do it is to follow our ‘Adlent Calendar’. This works like our ‘Reverse Advent Calendar’: each day of Lent, collect the item on the calendar to put in a bag and bring to us after Easter. If you would rather donate money, you […]
14 Feb 20
Support us through the Co-op Local Community Fund!
During this year until the end of October, you can support us when you shop in Brecon Co-op thanks to the Co-op Local Community Fund. If you are a Co-op member, every time you buy selected own-brand products and services, 1% of the money you spend goes to local causes in the community, and this […]
17 Jan 20
Christmas Parcels 2019 – Thanks!
Thank you to those who packed the 57 parcels, which fed 149 people.
13 Dec 19
Christmas and New Year opening times
We will be open until 2.30pm on Friday 20th December We will then be closed until Friday January 3rd, when we will be open as normal. If someone needs food while we are closed, there are emergency bags at Powys CC Housing department, Brecon Job Centre, Brecon Mind and Kaleidoscope. See our referral agency list […]