February Monthly Newsletter

Here is all the news from Vale Foodbank for February 2026. And the headline is, that we start the new year with over 14% increase in demand for food vouchers compared to January 2025. Click this link to view the full HTML version of the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/vale/february-26-newsletter-from-vale-foodbank

Figures from January 2026

• Vouchers fulfilled: 376
• Variance Jan 25: +48 (14.6% up)
• Adults fed: 439
• Children fed: 288
• First time referrals: 91
• Stock in: 5262.46kg
• Stock out: 6429.2kg

Most Needed Items

• Tinned Tomatoes
• Coffee
• Tinned Carrots
• Tinned Sweetcorn
• Corned Beef
• Rice Pudding
• Sugar
• UHT Milk

This Month’s Star Donor

Obviously we are very grateful for all your generous donations, but every month we like to pick out one or two for a bit of special recognition. This month we say a special thank you to…

Whitmore High’s In-house Bakery.

The students raised £300 through bake sale at the school and used the money to purchase items for the foodbank.

They researched, compiled shopping lists and went to complete the shop themselves at Tesco Barry.

They collected a huge 155.9kgs of food

Community Cooking Group

One of the outputs from our participation programme, is group who wanted to share their knowledge of good kitchen craft. Their objective was to help foodbank users learn to make the most of the food in a food parcel as well as how to create healthy, tasty meals on a budget. In January their group was really well attended.

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