One of the ways CFB can find families that require support is by working with its partners, such as the local schools. In the past few weeks, schools such as St. Thomas, Devonshire Road Primary, St James, Clarendon School, Tonge Moore Academy, Gaskell, Harper Green and Pikes Lane. Each reached out to request parcels to…
Over the past few weeks CFB and its team of volunteers have successfully partnered with Clarendon primary (Haywood Park), St. James, Gaskell, Tonge Moor and St. Thomas in delivering a total of 75 food parcels. Collaborating with the schools, CFB were able to pre-determine dietary needs for the recipients, prepare parcels accordingly and deliver them…
Eid-ul-Adha is a day of celebration for Muslims across the world where they reflect on the importance of sacrifice. This is the culmination of the pilgrimage which Muslims partake in at least once in their lifetime and celebrate with a feast which is shared between their families, neighbours and the poor. Given the difficult 2020-2021…
It is said empowered communities are the bedrock of society. Here at Crescent Food bank, we have witnessed what a great communal effort can look like when each individual is driven by the same passion as the other. On 24th July 2021, Crescent Food bank partnered with The Forgotten People, a charity which seeks to…
Over the past few weeks CFB and its team of volunteers have successfully partnered with Clarendon primary (Haywood Park), St. James, Atherton High, Harper Green, Pikes Lane, St. Paul’s in delivering a total of 135 food parcels. Collaborating with the schools, CFB were able to pre-determine dietary needs for the recipients, prepare parcels accordingly and…
We, at Crescent Food Bank, have a mission to try to alleviate poverty from our community, with our efforts primarily focused on food poverty. However, with the rise of the Covid-19 crisis and the loss of income, this has led to strains on many individuals and households. We wish to take this opportunity to inject…
Over the past few weeks CFB and its brilliant team of volunteers have successfully partnered with Clarendon primary (Haywood Park), Gaskell Community primary, St Williams of York RC primary school and St Thomas’ (Halliwell) in delivering a total of 74 food parcels. Collaborating with the schools CFB were able to pre-determine dietary needs for the…
During the Easter holidays, Crescent Food Bank partnered with St Thomas’ (Halliwell) and St James Primary CofE School (Farnworth) in order to provide 25 food parcels for students of both schools. Working with both schools CFB were able to coordinate exact requirements for all children and put together all of the parcels for them then…
We, at Crescent Food Bank, have a mission to try to alleviate poverty from our community, with our efforts primarily focused on food poverty. However, with the rise of the Covid-19 crisis and the loss of income, this has led to strains on many individuals and households, namely, on feminine health and hygiene. Unfortunately, many…
Crescent Food Bank was created with the purpose to alleviate food poverty and insecurity in Bolton and surrounding areas. In preperation for our launch, twelve volunteers spent several weeks preparing for our launch creating partnerships with key welfare partners, drafting processes and researching a guaging public requirement. In our learning, we found that there was…