How We Support Our Community
Crescent Food Bank provides practical support to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship across Bolton and the surrounding area.
Our core service is our weekly food parcel programme, supported by a wider range of projects designed to help households with essential needs.
Our support includes food assistance, emergency support, school and family essentials, utility support, winter help, education support and signposting to trusted welfare and financial advice services.
Some services are available throughout the year, while others operate as time-limited projects depending on funding and availability.
Members of the community like yourself donate to our food bank and share the message, vision and mission by pooling resources into one service. We then take those donations and distribute to our service users
We sort the items in to categories and go through our quality evaluation. We ensure there is adequate life in the product and in the process of donation, transporting the products have not been damaged. These items are then stored within our secure and safe facility where our fulfillment team…Read More
Working alongside our welfare partners, we network our services to members of the public and find suitable in-need families and individuals which we can then provide tailor-made hampers to. Once a welfare partner refers a service user, we discuss requirements and supplementary opportunities like benefits and counselling
Once a service user has discussed their circumstance with us, we then arrange for a collection or delivery with them. They will then receive their hamper to be able to support their family through the kind work of our volunteers and donations of our community and corporate partner
Once the food parcel has been provided, we then keep in touch with our service users and our welfare partners to ensure we do what we can to try and support the family/individual in tackling the root issues they are facing. Crescent Food Bank is always looking to improve and…Read More
Our Services
Crescent Food Bank provides a range of practical support to help individuals and families experiencing financial hardship.
Our services are designed to respond to both immediate needs and wider household pressures. Some support is available throughout the year, while other programmes depend on funding, stock and current projects.
Food & Essential Support
Weekly Food Parcels
Our core service provides food parcels to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship.
Emergency Food Support
Where possible, we provide emergency food assistance for households facing an immediate crisis.
School Support
We support children and families through school food parcels, holiday support and, when funding is available, school uniform assistance.
Baby Essentials
Support may be available with essential items for babies under 12 months, subject to stock and eligibility.
Female Hygiene Products
We provide female hygiene products to help ensure that financial hardship does not prevent access to essential personal care items.
Household & Wider Support
Utility Support
When funding is available, we provide support with gas and electricity prepayment top-ups for eligible households.
Winter Clothing
Seasonal support may be available to help individuals and families access suitable warm clothing during the colder months.
Education Support
Our education support projects may include access to equipment such as tablets, alongside guidance to help families use technology safely.
Welfare & Financial Signposting
We work with trusted welfare and financial support partners to help people access advice with issues such as debt, benefits and household finances.
Current Availability: Eligibility and application processes vary depending on funding and current projects. Please check our Live Projects section for current opportunities.