5th January 2012

We have just passed our two year operational milestone - since April 2011 we have fed 561 Adults and Children and in the last 3 months have seen 50% more people benefit from our service

5th November 2011

Sutton Foodbank were recently featured on BBC Breakfast - http://vimeo.com/31508592

26th October 2011

We are extremely thankful for the kind and very generous donations of food. It has been a bumper harvest!

Consequently we are currently not accepting any more food donations except for the North Cheam Food Drive already arranged for Nov 12th

18th October 2011

KBR Engineering Company in Leatherhead gave a generous donation of food which will help feed a number of families in need in the London Borough of Sutton. Mark Tomlinson met with the Vice President and Andy Adenegan from the Trussell Trust. [see photo]

29th September 2011

We have recently been awarded a small amount of funding from Thames Community Foundation to cover some storage costs for the next year and a contribution towards ongoing management of the project over next 6 months

11th September 2011

We are currently seeking volunteers to help with our meet and greeting of clients on Monday and Friday 12-2 and Wednesday 6.30-8pm. We are also seeking extra help with the sorting and transportation of food at and between storage and distribution centres. If you are intersted please go to "how to get involved"/volunteers

27th June 2011

BBC Radio London 94.9 featured Sutton Foodbank - follow link and features are at 1hr40mins and 2hrs10mins for about 8mins each

22nd June 2011

Eat well spend less course is in its third week and has gone well so far.

26th May 2011

Celebrate Sutton is designed to celebrate what the Church is doing in Sutton. Although the turnout was less than usual there was a generous offering of £333 taken for the Sutton Foodbank.

10th May 2011

Sutton Foodbank is looking for a voluntary part-time [3 hrs per week] Store Manager working with an existing team and also hopefully new team members too. It is a crucial and fulfilling part of the operation of our Foodbank. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 07525 838640 for more details

25th March 2011

Fantastic evening celebrating the work and our wonderful volunteers. Great to have partnering agencies with us creating a marketplace atmosphere. Some affirming comments from Simon Wales - councillor responsible for Voluntary Sector and partner, Tom Brake MP.
Click on Sutton Food Bank Video for our latest video

15th February 2011

Sutton Foodbank is now officially part of Sutton Community Works which is a new Charity set up to oversee community projects in Sutton and birth new ones.

15th February 2011

So far we have helped 368 Adults and 237 Children from our centres at Sutton Salvation Army and Apple Lodge. Clients are referred from a total of 45 partners ranging from social services, probation, citizens advice to childrens centres and schools

2nd February 2011

A Celebration marking our first year in operation, recognising the valuable work of our volunteers and our partnership with a number of key agencies will take place on Wed 23rd March from 7.15pm at the Sutton Salvation Army [poster to download]

18th November 2010

We have now given food to 280 Adults and 180 Children. The main reason for emergency crisis has been benefit delay/cuts in 40% of our clients.

7th October 2010

Schools (see schools page) and Churches (see churches page) are bringing in 100's of Kgs of food from generous harvest collections.

21st September 2010

Our Supermarket Collection at Tesco's brought in over a tonne of food - thanks so much for all who volunteered on the day, the storage team who have weighed and sorted it and for all those generous shoppers.

1st August 2010

We have moved from Hallmead to Farm Road Building in Farm Road, St.Helier which will act as our ongoing storage centre.