WHITCHURCH FOODBANK

Registered charity 1213329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foodbank provides 7 days emergency food to those in crisis that live within the town and surrounding area. Food is provided upon securing an authorised voucher. These vouchers are issued by 'Care Professionals' such as Doctors, Health Visitors, etc.. Over 70 different Referral organisations are currently registered. Foodbank operates twice a week with a paid Project Leader & 40 volunteers.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN WHITCHURCH (SHROPSHIRE) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OR SUCH WIDER AREA AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND TO HELP THOSE IN CRISIS INCLUDING SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER AGENCIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Briony Clare Myles-Hook · trustee of 1 other charity
• EILEEN FRANCES LIVESEY
• Helen Stephanie Noble
• IAN WYCHERLEY FRANCIS
• MELANIE ANN WILLIAMS
• PAULINE STOKES · trustee of 3 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Shropshire · Wrexham