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9 Jul 21

News Update – July 2021

Dear Friends, Donors and Volunteers of Cobham Area Foodbank, July 2021 – A short update on how we are doing at the Foodbank. Since the start of the Pandemic we have been able to help families coming to our Centre at the Cobham United Church on Stoke Road (KT11 3BD) every Tuesday from 12.00 – […]

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24 Jun 21

Lockdown easing in England delayed to 19 July

The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July Step 4 of the Roadmap will be paused for four weeks following a significant rise in the more transmissible Delta variant, which will allow delivery of the vaccination programme to be accelerated It is expected that England will move […]

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7 Jun 21

Cobham Area Foodbank Shines a Light on Christina

Volunteering: Celebrating food bank heroes throughout Volunteers’ Week Article from The Trussell Trust Weekly Network Update 03/06/2021. Christina has been involved in the Cobham Area Foodbank from its early days in 2013 and took on the role of General Manager in July 2020. Her appointment coincided with a period of unprecedented change and demand due […]

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7 Mar 21

A reminder of the COVID-19 roadmap for England

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7 Mar 21

Cobham Chatterbus services C1 and C2 are back on the road from Monday 8th March!

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6 Feb 21

FREE local courses for local people from Surrey Adult Learning

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14 Dec 20

Our distribution centre will be open as usual on 22 and 29 December

Our distribution centre will be open as usual on both 22nd and 29th December.

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9 Nov 20

Cobham Area Foodbank Manager’s report November 2020

These are turbulent times: Coronavirus, USA elections and another lockdown. How are we doing at Cobham Area Foodbank? Firstly I would like to say ‘Thank You’ to all the supporters, generous donors of money, small and large gifts of all kinds, and for the help offered and given by so many. For those loving statistics: […]

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25 Jul 20

Christina van Roest appointed General Manager

The trustees are delighted to announce that Christina van Roest, a very familiar face at the Foodbank, has rejoined the Board of Trustees and has been appointed General Manager. Christina has been heavily involved in the Foodbank since its inception in 2013 and has worked tirelessly for many years with referral agencies, volunteers and clients […]

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19 Jul 20

Arnie Gabbott, a founding trustee of Cobham Foodbank, has died

We’re very sad to announce that Arnie Gabbott, one of our founding trustees and a faithful supporter of the Foodbank, has died. Funeral details to be advised.

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