Berwick Food Bank

Berwick Food Bank is available to any household who may be in crisis or have financial restrictions. The service is predominantly made up from a number of volunteers who give up their time to make the service sustainable, but our staff also use their time to assist and provide the service and extra support to those households who need it.

Help and support will be offered depending on this situation, our aim is to help you through the crisis you are facing, this may be through conversations with our experienced staff who can look at ways to help and support through by conducting checks on benefits, looking at your finances with you, as well as signposting to other organisations that will be able to assist with more complex needs.

All contact is Private and Confidential.

Donations are always welcome for the Food Bank.  We are always grateful to receive non perishable food items, adult and children’s toiletries and we also try to keep a stock of cat and dog food to support those with pets at home. We can also direct you to the Local Pet Food Bank where extra support for the little or big furry friends in your family.

Donations can be made directly to us at The William Elder Building on Castlegate, in the collection box behind the tills in Tesco Berwick in Tweedmouth. Other Donation points are Asda in Tweedmouth, Morrisons, The Newcastle Building Society, Belford and Seahouses Co-operative store.

If you would prefer to make a cash donation then this is also appreciated and any money donated goes towards purchasing food supplies such as bread, butter and eggs, items that are in shortage or special dietary requests that we have no stock of.

Some of the donations also go towards the delivery of the support given to customers around there issues and also towards the rent of the room. If you would like to donate a sum of money, large or small then please get in touch or pop in and see us.

The extra support we offer is vital to many of our customers, it includes ensuring that every customer is in receipt of the correct benefits by doing benefits checks and checking eligibility, budgeting sessions help customers look at how and where they can make savings in their finances.