Welcome to the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project and Ash Vale Community Fridge
Food Parcels Contact and Referrals
To make a Food Parcel Referral please contact the Project Team by phone, text or WhatsApp on 07730 609446. We do not accept referrals by email.
(If you need to email us about something else you can reach us on foodparcels@ash-vale.org.uk this inbox is checked once a week.)
The Ash Vale Community Fridge …
…is open to all, 24/7 and you can find it at The Chapel project in our Community Shed in the car park. We are on Wharf Road, GU12 5AY. Give what you can, take what you need. It’s for everyone in the community, to reduce food waste. (more news in the blog posts below) #AshValeCommunityFridge
How To Donate
We operate under St Mary’s church charity number 1152717 and rely entirely on donations of food and funds to support local people in need. You can donate here to support this important work:
https://givealittle.co/campaigns/7a47190c-ad4e-4cf9-8662-da844101a41c
The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project started as a covid-19 support initiative but is now essentially a Community Food Bank covering Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham. You can be referred for a parcel by Citizens Advice, Schools, Social Services, Homestart, DWP and local churches etc. (more news in the blog posts below).
Both of these amazing initiatives are delivered by a wonderful team of local volunteers. The projects are jointly run by St Mary’s Church Ash Vale and Ash Villages Support Circle, and kindly hosted by The Chapel Project (former Methodist church) on Wharf Rd GU12 5AY #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject
Thank You!
We are delighted to share that we have just had news of funding from the Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund, which will be helping us to deliver the Food Parcels Project over the next few months up to 24th March 2024. Thanks to the Government for making this possible.
The Community Fridge project was generously funded by Hubbub who enabled us to purchase the Community Fridge and the Community Shed and set everything up. Would you like to know more about their network of community fridges? Have a look on their site here: https://hubbub.org.uk/community-fridge-network
We are hugely grateful to Surrey County Council Community Fund, SPARKS, Ash Parish Council, Co-op Community Fund, private donors, generous neighbours, and amazing churches, businesses, schools and community groups who have all contributed funds or items, and made this very important work possible. We are hugely endebted to Co-op, Tesco and Bookers for their donations of fresh food items each week, and our army of awesome volunteers who make it all happen. (Scroll down in the news section below to see more about our supporters, the team and what we do!).
Ash Villages Food Parcels & Community Fridge News:
- Food Parcels Update and The community Organisations Cost of Living FundBy Alex Sanderson (Project Manager) Did you know? Our Ash Villages Food Parcels Proejct received funding from the The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund to help us keep the project going in 2023/2024. We are so grateful for this government funding, as it makes all the difference for local families. The funding ended in …
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- Easter Treats for our Food ParcelsLocal Easter Appeal: Would you like to add something special to our food parcels next week? We would welcome donations of Easter treats for the #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject any time before 28th March. Thank you for your support!You can donate at St Mary’s or at The Chapel when we are open, or message us to arrange a …
- Please vote for the Food Parcels Project!Fund our local Food Parcels Project…by giving us your vote at Co-Op! Vote online or via their App. The voting link is here: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/76829 The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project serves local people in Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham. We deliver emergency food and toiletries to local people in crisis, and offer a …
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- Community Fridge NewsThe Ash Vale Community Fridge and Ash Villages Food Parcels Project team have some great news this week! We will be receiving short dated items from the 2 local Co-ops on Saturdays going forward, saving even more good food from being wasted. This is in addition to the donations we already receive regularly on Tuesdays …
- Thank you – and please keep voting!This is wonderful news! The local Food Parcels team would like to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for us recently on the Co-op Communtiy page! Your votes have helped us to raise £1,171.07 so far, to help feed local families in crisis. Please keep voting! Every vote for St Mary’s means …
- What should I donate to the Foodbank?Ash Villages Food Parcels Project started out in Covid – April 2020 – and because we are still needed, we are still here! If you would like to donate to help us, we have an information sheet you can print off and pop on the fridge or in your pocket to remind you what we …
- We need your Vote today!Please can we ask you to give us your vote ASAP to help fund our vital Food Parcels Project, which feeds anyone in need in our local community of Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham. To find out more about the co-op community fund and how your vote can help, please click the link. …
- Food Parcels – Could your business donate once a week?A big ask today… are there any local business out there, who would consider becoming a regular donor and sponsoring one foodbank item each on a weekly basis, so about 25 of the same thing weekly (pick an item that resonates with you – cheese? Veg? Tins of beans? Coffee? Pasta? You could bring us …
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- Lovely donations from Ash Vale Rainbows!We would like to say a lovely big thank you to the wonderful Ash Vale Rainbows at St Mary’s, who have donated some brilliant things for the Food Parcels Project last week! So much thought has gone in to what you have given, it was lovely unpacking them all and popping them on the shelves …
- Christmas Appeal – Ash Villages Food Parcels Project 2023Christmas Appeal: The Ash Villages Food Parcels project will be packing and delivering food parcels for (we estimate) 40-50 families in Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham in the week before Christmas, and we like to send gifts for the children and Christmassy treats along with the emergency essentials if we can. Can you …
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