Serving people in need across the BS4 area
Vineyard BS4 Food Bank
Vineyard churches in Bristol have partnered with St Barnabas Church in the running of two Food Bank outlets, in the BS4 area of Bristol. The outlets are part of the wider Trussell Trust South and East Bristol Food Bank Network.
The BS4 outlet was set up initially as a single delivery only Food Bank outlet as a temporary response to the COVID pandemic with the aim of arranging, sorting and delivering food parcels to people in need. Following the pandemic we established a permanent project to continue to bless those in need across the BS4 area. As the project has grown we are now able offer both a face-to-face service at St Barnabas Church in Knowle West, as well as a delivery only outlet that serves Brislington, St Annes, Broomhill and Totterdown areas of the city.
Boxes of food are typically assembled by teams of volunteers either on a Wednesday morning or a Thursday/Sunday evening. The food is then distributed via the St Barnabas clinic on a Wednesday lunchtime or delivered to the wider BS4 area on a Friday afternoon.
How to get involved
The BS4 Food Bank outlet hub runs out of Totterdown Methodist Church, 7 Bushy Park, Totterdown, Bristol, BS4 2EG and we would love to invite you to get involved!
Volunteering can involve preparing boxes, helping to welcome people at the face-to-face service or delivering boxes.
Please contact our Food Bank Coordinator Kate MacLeod.
If you would like to donate financially towards the BS4 Food Bank Outlet, you can do that here.
If you need help with food, you can access our Food Bank face-to-face or delivery services when you have a referral voucher from community organisations like schools, GPs and advice agencies.
You can discuss everything you need by calling the free Help Through Hardship hotline - details here from the Trussell Trust - or ask our co-ordinator Kate MacLeod.