# COLCHESTER FOODBANK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1204958
- **Other names:** BRIGHTLINGSEA FOODBANK, COLCHESTER CENTRAL FOODBANK, GREENSTEAD FOODBANK, HIGHWOODS FOODBANK, MONKWICK FOODBANK, MYLAND FOODBANK, NEW TOWN FOODBANK, ROWHEDGE FOODBANK, TIPTREE FOODBANK, WIVENHOE FOODBANK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 27, 2023
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1204958


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 3, Tollgate West, Stanway, Colchester, Essex
- **Postcode:** CO3 8RG
- **Phone:** 01206 621998
- **Email:** info@colchester.foodbank.org.uk
- **Website:** www.colchester.foodbank.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (3.1):3.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN COLCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

**Activities:** Colchester Foodbank seeks to address food poverty in the local area by giving food parcels to clients who have been issued with a voucher from a professional agency. In addition, we seek to make available signposting from a range of professionals who can advise on debt, housing, benefits, health and wellbeing, budgeting and child welfare.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Essex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Peter Tibber** | Chair | April 5, 2022 |
| Derek Nicol Sutherland |  | July 30, 2024 |
| Frederick Shane Aldons |  | July 30, 2024 |
| Julie Rusiecki |  | Jan. 26, 2016 |
| Lorna Marie Preece |  | July 30, 2024 |
| Mark Norrington |  | Jan. 17, 2019 |
| Sabina Hinchliffe |  | July 30, 2024 |




