# DOVER FOODBANK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1212901
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 10, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1212901


## Contact

- **Address:** DOVER FOODBANK, UNIT 7 CHARLTON CENTRE, HIGH STREET, DOVER, CT16 1TT
- **Postcode:** CT16 1TT
- **Phone:** 07754178297
- **Email:** info@dover.foodbank.org.uk
- **Website:** https://doverfoodbank.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN   DOVER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:  A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO   INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER   ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY  B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT   OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES, AND TO   PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, SUPPORTED BY CHURCHES IN   DOVER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

**Activities:** Working in Dover and surrounding areas we help to alleviate poverty through the provision of food parcels to those in crisis, in partnership with local agencies who refer clients in crisis to us. As part of our service we signpost to other care agencies, advice services and support agencies to try and help alleviate the clients immediate crisis that is causing their need to use the Foodbank.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Kent




## Trustees

- **Alan Leslie Boxall** (Chair) — appointed June 9, 2023
- Dr JUDITH SIAN SHILLING — appointed Nov. 28, 2025
- Dr Jonathan Grant Pryse — appointed March 11, 2023
- Janet Elisabeth Jowett — appointed Dec. 7, 2018
- Joanna Elizabeth Donaldson — appointed March 11, 2023
- PETER HOLDEN WALLACE — appointed July 1, 2016
- Rev Steven Bradford — appointed June 6, 2025