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Margaret Banner
Thank you to the friends and family of Margaret Banner
Margaret Banner peacefully passed away recently. She was the best wife, mum and nanna that you could ask for and will be dearly missed.Margaret would never see anyone go hungry, especially children so the family decided that Porch Box was the most fitting charity to receive donations on her behalf.
In total £735 has been raised and this would of put a huge smile on her face, especially in this current climateHopefully it will put a smile on a few families’ faces at this time of year.
Covid19 Pandemic Update
The Covid19 pandemic has brought a variety of challenges across our community. Lots of families are experiencing reductions in their income and difficulties in accessing the food they need.
Porch Boxes are continuing to work hard to provide Crisis Packs during this difficult time, working with their regular local agencies, Social Services, Health Visitors, GP’s etc. to identify areas of need.
We receive most of our regular donations from either churches or schools and from the donation boxes in various Supermarkets around the area. As churches and schools are now closed for the foreseeable future, we are receiving significantly fewer donations. We have also had to make changes to how we operate our warehouse, so it is difficult for us to accept donations there.
We would like to ask all our regular contributors, particularly those who normally donate at their church or school, to deliver their donations to their nearest donation point.
Some of our donation points have been temporarily removed to allow for social distancing so please use one of the below locations.
We thank you all for your continued support.
ASDA: Radcliffe, Pilsworth & Bury
Morrisons: Whitefield & Ramsbottom
TESCO: Bury & Ramsbottom
*NEW GARDEN BINS*
33 Holthouse Rd Tottington
14 Thirsk Close Woolfold
31 Greenheys Cr Greenmount
Christmas Appeal
Every year Porch Boxes provides support to families over the festive season. This year we are looking for the following items, but as always, anything that you can donate will be gratefully accepted.
- Tinned ravioli
- Tinned potatoes
- Tinned beans and sausages
- Tins of meat
- Tinned tuna
- Tinned stews, spaghetti bolognese, meatballs and chilli
- Tinned hot dogs
- Spaghetti
- Crisps
- Cracker biscuits
- Biscuits
- Bottles of squash
- Canned drinks
- Tea bags [packs of 40]
- Small jars of coffee
- Hot Chocolate
- Cake bars
- Single sponge puddings
- Custard
- Rice Pudding
- Miniature jars of jam
- Selection boxes
- Chocolate bars
- Christmas themed chocolates and cakes
New Facebook Page!
Porch Boxes has a new Facebook page. Head over to https://m.facebook.com/porchboxes and click like to receive all our news and updates
New donation point
We are now collecting donations from Tesco Bury.
Read our latest Annual Reports & Accounts
Following the AGM held in March 2019, the Porch Boxes Annual Report & Accounts have been uploaded. Click here to view.
Porch Boxes Annual General Meeting 2020
The 2020 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 24th March, commencing 7pm prompt, at Bridge Community Church, Radcliffe (formerly known as Bridge Methodist Church).
The meeting will be held in the 1st floor meeting room adjacent to the Porch Boxes Storeroom. Lift access is available.
Hundreds of Food Packs made up for Christmas
Volunteers at Porch have been working tirelessly throughout December to get hundreds of food packs ready for distribution. If you’d like to support Porch you can still donate items at any one of our local drop off points or funds via our webpage.
