Foodbank
Foodbanks are invaluable to individuals and families experiencing food poverty or at risk of homelessness
Foodbank
Foodbanks are invaluable to individuals and families experiencing food poverty or at risk of homelessness
Since 2014, we’ve offered a foodbank service with food provided through the Support to the Most Deprived (SMD) Programme funded by the European Union and the Department of Social Protection.
Since 2014, we’ve offered a foodbank service with food provided through the Support to the Most Deprived (SMD) Programme funded by the European Union and the Department of Social Protection.
The SMD programme provides non-perishable food consisting of breakfast cereals, pasta, soups, tea, and canned fish, beans, peas and tomatoes. Our charity also benefits from material assistance in the form of school stationery kits for national and secondary school children.
In 2022, our foodbanks supported 6,780 individual clients and provided 24,484 food parcels.
For further information please Call 061 608980.
Limerick Foodbank
Limerick Island Community Centre
TIME:
10am – 10.30am: Priority queue for the elderly and vulnerable
10.30am – 1pm: Drop in service Last Friday of the Month
Collections once per month on Friday
Ennis
St. Columba’s Church, Bindon St. (at the back of the Church)
TIME:
10am – 10.30am: Priority queue for the elderly and vulnerable
10.30am – 1pm: Drop in service
Every 3rd Friday of the month
Donations
We’re always looking for donations of the following items to support the food parcels that we give to clients. We can only accept new, unused, and unopened items.
Toiletries:
Shampoo and conditioner, shower gel, moisturiser, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, baby wipes
Household items
Washing powder/capsules, toilet paper, kitchen rolls, disinfectant spray/wipes, washing up liquid
