News
22 Oct 19
New distribution centre
We have opened a new distribution centre at West Calder Community Centre. We recently reported that the roll-out of Universal Credit has prompted extra demand for the foodbank’s services. So the new distribution point has been set up in West Calder to help deal with the increase. We will start distributing from Wednesday, October 23, from 2.30pm […]
10 Sep 19
West Lothian Foodbank says goodbye to Marshall Green
West Lothian Foodbank wishes ex-warehouse manager, Marshall Green, all the best for an amazing retirement. Marshall was instrumental in feeding over 28,000 local people in crisis and worked tirelessly to fight food poverty in West Lothian since the foodbank’s inception in 2012. West Lothian Foodbank manager, Kathleen Neilly, said: “Marshall’s hard work and dedication had […]
14 Jun 19
West Lothian supermarkets thank you!
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the many hundreds of donors who regularly and anonymously donate weekly to the foodbank via supermarket collection points. In the last year we’ve received 34 tonnes of the food from supermarket collections – that’s nearly 50% of all food distributed to local people in crisis. Our […]
1 May 19
Vacancy: Charity Shop Assistant
We’re looking for a dynamic shop assistant to join the friendly team at our charity shop in Whitburn. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills in retail and help people throughout West Lothian. This role is for you if…. You’re a retail star – you have experience of working in the retail environment […]
26 Apr 19
West Lothian foodbank use increases for second consecutive year
2,925 emergency food packs were supplied to feed 5,885 local people in the last year, according to recent statistics published by West Lothian Foodbank. Between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, 2,925 three-day emergency food packs were provided to feed 5,885 local people in crisis – a total of 3,767 adults and 2,118 […]
15 Apr 19
Easter egg donation
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the guys at Broxburn United Sports Club walking football team for the generous donation of Easter eggs. From all of us here at West Lothian Foodbank, thank you!
8 Apr 19
West Lothian young people lead the way!
In the last year 42 schools in West Lothian have donated an incredible 9.93 tonnes of food to local people facing crisis. This is the equivalent of over 23,600 meals for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. We would like to say a special thank you to pupils from Linlithgow Academy who collected […]
3 Apr 19
Exciting opportunity
We’re looking for a new full-time Warehouse and Logistics Manager to help us to provide emergency support to local people facing crisis in West Lothian. This is an exciting and highly rewarding opportunity and the successful candidate will work closely with our staff and volunteers to ensure that the warehouse and logistics operate successfully. Full […]
20 Mar 19
Potential crisis
We are incredibly grateful to all our supporters for donating record amounts of food over the Christmas period. However, in recent weeks our stock is going out more than twice as fast as it is coming in, and we are concerned of severe shortages in the coming months unless we can increase local support. Please […]
5 Mar 19
Could you be our new administrator?
We are recruiting for a new permanent administrator (part time – 16 hours per week). The successful candidate will work in association with the Foodbank Manager to ensure that all administration tasks are undertaken in a manner that allows the West Lothian Foodbank to run efficiently. Good oral and verbal communications are essential and a […]