Wrexham Foodbank secures temporary warehouse facility

Wrexham Foodbank has secured a new, temporary, location to enable the volunteers to carry out their work in Wrexham.

Recently the immediate closure of their existing Rhosddu Road facility was announced, after they found to be ‘no longer fit for use’.

A spokesperson has said: “We are delighted to announce that we have secured a temporary location for our warehouse facility in Dean Road. We are immensely grateful to Wrexham Council for their assistance in securing the building which will allow us to continue to supply those in need with food parcels.

“The warehouse will be open Tuesday and Friday between 10am and 3pm to receive donations.”

Further to the good news, the volunteers have said: “We are in need of UHT milk, tinned fruit, tinned tomatoes and tinned meat.”

The new address for the food bank is 70a Dean Road LL13 9EH.

Earlier this year Wrexham.com reported that over 4,000 people across the county borough needed emergency supplies from a foodbank over the last 12 months.

Data released in April by the Trussell Trust, show that while figures locally are down on the same period of last year, a total of 4,180 required emergency food supplies between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018.

This breaks down to 2,909 emergency food supplies being issued to adults and 1,271 to children.

The figures makes Wrexham’s foodbank usage the second highest in north Wales, with neighbouring county Flintshire issuing emergency food supplies to 6,268 people in the same period.

You can contact the foodbank on 07538 547971 or via [email protected] or their website here.