Welcome to BFB Hive!

BFB Hive has landed! In December we launched our latest project, a community café and kitchen, with a community room which will hold lunch club sessions and community groups, an office space for partner agencies to engage with service users, and a laundrette. The café...

A generous harvest!

When you read ‘Harvest Festival’, what do you think of? Perhaps it’s pumpkins and gourds, maybe it’s gratitude and giving, or possibly the shortening days ahead. At Bassetlaw Food Bank, the Harvest Festival period is full of generosity. Each year local churches,...

The Bargain Hunt Spectacular!

It’s not every day that you see one of your star volunteers and staff members on TV! But last Friday we had the chance to see volunteer, Nancy, and Operations Manager, Ellen, on the big screen. To mark National Volunteer’s Week, Bargain Hunt premiered a special...

Blossoms, bees and a variety of veg!

It’s an exciting time for Bassetlaw Food Bank’s ‘Grow It, Fix It’ project. The team are busy planting seeds and have currently planted 27 species of fruit and vegetables including multiple varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, spring onions, potatoes and...

We’re (Bee) Keeping Busy!

If you’re a follower of our social media pages then you might have noticed that, as part of the ‘Grow It, Fix It’ project, we have an apiary. This is an area in which beehives are kept. Amazingly three of our trustees are beekeepers, so we’re picking up tips and...