Woodley Lunch Bunch was set up in the summer of 2020 in response to the financial impact on many families during the pandemic. Going forward, Woodley Lunch Bunch will continue to offer support to the community in any way it can.
At Woodley Lunch Bunch we rely on the wonderful generosity of our local community who support us with food and activity donations, use of premises, and monetary gifts, as well as the generous nature of our sponsors who support us with wise advice and access to grants.
Our requirements change over time and can depend on the donations of our corporate supporting partners who are wonderfully generous and often provide us with bulk goods which is then reflected in the other items we request from our friends in the local community.
We, of course, incur costs in our service and as such we are always grateful for any monetary donations of any size and frequency. You can use our secure portal to provide this support and Thank You!
We require a diverse range of goods to be able to provide families with good quality, balanced meals along with some more fun and enjoyable items.
We have an ever increasing number of drop off points to make it as easy as possible to make food donations.
Thank you to all of our Box Hosts!
We ask for food donations during and just before our delivery periods.
We will also ask for specific donations at times between our lunch delivery periods, such as easter eggs and advent calendars.
Please keep an eye on our facebook page for up to date requirements.
Citizens Advice Wokingham are offering FREE Energy Advice.
ARC can offer free and confidential youth counselling (and low cost adult counselling)
Thank you so much for showing an interest in Woodley Lunch Bunch. If you would like to volunteer to help us out in our efforts to provide support to families in the local area please provide your details below.
We operate a packed lunch delivery service to children during the school holidays.
We deliver during school holiday time to families in Woodley (RG5) who are having a difficult time financially, or in other ways. We also deliver activity packs, toiletry/hygiene parcels and food packages when possible.
Originally founded in 2020 in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the precarious financial situation people found themselves in we are unfortunately still seeing that need now.
As we move forward we will try to be as reactive as we can to changing situations in order to continue to support our local community.
Our new Patron Matt Allwright from BBC One shows Rogue Traders and The One Show paid us a visit recently.
He helped make sandwiches and packed the lunches during the Summer Holiday period.
As well as offering packed lunches in school holidays, we have been supporting local families in other ways, as the need has arisen.
We like to keep our lunches and food activities seasonal, so we had S'mores in the summer, pumpkins to carve at Halloween, and lovely gingerbread houses to decorate at Christmas.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
In the winter, we organised a warm coats and shoes project, in conjunction with First Days Children's Charity. Every family had a delivery of coats and shoes for the children. First Days also offered brand new toys and games for the parents to select at a socially distanced Christmas event.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
We were pleased to team up with First Days and the Great Woodley Book Share to give every child a selection of books, some snacks from Share at Wokingham and some fun worksheets. Thanks to Parkers Woodley for doing all the printing for us.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
We were delighted to offer the mums in Lunch Bunch a little treat for Mother's Day. We gave the children cards to colour in, Share Wokingham provided daffodils and First Days donated toiletry sets for the children to gift to their mums. It has been a tough time for mums with having to do schooling at home as well as all the usual chores and, in some cases, work. It was lovely to be able to help the children to thank their mums.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
With the children having to stay at home during lockdown, the cost of home learning arose as an issue. We were able to help by providing notebooks, pens, pencils, folders etc These were donated by the local community who responded so generously to our request for donations. Our collecting boxes were filled and others donated items via our Amazon wishlist.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
We were lucky enough to have several laptops, printers and an iPad donated. These were invaluable for home learning during lockdown and we are so grateful to those in our community who donated equipment they no longer needed.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
At half term, we delivered pizza making kits to our families. Share Wokingham accessed them for us from Morrisons at Woosehill. The children had a great time making them and eating them! Some of them even decorated the boxes.
"Sample Quote text from one of our families"
Any monetary donations are very gratefully received, big or small, once or recurring.
To donate please click on the button below to be taken to our GoFundMe page. Thank You.
Woodley Lunch Bunch would not be possible without the support of some amazing individuals and organisations. We would like to express our thanks to all of the organisations shown below for their support in financial grant access, amazing food contributions, support in getting setup and ongoing support for our mission. Thank You!
Of course none of this would be possible without our amazing band of volunteers, who give their time, effort, skill and fuel to enable Lunch Bunch to provide the meals to support our community.
Thank You All!!!!
