Silklife Foodbank
Who are we?
Silklife Foodbank was established in December 2010, in response to Macclesfield’s growing need for on-the-spot emergency food boxes. Each food box provides five days of nutritional, non-perishable food for those in our neighbourhood who have fallen on hard times and are temporarily unable to provide for themselves, often through no fault of their own. We work in partnership with local support agencies and frontline care professionals such as Cheshire East , Social Services, Citizens Advice and Peaks & Plains. This ensures that we are able to reach out to most vulnerable and needy people and families in our town who would otherwise go hungry. Silklife Foodbank is run and supported by Silklife Church and is stocked mainly by regular food and financial donations from church members and increasingly through the local community. All parcels are freely given!
How to donate
It’s easy to donate via our JustGiving page - click here or scan the QR code!
You can bring your donations to the Silklife building on Tuesdays and Fridays, between 9:30am and 11:30am.
When Silklife Foodbank is closed, you can drop your donations at any of the following venues:
Sainsburys Macclesfield
Aldi Macclesfield
Aldi Barracks Mill
Tesco Bollington
Bollington Health & Leisure
Scoops and Scales (at Heritage Centre, opposite Tesco)
Bridge End Centre, Bollington
Nationwide Building Society, Castle Street
Sutton General Stores, Walker Lane
Tytherington Club
Tytherington Family Worship Church
Sutton St James Church
Langley Methodist Church
United Reform Church Macclesfield
AstraZeneca (Mill Court reception: employees only)
Contact us
You can also follow Silklife Foodbank on Facebook for regular updates, and make a donation at any time via our JustGiving page. To find out our latest food donation requirements download BanktheFood App and follow Silklife Foodbank for weekly updates.
We have a large bank of agencies, currently registered with us, to make referrals for emergency food support. If you are in the Health, Social, Safeguarding or Housing sector and wish to make referrals for your clients, then please email our referral coordinator and request a referral form template. Please note that our food parcels are ambient only and we sign post clients to surplus food pantries for dairy, bread and veg etc. Our food parcels last for 4 days and a client can be referred a maximum of 2 times before a 12 week break is imposed.
If you require emergency food support and do not know who to ask in order to get referred, please contact one of the following agencies who will be able to assist: (remember also to make use of your local food surplus pantries, where a referral is not required)
Citizens Advice, Macclesfield - 0808 812 6186
DWP (Jobcentre)
Your family key worker (Social Services, Mental Health Team)
Your School Safeguarding Lead (Usually Headteacher)
Your GP or Social Prescriber
Your Housing Customer Care Team (e.g. Cheshire East Housing, Peaks and Plains etc.)
Local Church Minister
Your Hostel Manager (Emerging Futures, YMCA, Cheshire East Rough Sleeper Team)
Your Recovery Support Worker (e.g. CGL and ROAR)
If you are self-employed and have limited work and have no attachment to DWP or other benefits, please call into the foodbank on a Tuesday or Friday morning for further advice.
If you would like any further help or advice, please visit the Silklife Foodbank on a Tuesday or a Friday morning between 9:30am and 11:30am, and one of our team will advise you.
To become a registered referring agency , please email for more information.
foodbank@silklife.co.uk
Check out the Foodbank Facebook page.