🚨The Foodbank will be closing early today at 1pm. We will be open as usual tomorrow from 10am-2pm.

🎄Can you help our ELFs decorate our tree and raise £25,000?🎄 🎉AMAZING NEWS! Thanks to our incredible ELFS, we've already raised £762! 🎉 Every decoration you hang helps feed a family in East Lothian this winter. Ready to decorate? bit.ly/BaublesofHope2025 or click on the link in our bio

🎄 It's here! Our Christmas campaign launches in East Lothian Courier End 2025 with 2025 🥫 20,000kg of food 💚 £25,000. We can only do this with YOU, our amazing supporters. Buy a virtual bauble bit.ly/BaublesofHope2025 Donate food bit.ly/ELFBReverseAdventCalendar #End2025with2025 #ELFS

We welcome the budget announcement removing the two-child benefit cap, a policy that trapped families in poverty for too long. This change will lift 470,000 children out of severe hardship in the UK and make a real difference to families in East Lothian. Thanks to all who campaigned for this👏

🎉 What a fantastic start to our Tesco collection! We're absolutely in awe of the kindness and generosity of shoppers in Musselburgh, North Berwick and Haddington today. #thanks to everyone who has stopped by, donated, and chatted with our wonderful volunteers - you're all amazing!

This Christmas, we're filling our virtual tree with baubles of hope. Every decoration helps buy food and brings hope, warmth, and nourishment to families in our community this Christmas. Choose your bauble, watch our tree come to life, know that you've made a difference to someone's Christmas.

From Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th November, our amazing team of staff, volunteers and supporters will be in Tesco Musselburgh, Haddington, and North Berwick collecting food donations. Please stop by and say hello and if you can pick up a tin to donate, every item makes a difference.

While you’re in the shops don’t for-getti to pick up some pasta for your reverse advent collection! There is only one day left of us posting, but feel free to keep collecting and drop-off your donations whenever you are ready. We are so grateful to all those who are taking part.

⭐Thank you RSM UK for all of your help this week - in the warehouse sorting so many kilos of stock and then onto our allotment, planting over 400 onions! Superstars! #ELFS #eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #eastlothianfoodbank #thankyou #donations #everytincounts

It would be tea-riffic if you donated TEA and COFFEE as part of your reverse advent collections. Many of us can relate to how soothing a cuppa can be in times of stress, please donate today and help give people in your local community that comfort.

We are seeking a part-time Project Support Assistant to help people using our foodbank access our Money Advice Service. You can check out the application on our website eastlothian.foodbank.org.uk/jobs Deadline is the 15th of December 2025.

Behind today’s door is CUP-A-SOUP: Give a hug in a mug by donating instant soups. Instant soups are vital in our non-cook parcel for people without access to cookers/microwaves. #FillTheShelves2025 #ReverseAdventCalender #eastlothianfoodbank #ELFS #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters

Please note the foodbank will be shutting half an hour earlier today, at 1:30pm. If you are coming to collect a parcel, or visiting to make a donation, please make sure you do so before 1:30pm. Thank you

🐟It would be fin-tastic if you donated TINNED FISH to us as part of your reverse advent collection! #FillTheShelves2025 #ReverseAdventCalender #eastlothianfoodbank #ELFS #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters

Our foodbank team are here doing the mash potato dance for day 19's request- instant mash potatoes! #ReverseAdventCalender

🥛We’re not milking it! This year so far, we supported 13,385 people! Your donations help us continue that support. Today we are asking for Milk, a foodbank staple! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🍜Udon know how much it means to us when you donate! For day 17 we are asking for instant noodles! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🍪Bake our day and donate some BISCUITS! Donate any kind, is there such a thing as a bad biscuit? #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🫘Have you BEAN following along? Did you know baked beans can count towards 1 of your 5 a day? Donate a tin of goodness and add some baked beans to your collection! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🐶After a week of being completely out of dog food we are delighted that @edindogcathome paid us a visit and donated this amazing amount of cat and dog food! They even brought a furry friend🐾 #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #donations #pets

🍚Oh, it would be so nice if you could donate some RICE! We add rice to our parcels to go with the likes of tinned chill or curry etc. Providing full meals is something we believe is crucial to delivering a good service that supports our clients well, please help by adding RICE to your collections

❤️A huge thank you to all the local churches that joined us for our breakfast gathering this morning. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, chat, and share more about the work we do together in our community. Check out the full story on our other platforms!

🍲Behind today’s door is HOT TINNED MEAT: Tins of curry, stew or chilli, make for a quick and easy hot meal and are incredibly important to our parcels. So, please add some HOT TINNED MEAT to your collection! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

With your help we could receive a £1000 donation through the Movement for Good 12 Days Christmas Draw. Please nominate us bit.ly/nominateELFB

🧼TOILETRIES: We are aware that there are many who are facing hygiene poverty as well as living in food crisis. Can you help us but donating essential toiletries such as shampoo, body wash, toothpaste, toilet roll and deodorant?

🥣Behind today’s door is RICE PUDDING Rice Pudding is a warm and filling treat that we like to put in our parcels. Did you know in some local supermarkets you can buy a tin of rice pudding for under 30p? Each tin counts, you don’t have to spend a lot to make a big difference. Please help if you can!

We currently have a job posting on our website for a part-time Warehouse Assistant, you can check out the application on our website at eastlothian.foodbank.org.uk/jobs Deadline is the 14th of November 2025 Midday.

Today is COLD TINNED MEAT We’re not hamming it up; cold meat is a versatile food item that is an essential in our parcels, so please add it into your collections!With tinned cold meat such as Ham or Corned Beef: A family could make sandwiches, ham and mash, corn beef hash or use it to bulk up soup!

🍫DAY 9- CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES If you donate a Christmas treat, we will think you're really sweet! Any Christmas themed sweets or chocolates would help brighten up our parcels over this festive period. #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🍝 DAY 8- PASTA SAUCE Swipe to open today's door... Pasta Sauce is a staple for our food parcels. Your donation will help us keep our shelves stocked and parcels full as we head into Winter. ✅Remember if you do donate any PASTA SAUCE give yourself a big tick on the calendar!

🥣 DAY 7- CEREAL Swipe to open today's door... Did you know that we supported nearly 5,000 children last year with emergency food? ✅Why not help us to support a child in your local community by ticking off CEREAL on your calendar today! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS

We're partnering with Edinburgh Food Project Money Advice Service! If you need help with budgeting, energy advice, applying for benefits, debt advice, pop in for a confidential chat on a Tuesday morning 10am-12pm. 📍 East Lothian Foodbank, 3 Civic Square, Tranent, EH33 1LH

🥕 DAY 6- TINNED VEG Today we have veg tree! ✅Remember if you do donate any TINNED VEG please remember to give yourself a big tick on the calendar! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas 20 h

⭐ DAY 5- HOT CHOCOLATE 'tis the season for cosy, cup of hot choc, how lovely! Give some warmth this Christmas by donating hot chocolate as part of our REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR. ✅Remember if you do donate any HOT CHOCOLATE please remember to give yourself a big tick on the calendar!

⭐ DAY 4- CUSTARD We've built a custard Christmas tree! Comment below if you put a star or a fairy on your Christmas tree! We've got a star, because that's exactly what all our supporters are! ✅Remember if you do donate any CUSTARD please remember to give yourself a big tick on the calendar!

We’re thrilled to team up with Musselburgh Rugby Club — one of our newest East Lothian Foodbank supporters 🏉Together, we’re tackling hunger across East Lothian, starting with a new donation point at the club. Check out our other platforms for the full story.

🧃DAY 3- LONG-LIFE JUICE Swipe to open today's door... ✅If you do donate any JUICE please remember to give yourself a big tick on the calendar! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations #givethischristmas

🍓DAY 2- JAMS/SPREADS 📸 We hope you are following along, send us any pictures of your wonderful collections as they grow, we would love to celebrate your efforts! #Eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #ELFS #reverseadventcalendar #donations

🥫DAY 1- TINNED SOUP and we're off! we are so excited to post the first day of our REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR! How you take part in our calendar is up to you, save up all the items and do a big donation at the end, or hand in bit by bit- there is no donation too small! we are so thankful for all you do.

Tomorrow we will be staring our reverse advent calendar! Want to become one of our ELFS and get involved? Check out our other social media platforms or our website under out 'give this Christmas' page for more information! See you tomorrow!

Today at East Lothian Foodbank, our heating's broken 🥶 We're wrapping up warm, hugging our tea mugs, and getting on with the day. It's uncomfortable, but we know it's temporary—tomorrow, the heating will be fixed. But for too many people we support, this isn't a one-day inconvenience.

Today at the Scotland Demands Better march, we came together to amplify and represent the voices we hear daily. Standing alongside other groups and organisations and being present in our own community is so important to us at East Lothian Foodbank. Let's stand together.Let's demand better.

📣FRIDAY CALL OUT 🧃This week our most needed item is LONG-LIFE JUICE. If you are able, please donate. We are open for donations between 10am-2pm Monday to Friday. You can also donate to us via our local drop off points, which are listed on our website, link in bio. 🫶Thank you for your support

Great to join Alison Stewart from the @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social Revenue Team today on #CommunityMatters with Mike Falconer @radiosaltire Thanks for having us on to talk about the need we're still seeing in our community and the different ways we're supporting people across East Lothian.

📣FRIDAY CALL OUT 🧼This week our most needed item is TOILETRIES. We are open for donations between 10am-2pm Monday to Friday. You can also donate to us via our local drop off points, which are listed on our website, link in bio. 🫶Thank you for your support

🫶We had a lovely visit this morning from some of the Tranent Belters. They were in dropping off donations collected by the club! ❤️Thank you so much for your continued support, we greatly appreciate it. #ELFS #eastlothianfoodbanksupporters #eastlothianfoodbank #thankyou #donations #everytincounts

👏We would like to send out our thanks to the @lorettoschool community for making a very generous donation of essential food items, that they collected at their recent Harvest Festival Service. ❤️Thank you Loretto, your support is always appreciated! #ELFS #eastlothianfoodbanksupporters

We recently held our Annual General Meeting. We were absolutely delighted to be joined by so many of our partners and supporters. Special thanks to Maureen Allan, Chief Officer at @volunteereastlothian for giving a great keynote. Our annual report is now available on our website for review

📣FRIDAY CALL OUT 🥔This week our most needed item is INSTANT MASH. If you are able, please donate. We are open for donations between 10am-2pm Monday to Friday. You can also donate to us via our local drop off points, which are listed on our website, link in bio. 🫶Thank you for your support #ELFB

🥕This week some of our volunteers have howked up a haul of carrots and tatties! 👨‍🌾Our volunteers put so much time into planting, tending and harvesting our allotment! 🌱Thank you for your dedication and thank for growing kindness! #eastlothianfoodbank #eastlastionfoodbanksupporters #ELFS