Food & More : Oikos-Brigg In Action

02/10/2026

October Meal Night at St. John the Evangelist Church Brigg Church Hall is ready to book on to... Drop a message to Hannah, [email protected] to book ☺️

02/10/2026

Christmas donations 😍

It's October!... Which means one thing... Time to share our wishlist for Christmas ❤️

Christmas is one of our busiest times of the year, and it's not just about the immediate run up, it takes time, money, lots of planning... And most of all, the support and goodwill of our wonderful community ❤️

We need over 100 items of everything for our hampers, varying in size to cater for all household sizes... And then toys, we need over 500 and a lot of those are for the older ones ❤️

So, we've created the attached as an all-in wishlist for this Christmas... To help with toys, we've also created an Amazon wishlist ☺️ we welcome any other ideas to add to the list too!

Thank you to our drop off locations (welcome more offers of locations too ☺️):

🌟 Oikos-Brigg
🌟 Nottingham Building Society, Brigg
🌟 Tesco Brigg
🌟 Brian's D.I.Y.
🌟 Scawby Co-op
🌟 Barnetby Co-op
🌟 Broughton Methodist Church
🌟 Hibaldstow Academy
🌟 Brigg Primary School & Nursery
🌟 Broughton Academy
🌟 Kirton in Lindsey Youth Club
🌟 Broughton Youth Club
🌟 Broughton private residence — contact us for details

Amazon link here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/registries/gl/guest-view/2WWKEZ34KJ42T?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ggr-subnav-share_C4TNP4YQ8Q4ZPS4DQ216&language=en-US

Thanks so much for all your support! Any questions or want to discuss, drop Hannah a line at [email protected] ✉️

30/09/2026

Check out our website and let us know your thoughts! ☺️

🎉 WE HAVE A WEBSITE! 🎉

It’s still very much a work in progress, but our new Oikos-Brigg website is now live and starting to take shape.

We’re building it to be a useful place for people to find out more about:

🌟 Who we are and what Oikos does
🌟 Our shop
🌟 Food & More
🌟 A blog with thoughts
🌟 Activities and events
🌟 Local churches and worship
🌟 Community partners and support
🌟 Christmas activity
🌟 Faith reflections and community updates

But we also know that a website like this is only really useful if it reflects what is actually happening in our community.

So, if you’re part of a church, community group, charity, organisation or local service, we’d love your help too.

Have a look around and let us know:

❓ Is there anything missing?
❓ Is there information we should add or update?
❓ Would you like your church, group, service or event included?
❓ Is there something that would make the site more useful for local people?

Some sections are still being built, so don’t be surprised if you come across a page that isn’t quite finished yet!

👉 Why not take a look and let us know what you think?

Www.oikos-brigg.org.uk

We’d really value your feedback as we continue building it.

25/09/2026

A small Community Pantry update 💚

We wanted to give everyone plenty of notice about two changes to our Community Pantry.

🕓 From our October Pantry, our evening opening will be 4.30pm–6.30pm.

We’ve seen our evening sessions getting busier, so the slightly earlier start will hopefully make the Pantry more accessible for more people.

💷 From January 2027, our recommended Pantry donation will increase from £4 to £5.

There are still three Pantries before the end of this year, and the recommended donation will remain at £4 throughout October, November and December. If anyone is happy to support us prior to January with this incremental increase, then we would also welcome in advance.

We know the cost of living continues to affect everyone, and increasing the donation is not something we have taken lightly. However, those same rising costs are also affecting us as a charity.

We buy a significant amount of the food that goes into our Pantry and, as more people are coming through our doors, we are also needing to buy more stock each month. A typical Pantry basket currently contains around £60–£70 worth of food, so even at £5 we hope it continues to offer really significant value to local households.

The donations we receive from Pantry currently cover less than a third of what it costs us to run it. That extra £1 from January may feel like a small change individually, but across the Pantry it will help us meet a little more of those increasing costs and keep the service sustainable.

Thank you, as always, for supporting Oikos - Brigg and helping us keep affordable food available to our community. 💚

Community Pantry – every 3rd Tuesday

🕙 10am–1pm
🕟 4.30pm–6.30pm from October
📍 67 Wrawby Street, Brigg, DN20 8JE

25/09/2026

A reminder - TODAY is our Friday Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire is now longer... 9.30am - 12.30... ☺️ there's usually a little wait but we have some lovely drinks to keep you refreshed 😋

What is the Friday drop-in for?... The drop-in is a short, focused first conversation with a Citizens Advice adviser. They can:

🌟 listen to what is happening and help identify the issue
🌟 give initial information and advice
🌟 explain what you may be able to do next
🌟 arrange a follow-up telephone call where needed
🌟 book a fuller face-to-face appointment where appropriate (we now have face-to-face appt. availability here at Oikos - Brigg too earlier in the week 🎉 )

The drop-in itself isn’t intended to deal with a complex case from beginning to end. Instead, it gives you a local way into Citizens Advice, so they can understand what you need and get you to the right support.

They can help with issues including benefits, energy bills, debt and money, cost of living, employment and housing.

No appointment is needed for the Friday drop-in. ☺️

21/09/2026

❗ Dates for your diary and a bit of Christmas information ☺️... More details coming in October once Harvest donations are mainly through ☺️... But here's what December is shaping up like!

18/09/2026

❗ Slow cooker courses upcoming funded by Cadent funding through Community VISION ... October is nearly full ☺️

14/09/2026

📢 We’d love to hear from people living, working or volunteering in the smaller villages and rural communities around Brigg.

We’ve created a really short questionnaire to help us understand what’s working well, what the challenges are, and what support could make a difference locally.

It only takes a few minutes to complete — and please do share it with others in rural and micro-rural communities too.

Scan the QR code below to take part 👇... Or visit: https://forms.gle/EMK8k2uum8LoEALi9

14/09/2026

TOMORROW (Tuesday 15 September) is Community Pantry Day 😍 👀... And we have plenty!... We have stocked up our shelves and freezers so have lots of snacks, goodies and frozen food to keep you going!

£4 donation for a full basket of food which is always a lovely generous basket full 😍

We rotate stock throughout the day so there is enough for everyone so we may not always have everything out etc and cannot take requests for specific food if you've seen something on here as we may not have it out at the time or may have already gone ☺

Pop down to our Oikos - Brigg premises between 10am til 1pm or 5pm til 6.30pm ☺... EVERYONE IS WELCOME ☺️

Don't forget you get a toiletry refillable included in your £4 donation from our Oikos shop area too!... And if you happen to forget your container to grab your refillable, we have plenty! ☺

Please can we remind people that this is per household ♥ we have enough food to share out but we do limit it to one per household so if we can ask for this to be respected as one basket is a very good value and we want to make sure everyone can benefit from this ☺... The food Pantry is intended to help everyone, no matter who, top up their monthly food shop and save a little bit of money. If you need more support, we have our Food Bank referrals open all month round that can support you too... So if you do need more help, do ask on Pantry day or other days ☺

Feel free to stop too for a drink and a chat... It might be Pantry day but it's also a lovely social to chat with you all ☺️ and also, please remember we have enough food for throughout the day, so don't feel you have to queue too much.

We also are so pleased to welcome other services to our day Pantry who can help with lots of variety of things... These include...

🌟 10am - 12noon: Free legal advice drop in with Mason Baggott and Garton solicitors

🌟 NL Family will be here to chat all things family hubs and community ☺️

See you then, there is plenty of food and it will last ☺️ we always save food to put out at different times so that everyone gets the opportunity - so there can be different stuff out at different points too ☺️

Everyone welcome ☺️

04/09/2026

💚 Today is National Food Bank Day 💚

And it feels like a really good day to explain why we’re no longer called Brigg Food Bank.

We didn’t change our name because we think food banks aren’t important. Quite the opposite.

Food banks are incredible. They step in when cupboards are empty, when something unexpected happens, when money simply doesn’t stretch far enough – and they are often there at some of the hardest moments in people’s lives.

But increasingly, food banks have become so much more than food.

That’s certainly true here in Brigg.

Yes, we still provide emergency food support. But alongside that you’ll find our Community Pantry, Community Fridge, shared meals, activities, opportunities to meet people, Citizens Advice support, signposting, volunteering, learning and somewhere you can simply come through the door and feel welcome.

That’s why we became Food & More.

The Food is still incredibly important.

The & More is our recognition that sometimes the thing that makes the biggest difference isn’t just what goes into a food parcel.

It might be a conversation.
Some advice.
A shared meal.
Learning something new.
Meeting somebody.
Finding somewhere you belong.
Or getting a little bit of support before things reach crisis point.

So today, on , we’re celebrating every food bank, every volunteer, every donor and every organisation working to make sure people don’t go hungry.

And we’re also celebrating what food banks have grown to become.

💚 Food when it’s needed. And much, much more.