News | Mid Norfolk Foodbank

19 Dec 25

Christmas kindness

The response from our donors this Christmas has been quite remarkable. With festive donations still coming in, we’d like to say a huge thank you to the companies and community groups who have helped to keep our stock levels up during our busiest time of the year. They include: The Dereham Dribblers Walking Football team […]

17 Dec 25

Christmas/New Year Opening Hours

Mid-Norfolk Foodbank | Facebook Christmas can be a worrying time financially for many people. As we get closer, here are the dates of when we will be open or closed at our Dereham, Swaffham and Fakenham centres. Dereham: Friday 19 December – open Monday 22 December – open Friday 26 December – closed Monday 29 […]

10 Dec 25

Bumper donation from Flagship team

Thanks to the team at Flagship Services in Dereham for bringing in a lovely selection of food – 84kg in total – on Monday. They are pictured below with some of the warehouse volunteers, ready and waiting to pack it into emergency food boxes in time for Christmas. Ho ho ho!

4 Dec 25

We’ve been keeping good company this Christmas at Tesco

So many of you filled our donation cages at Dereham, Swaffham & Fakenham Tesco stores last weekend. We had such a heart-warming response and thanks to those of you who stopped for a chat and encouraged our volunteers. The total weights are astonishing… 1,352kg in Dereham which equates to 169 emergency food parcels, 561kg in […]

20 Aug 25

Bank Holiday Closures

Please note that all three food banks in our network – Dereham, Swaffham & Fakenham – will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday August 25th.

1 Aug 25

Volunteer Coordinator needed!

Fakenham Foodbank (approx 6 hours/week) We have a vacancy for the role of volunteer Foodbank Coordinator at our Fakenham Distribution Centre. This role involves contributing to the smooth running of Fakenham Foodbank, supporting volunteers, housekeeping and liaising with the Operations Manager during and around food bank sessions. Ideally, you will need to be available most […]

9 Jul 25

A tin-tastic time at Tesco

Big thanks to the team at ZIP Water in Dereham – Maggie, Tracey, Ruben, Quillan, Mel, Ella and Sarah – for their help at our Summer 2025 Food Drive this month in Tesco Dereham. What a great bunch of volunteers! Along with our own team – Eric, Tom, Fergus, Denise, Stratton, Graham, Steve, Andy, Karen, […]

2 Jul 25

Volunteer Liz retires after more than a decade of faithful service

We said goodbye to one of our longest standing volunteers, Liz Chappell, this week. Liz was part of the founding team of volunteers at Mid Norfolk Foodbank back in June 2012. For more than a decade she was Referral Agency Coordinator, delivering presentations to referral agencies across Norfolk, and has volunteered in the warehouse recording […]

28 May 25

Spring/Summer newsletter 2025

Our annual newsletter is here for you to read! Newsletter SpringSummer 25

23 Dec 24

So thankful

So many community groups and local businesses support us throughout the year – some especially at Christmas. Here are just a few who have gone the extra mile this month to help bring in enough donations to fill food parcels at our busiest time of the year. You are all amazing! B&Q, Fakenham Gallow Sports […]

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