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28 Aug 24

Thumbs up to kind-hearted Brownies Gracie and Lillie

Gracie and Lillie (pictured below delivering their donations to their local church foodbank collection point) have been shopping for Foodbank with money they raised from a show put on for family and friends. What a genius idea! And their hard work will earn the two Toftwood Brownies their Charity Badge too. Excellent work girls. Thank […]

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21 Aug 24

Bank Holiday opening times 26.8.24

Please note: Dereham Foodbank will be open on Monday August 26th from 1.30pm-3.30pm. Swaffham and Fakenham foodbanks will be closed on Monday August 26th – any emergency food parcel voucher codes issued to Swaffham and Fakenham can be redeemed at Dereham Foodbank.

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21 Jul 24

Awesome Alfie!

Alfie (below), who goes to Great Ellingham Primary School, spent his pocket money buying food for Mid Norfolk Foodbank at the recent Tesco In-Store Summer Collection. He helps clean the house with his mum and keeps his bedroom tidy to earn his pocket money. Chatting while unloading his trolley, he tells us that he also […]

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12 Jul 24

Tins galore at Tesco

Another week, another food collection! 😄 1.3 tonnes of food collected over Friday 5 July and Saturday 6 July at Tesco Dereham. A fab team of volunteers including… Dave, Lesley, Sue, Eric, Neil, Thomas, Denise, Colin, Jane, Simon, Pauline, Robert, Ellen, Andy, Jim, Steve, Paula and Katherine. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers and supporters. […]

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3 Jul 24

Bags of kindness at Morrisons

Our first ever Morrisons Food Drive was a huge success yesterday with the ladies from Dereham & District Tangent stepping out to man the stall. The incredibly generous shoppers donated 327kg of food to help those unable to afford life’s essentials. Big thanks to Store Manager Richard Rickards for hosting us and Zoe and Tabitha […]

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12 Jun 24

Co-op’s generosity continues

East of England Co-op donated shopping vouchers valued at £1,300 to Mid Norfolk Foodbank this week as part of its ongoing support within the community. Operations Manager Suzanne Bushby is pictured receiving the vouchers from Toftwood store manager David Jarmy. “It is just so great to have the added support of local businesses and means […]

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10 Jun 24

Help comes in all sizes

Our volunteers come in all shapes and sizes – Bob and Katherine are proof of that! Fancy lending a hand at one of our foodbank centres? Or in our warehouse? If so, call 07542 106107 or email Suzanne at [email protected] for a chat.

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3 Jun 24

Spring/Summer Newsletter 2024

All the latest news from our foodbank can be found here – please click on the link. Newsletter SpringSummer 24 If you’d like a hard copy or would prefer it to be emailed to your inbox, please get in touch by emailing us at [email protected] or calling 07542 106107.  

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20 May 24

Bank Holiday opening hours

Please note: Dereham Foodbank will be open on Monday May 27th from 1.30pm to 3.30pm but Swaffham and Fakenham Foodbanks will be closed.

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14 May 24

There is such a thing as a Gruffalo…

  The Gruffalo paid us a visit as we built our pyramid of tins at the Dereham Day on Saturday. He was impressed with our tower even though it was a little smaller than him! Thanks to everyone who came by and said hello and for all the donations of cash and cans. Thanks also […]

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