News
3 Apr 24
Egg-cellent shoppers…
There were extra smiles on faces this Easter as Morrison’s shoppers in Dereham filled the Foodbank collection cage with chocolate eggs for those who would otherwise go without. Thank you so much for spreading hope and help!
27 Mar 24
Swaffham collection day brings in trolley loads
Thanks to the Waitrose staff and all their customers who donated to our in-store collection on Saturday 23rd. What a lot of food! And such a friendly bunch too. Thanks also to the Foodbank volunteers who gave their time to help collect a whopping 178kg of food and toiletries – enough to provide 25 emergency […]
21 Mar 24
Easter Opening Times
Dereham Foodbank will be open 1pm-3pm on Good Friday March 29th but closed on Bank Holiday Monday April 1st. Fakenham and Swaffham Foodbanks will both be closed on Bank Holiday Monday April 1st. Our Dereham warehouse will be closed for deliveries on both Good Friday and Easter Monday.
23 Dec 23
Swan’s quizzers answer the call
Warren and Tilly from the White Swan in Gressenhall brought us a donation of £200 which they raised from their monthly pub quiz nights. Thanks guys for thinking of us – Katherine, Denise and Suzanne enjoyed another photo opportunity with our fabulous supporters!!
23 Dec 23
East of England Co-op adds its support to festive foodbank efforts
East of England Co-op have shown amazing generosity this Christmas, giving us £2,000 worth of store vouchers so that we can support foodbank users further still. Operations Manager Suzanne Bushby is pictured collecting the vouchers from manager Natasha Windsor and staff member Mary earlier this month.
16 Dec 23
Opening Times this Christmas/New Year
Happy Christmas to all our donors & volunteers – thank you for your ongoing support throughout 2023. Here are opening times over the Christmas/New Year period: Dereham Foodbank: Monday December 25th – closed Friday December 29th – open 1pm-3pm Monday January 1st – closed Swaffham Foodbank: Monday December 25th – closed Monday January 1st – […]
14 Dec 23
Community support at its best
We’re feeling so very blessed to have received such amazing support from our communities in and around Dereham, Swaffham & Fakenham. We want to say a big thank you to all those listed below who have held Christmas food drives for our food bank in the past couple of weeks – your generosity will brighten […]
29 Nov 23
Festive food from Tangent
Big thanks to the ladies from Dereham Tangent for their continued support this year – a delicious selection of Christmas goodies arrived at Foodbank this week which will certainly brighten up our Christmas boxes next month. Bravo to you all!
26 Nov 23
Litter Pickers grab us some Christmas goodies
We’re so grateful for Dereham Community Litter Pickers’ 50kg donation of Christmas goodies yesterday, which will help those in need this festive season! Thank you!🎄
18 Oct 23
Schools produce a bumper crop this harvest
A big shout out to all the schools in our district that have donated food this harvest. Among them so far are Reepham Primary and High Schools, Dereham Church Infant School, Great Dunham Primary School, Nellie’s Day Nursery at Hethersett, Dereham Junior School, Swaffham Primary School, Swanton Morley Primary, King’s Park Infants, Lyng Primary School, […]