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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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Bank Holiday opening hours

Please note some changes to our distribution centres’ opening hours over the Bank Holiday weekend: Dereham foodbank will be open from 1.30pm – 3.30pm on Monday May 6th. Fakenham and Swaffham foodbanks will both be closed on Monday May 6th.

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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!

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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 […]

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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.

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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!!

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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.

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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 – […]

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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 […]

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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!

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