News
8 Sep 23
Tesco trio go the extra mile
Let’s hear it for these 3 superstars who spent a scorching hot lunch hour in 32-degree heat today unloading a van of tinned food to help replenish the Mid Norfolk Foodbank warehouse. From left to right: Tesco’s Dereham Community Champion Callie Skelton and delivery drivers Sam and Pete. Community spirit at its finest! Big thanks […]
5 Jul 23
A tonne of support from Tesco customers
Tesco shoppers showed extraordinary generosity over the weekend when our volunteers collected 985kg of food donations at our Summer Food Drive in the Dereham store and 402kg at the Fakenham store. Thank you to every customer who donated and to our amazing team of volunteers who made it all possible. As the photos show, they […]
20 Jun 23
A cheeky delivery
We’re so grateful to local business entrepreneur Marietta Hickman for donating 100 boxes of luxury breakfast cereal to our Foodbank last week. Marietta’s Cheeky Nibble cereals are created at her West Raynham Business Park, near Fakenham. Such a treat for our Foodbank clients! You can find out more about Marietta’s products here: https://www.cheekynibble.com/about
16 May 23
Spring/Summer 2023 Newsletter
Thank you so much for all your support over the last year. We really appreciate everything you continue to do so we can ensure we make the greatest possible difference to people experiencing hardship in Mid Norfolk. On Wednesday 26 April, we released our End of Year statistics. They included stark new figures which reveal […]
2 May 23
Food parcel demand reaches an all-time high
Mid Norfolk Foodbank has seen its highest increase in the number of emergency food parcels distributed in its 11-year history. Annual figures released show food distributed rose by 52%, with 4,878 mouths fed from April 2022 to April 2023. More than 2,000 of these were to children. The level of need was particularly acute in […]
14 Feb 23
A great run for their money
The Holkham Parkrunners saw fit to fill their shopping bags to support Mid Norfolk Foodbank last Saturday. We’re looking forward to taking delivery of all this yummy, much-needed food later in the week. Big thanks to them all – especially Lucy for co-ordinating the collection.