News | Mid Norfolk Foodbank

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 […]

21 Aug 23

August Bank Holiday closures

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

22 May 23

May Bank Holiday Opening Times at our Foodbanks

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 […]

24 Apr 23

May Bank Holiday Opening Hours

23 Mar 23

Easter opening at our three foodbanks

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.

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