News | Mid Norfolk Foodbank

14 Dec 22

Real-time donations with BanktheFood app

Demand at our three Foodbank centres has more than doubled. Please consider downloading the Bankthefood app to keep up to date with our donation needs. For a list of places you can leave your donations, go to https://midnorfolk.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/ Thank you! https://www.bankthefood.org/downloadapp/

13 Dec 22

Boxes full of good cheer

Above, mountains of Christmas goodies awaited their new homes as a team of volunteers spent Saturday morning filling 200 boxes to brighten Christmas week for visitors to our Foodbanks in Dereham, Fakenham and Swaffham. Thank you to everyone who has donated this month – we couldn’t have done it without you! And a special shout […]

13 Dec 22

Our stamp of approval

Dave Pearson (right), Chair of Trustees at Mid Norfolk Foodbank, receives £600 worth of Savings Stamps from Mike Read, Manager of the Co-op food store in Dereham’s Market Place. Our thanks go to all the Co-op customers who helped raise this fantastic amount to help families in a food crisis this winter.

8 Dec 22

Festive fun & donations

As ever, we have been astonished at the generosity of our supporters this Christmas season. Below are just a few of the local organisations which have gone shopping for foodbank this month. You are all totally awesome and oh so special! Staff from Anglian Home Improvements prepare to unload a whopping 468kg of food into […]

7 Dec 22

Christmas & New Year Opening Times

May we wish all of our supporters and foodbank clients a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please read on for our opening times over the festive season: Dereham Foodbank: Friday December 23rd – open Monday December 26th – closed Friday December 30th – open Monday January 2nd – open Swaffham Foodbank: Monday December […]

15 Oct 22

Brownies brighten up harvest

Big thanks go to 1st Toftwood Brownies who shopped for more than 30kg of food to donate to Mid Norfolk Foodbank this harvest. So great to see such big smiles and clear enjoyment on their faces. Thanks go to them and every school, business, charity group, church and individual who has donated food so far […]

13 Sep 22

Bank Holiday – changes to opening times

Monday September 19th – the office and warehouse will be closed. The office will re-open at 9am on Tuesday 20th, the warehouse on Friday 23rd at 9.30am. All 3 distribution centres will be closed on Monday 19th however the Fakenham distribution centre at the Salvation Army hall will be open instead on Tuesday 20th from […]

22 Aug 22

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS

Please note Dereham Foodbank will be open on Bank Holiday Monday August 29th from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, but Swaffham and Fakenham Foodbanks will be closed. The warehouse will also be closed.

9 Jul 22

Blue Plaque recognition for volunteers

Mid Norfolk Foodbank’s volunteers received well-earned recognition for their service during the pandemic with a Blue Plaque presentation last week. Follow the link to the full story in the Dereham Times… https://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/blue-plaque-for-mid-norfolk-foodbank-9126982 Well done and thank you to all our volunteers past and present!

9 Jul 22

Tonnes of thanks

A big thank you to all Tesco customers and staff who made our in-store Summer Collections such a huge success. Across the 3 Tesco stores in Dereham, Fakenham and Swaffham, we collected 2.140 tonnes of food. This was our first Summer Collection since before the pandemic began in 2020 and everyone at Mid Norfolk Foodbank […]

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