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17 Dec 24
Christmas Opening Hours 2024
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All sessions are open as usual during Christmas and New Year with the exception of the following days Wednesday 25th December Christmas Day and Wednesday 1st January New Years Day Clients who usually visit the Wednesday session in Alfreton are welcome at the South Normanton sessions on either the Tuesday or the Friday. See the […]
12 Nov 24
Bank the Food App Lets you know what we need and when we need it
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Bank the Food is an App that keeps you up to date with what food items we urgently need. We have 2 collection baskets in local supermarkets, these are detailed below Tesco Hall Street, Alfreton (White large collection basket after the tills, next to the bookcase) Coop South Normanton (Trolley with our name after the […]
8 Oct 24
Christmas Market In aid of the Foodbank
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Thank you Fern for organising this event in aid of the Foodbank we really appreciate your support. The Christmas Market was lovely with lots of handmade gifts and lovely stallholders. The event raised £130 and we received 15.25 Kgs in food donations too on the day. Thank you to everyone involved for donating your […]
25 Mar 24
Easter Egg Donation
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Thank you to Amy from George Utz Ltd who dropped in today with a large donation of Easter Eggs. Thank you to everyone who has donated Chocolate and treats to the Food Bank we really appreciate your support and will give these out over Easter.
9 Feb 24
Good News The National Lottery Community Fund is supporting our project
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We’re really happy to tell you that the National Lottery Community Fund is supporting our project and helping us to buy food to put into our food parcels each week. This will make such a difference and help us carry on supporting local people in the community who are in a financial crisis and […]
20 Dec 23
CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS 2023
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FOODBANK OPENING TIMES We are open as usual up to and including Friday 22nd December session and then as follows Wednesday 27th December 2 to 3pm at Alfreton House, High Street, Alfreton DE55 7HH (Front porch entrance unless the coffee shop is open then room 1 round the back) Friday 29th December 1.30 to 2.30 […]
21 Nov 23
Can you or your Business Help us with a Food Collection?
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The items of food we need are regularly updated here Once you have collected the items you can drop them at the times and locations listed here It really does help us if any bags or containers the food is donated in can be left with us and not returned. Please separate any toiletries […]
7 Nov 23
Reverse Advent Calendar
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Can you help us please with any of the items on the Reverse Advent Calendar? or do you know anyone or any local businesses that can help? Please share with as many friends and contacts as you can. The demand for our food parcels is at an all time high and we need all the […]
8 Jun 23
Foodbank Parcel Recipe booklet -University of Nottingham
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Please take a look at the recipe book produced by Students and staff of the Master of Nutrition (MNutr) degree, University of Nottingham. One of whom kindly passed it to a friend and volunteer of our Foodbank to pass onto clients. It aims to provide recipe ideas for those on a budget and /or […]
30 Mar 23
Donations urgently needed please
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We have seen an unprecedented number of clients in a financial crisis who are unable to afford food attending our foodbank sessions. The cost-of-living crisis has also had an effect on our donations coming into the foodbank and we are aware that people haven’t got the ability to donate to us as much as they […]