1st July - 1st September
Summer Food Drive Appeal
This summer, DF4TA is launching an urgent Summer essentials Drive to support families across Derby who are struggling to afford the basic essentials to meet their welfare needs.
While many look forward to the school holidays, for others it’s a time of increased pressure. With children at home, many parents face impossible choices. The yearly challenge of food v school uniform increases each year. Our city is still above the national average for child poverty – over 1 in 3 children in Derby are living in Poverty.
Can you Help!!
April saw the highest average monthly bill increases adding yet more pressure on families and vulnerable adults. In the last 2 ¼ years we have spent £250,000 on food alone to meet the demand and we just don’t have the resources to keep doing this.
In the last two weeks alone we have taken over 800 calls for help ranging from food to furniture and doesn’t look like it will slow down any time soon.
Can you help with school uniform or food donations or if easier a financial donations? From the 1st July – 1st September we will be running an ongoing food drive to increase donations.
What We Need Most
- Tinned cold/hot meats and tuna
- Tinned vegetables and fruit
- UHT semi skimmed milk
- Squash – 1l or less size
- Pasta and rice – 500g or 1kg packets
- Cereal – 500g or less size
- Biscuits
- Toiletries (shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, soap)
How You Can Help
Organise a collection in your:
- Workplace
- Church
- Community group
- Family or friend group
- Street or neighbourhood
- Or anywhere else people can come together
Set up your food drive in 5 simple steps:
- Pick a start and end date between 1 July – 1 September 2025
- Gather boxes or containers for your collection (feel free to decorate them!)
- Print off our Core Item Shopping List for people to take and shop
- Share details with your team – use our posters and templates
- Spread the word on social media and tag us – we’d love to share your efforts!
Where to Drop Off
Donations can be dropped off at:
- Derbion outside Sainsbury’s
- Asda Sinfin
- Morrisons – Have a new token scheme, where we will receive vouchers for every token purchased, but still have a donation point instore,
- Got a large donation? Email us at info@df4ta.com and we’ll discuss direct with you.
Make a Financial Gift
Every penny helps us buy the items that are most urgently needed. Your donation makes a direct impact. Please Gift Aid your donation if you can.
Questions or Need Help Getting Started?
Contact us at info@df4ta.com – we’re happy to support your food drive.
Download your resources here
Please download resources that may help you and your groups raise awareness for your Summer Food Drive.
Printable Poster (639.30 KB)
Food Drive Bunting (1,738.97 KB)
Core Food Items List (357.84 KB)
Corporate Partnership
- Are you a local business?
- Match employee donations, offer a collection bin in-house.
- Become a drop-off point. Email info@df4ta.com to get involved.
Volunteer Appeal
If our summer food drive goes well, we may have corporate volunteering opportunities such as volunteering to help with sorting or distribution.
We welcome individuals and corporate teams – email us to learn more.
Together, We Can Make a Difference
Whether you donate a tin of food, organise a collection, or give financially — you are helping ensure children across Derby are fed this summer.
Thank you for your support.