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We’re so pleased to welcome Remarkable Smiles Pearl to the Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance Adopt a Shelf campaign!

We’re delighted to welcome Remarkable Smiles Central to the Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance Adopt a Shelf campaign.

Yesterday we opened the doors to our new Resource Centre – and what a day it was! We were absolutely delighted to welcome around 100 guests from…

100 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS! And there are just 51 DAYS until our Reverse Advent Calendar begins!

The DF4TA phoneline and our partner services will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August

We’re growing — and we’d love you to be part of it. At Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance, we’re looking for kind, reliable volunteers to join our amazing…

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been delighted to welcome a number of fantastic volunteers from MWH Treatment to our Chellaston Shelton Lock Community…

We’re so excited to welcome @Derby Arena and @Springwood Leisure Centre to the Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance Adopt a Shelf campaign!

We are incredibly proud to have been presented with the Collaboration Award at the 2026 Derby County Community Trust Awards.

Our new FEP van has all its signage completed and now looks the part. Thanks to Nigel at Eyden Signs for doing a great job and to our amazing sponsor…

We're delighted to officially welcome Kate to the DF4TA staff team.

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Derby Philharmonic Orchestra and everyone who attended their recent performance for their incredible…

We are absolutely delighted to welcome pladis Global McVitie's as the latest businesses to join our Adopt a Shelf campaign.

Derby Philharmonic is a community Orchestra and have a event on the 16th July and have chosen DF4TA as the charity to support.

This week we’re shining a spotlight on Amazon.co.uk and @Markleek and the EMA1 team for their continued support of Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance…

We are delighted to welcome Morrisons Derby as one of our Adopt a Shelf Partners, helping us fill the shelves in our new Resource Centre and support…

Our new Resource Centre is giving us the opportunity to do things we've never been able to do before. Over the coming months, we'll be transforming…

We're delighted to be partnering with Derbion for the fourth consecutive year to help local families access school uniform ahead of the new academic…

We’re excited to share that our newest Warm Welcome Hub is now open in Chaddesden in partnership with St Andrews Academy .

Over the last few months, our incredible allotment volunteers have been hard at work preparing for another growing season.

A special thank you to Sal's Shoes for once again supporting the DF4TA School Uniform Hub with a generous donation of school shoes.

We’re incredibly excited to share that Amazon and the EMA1 team have become the first business to join our Adopt a Shelf campaign and has helped us…

As demand for food support continues to rise across Derby, we are asking local businesses, organisations, schools and community groups to join us in…

Today we would like to say a huge thank you to our incredible Allotment Volunteers

Today we want to say a huge thank you to all of the amazing corporate volunteers who have supported Food 4 Thought Alliance throughout the year.

Today we are shining a spotlight on the incredible volunteers who make our Chellaston & Shelton Lock Community Hub such a special place to be.