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Latest updates and news from Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance.
19 Sept 2025
Summer Food Drive raises £15,035.48
Thanks to your incredible generosity, our Summer Food Drive has raised £15,035.48 to help keep Derby fed through one of the toughest summers yet.
18 Sept 2025
A huge thank you to Social Sports Society for their amazing donation
A huge thank you to Phil and the team from Social Sports Society for their amazing donation earlier this week!
17 Sept 2025
Another fantastic day at the Chellaston Shelton Lock Community Hub
We served up a hearty dinner of savoury mince with mash and cabbage, followed by apple cake and custard. A big thank you to Lidl for their kind…
17 Sept 2025
TPS makes a generous donation for the #SummerofLove
A huge thank you to TPS for their generous donation as part of their #SummerOfLove campaign!
23 Aug 2025
School Uniform Hub - That's a Wrap!
The final day of our School Uniform Hub, and what an incredible week it’s been! We’ve been able to support so many families in getting ready for the…
19 Aug 2025
Generous food donation gratefully received
A huge thank you to Paul Patrick IEng MIGEM, Lead Delivery Engineer from Cadent, and Martin Canning from PGT Utilities, who recently got in touch to…
19 Aug 2025
School Uniform Hub Opens in Derbion
What an incredible first day at our School Uniform Hub in Derbion!
13 Aug 2025
Emergency appeal raises £11,961.86
Since launching our emergency appeal on 29th July, you’ve helped us raise an incredible £11,961.86 — and we are so, so grateful.
12 Aug 2025
A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers!
Our fantastic team of volunteers worked tirelessly to collect, transport, and deliver school uniform to Derbion, ready for this year’s School Uniform…
7 Aug 2025
Thank you for the help following our Emergency appeal
Following our emergency appeal, we received an incredible donation of food from a local Derby businessman — a gesture that will go a long way in…
24 Jul 2025
Morrisons Community Champion Derby raises over £480 in donations
A huge thank you to Morrisons Community Champion Derby and all the amazing customers who supported their new Foodbank token scheme!
19 Jul 2025
A massive thank you to Jo and the amazing team at @derbyuni for their generous donation of food after clearing out the university halls!
14 Jul 2025
Thank You Precision Prep UK for the generous donation 🌶️🍚
We’re incredibly grateful to the team at Precision Prep UK for their generous donation of over 1,000 Thai Green Curry & Rice pots!
12 Jul 2025
Thank you to Chellaston WI for organising a food drive at their latest meeting this will be a huge help.
1 Jul 2025
Drop off your pre-loved uniforms at Derbion
From today (1 July) until 22 August, the collection point is open outside Sainsbury’s in Derbion.
27 Jun 2025
DF4TA launch our 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…
23 Jun 2025
School Uniform Hub is back for 2025
We know uniforms can be expensive - parents spend around £317 (primary) or £339 (secondary) per child every year. That’s why, in partnership with…
5 Jun 2025
Morrisons Food Bank Donation Station
Derby Morrisons is trialling a new way to support local food/cloth banks.
5 Jun 2025
Do you have a piece of furniture to spare?
Our Furniture and Electrical Project is helping Derby households turn houses into homes—and we need more furniture to meet growing demand.
19 May 2025
Thank you to local businesses and organisations that have been holding food drives to collect much needed donations.
15 Apr 2025
Easter donations from Flint Bishop
Thank you to Flint Bishop staff who have been collecting Easter Eggs, we are very grateful for the donation and support.
14 Apr 2025
Huge thank you to Toyota UK for supporting DF4TA
A huge thank you to Toyota UK for supporting DF4TA with £3000 worth of funding to help us continue supporting our local community
27 Mar 2025
Need for our services is on the rise and the next few months we are predicting another increase, due to the impending increase of rent, energy, water…
21 Mar 2025
Reckitt Derby hold food collection for DF4TA
Thank you to Annie and the team at Reckitt Derby they recently held a Food collection on the site and donated to us,.
23 Dec 2024
300 Christmas Meals provided to the community
Thanks to the funding from ALSTOM, we have been able to provide 300 Christmas Day dinners to those in the community who would be going without this…
19 Dec 2024
More Christmas Donation Thanks
A huge thank you to all who donated to us for this Christmas..