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Latest updates and news from Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance.
11 Dec 2025
Thank you, Derby — 637 Reverse Advent Calendars!
We’re truly grateful (and a bit blown away) by the kindness of businesses, schools and groups across our city.
10 Dec 2025
Allestree Woodlands School — you’ve done it again!
67 IKEA bagfuls donated for our Reverse Advent Calendar — for the fourth year in a row.
8 Dec 2025
Thank you, Givaudan — proud 100 Club member
Huge thanks to Givaudan for delivering their Reverse Advent Calendar to support families across Derby this winter.
7 Dec 2025
Thank you, Digging the dirt community garden
At the Digging the Dirt Community Garden Christmas Fair in Alvaston last weekend, Paul was genuinely blown away to receive two hampers — a family…
5 Dec 2025
Reverse Advent Calendar Donations
Thank you to every business, group and school who brought their Reverse Advent Calendar boxes. We’re blown away by the support.
4 Dec 2025
Thank you, Geldards Network Derby!
We had a fantastic evening at the Geldards Network Derby Christmas Quiz at Derby Rugby Football Club, as their chosen charity partner.
4 Dec 2025
Thank you for Filling a Fire Engine!
Huge thanks to everyone who came out for Fill a Fire Engine with Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service at Sainsbury’s, Osmaston Park Road.
4 Dec 2025
Fill a Fire Engine for Christmas!
We’re thrilled that the amazing Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service are once again supporting our Reverse Advent Calendar appeal with their festive “Fill…
7 Nov 2025
Thank you to The Deli, British & Continental Food Brokers in Long Eaton
We’d like to say a big thank you to The Deli, British & Continental Food Brokers in Long Eaton for donating 36 boxes of brown loaves and naan bread to…
28 Oct 2025
A Huge Thank You to Bruce Lister from Compendium Living
At a recent event held at the Cricket Club, Bruce entered the raffle and won the fantastic £100 meat prize kindly donated by Fairfax Meadow. Instead…
24 Oct 2025
Thank you for your Harvest donations
We’re really grateful for your generosity and for the care you’ve shown to others in our community this harvest season.
22 Oct 2025
64 sleeps to Christmas! And only 17 days until our Reverse Advent Calendar begins
From 7 November, add one item a day to a box at home — food or essentials — and by the end it’ll be ready to support DF4TA and our partner food…
14 Oct 2025
Heartfelt thanks to St Alkmund's Derby
We’re so thankful to our friends at St Alkmund’s Church for their wonderful Harvest Festival donation to our Central Storage Unit this week.
13 Oct 2025
Thank you, St Peter's Church Littleover
A huge thank you to everyone at St Peter’s Church in Littleover for their generous Harvest Festival donation, delivered to our Central Storage Unit.
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!
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