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Today we’re shining a spotlight on our incredible Surplus Food Collection Team.

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…

Today we’re celebrating the amazing volunteers who support our Furniture & Electrical Project.

Today we want to say a huge THANK YOU to our incredible Phoneline Volunteers.

We want to take a moment to recognise and thank our incredible Thoughtful Shop teams for all of their hard work, dedication, and compassion in helping…

Our Chellaston Shelton Lock Community Hub is doing an amazing job in the Chellaston community, the team of amazing volunteers run sessions twice a…

Our amazing Furniture & Electrical volunteers have been hard at work this week at the new Resource Centre – and what a difference they’ve made…

Today could have been a real logistical challenge for us… but thanks to the incredible support from Thomas Clifford and the team at JLL, everything…

We’re looking for a Handyperson Volunteer to join us at Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance and help keep our spaces safe, welcoming, and ready for the…

We’re delighted to share that, thanks to funding from the Warm Welcome scheme, we can continue running our community meals every Tuesday and Thursday…

A small army of volunteers came together to help us pack up and move our Central Storage Unit — and we are honestly blown away.

We’ve received £1,335 from Electrical Safety First to help us safety-test and supply more donated fridges, freezers and fridge freezers to local…

Today we officially opened The Thoughtful Shop inside Derby Market Hall, and what a wonderful first day it has been.

The Thoughtful Shop, part of Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance, is looking for friendly, reliable volunteers to join our team supporting local families…

We are so proud to be celebrating one amazing year of our Chellaston & Shelton Lock Community Hub. What started as a simple idea has grown into a…

Sebastian spent time at our Central Storage Unit creating and updating poster designs — using his budding artistic skills to make something really…

Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance is launching a new community shop and school uniform hub, and we’re building a full volunteer team to bring it to life.

Last week, a brilliant team from Bowmer & Kirkland joined us at the CSU to sort Reverse Advent Calendar donations — and the difference shows.

Huge thank you to Carl North, the team at Bar One, the performers and everyone who came to Yuletide Yamboree last Friday.

Yesterday a team from Alstom came to our CSU. They helped sort Reverse Advent Calendar donations and also dropped off their own collection.

Last Friday at Derby Market Hall, the Rock Of All Ages Choir filled the arches with carols, smiles and a whole lot of sparkle.

This week we held a special evening to recognise the incredible volunteers who power Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance — including those from our 17 food…

We’re looking for new people to join our welcoming CSU team on Monday mornings. It’s a hands-on role involving manual handling and lifting, but you’ll…

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…

We’re looking for people to join our phone line team at Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance. You’ll be the first point of contact for calls — taking…

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…