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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.

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

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

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…

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 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…

A huge thank you to everyone who donated toys at Derby Arena in support of DF4TA. Your generosity brought joy to local children over the festive…

This week, the team at Derby Theatre brought over the food donated through their Reverse Advent Calendar, thanks to the generosity of their audiences…

They wrapped up our Reverse Advent Calendar with two trolley-loads of food and raised a whopping £1,700 through bake sales, a raffle and Christmas…

We’re blown away by the amazing support from Derby Arena, who are collecting toys for local children in partnership with DF4TA. This community spirit…

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

Thank you, Derby. With 87 more boxes arriving at our CSU, we’ve passed a big milestone — 724 RACs.

On Monday, a brilliant team from Rolls-Royce joined us at the CSU to sort Reverse Advent Calendar donations.

We’re truly grateful (and a bit blown away) by the kindness of businesses, schools and groups across our city.

67 IKEA bagfuls donated for our Reverse Advent Calendar — for the fourth year in a row.

Thank you to every business, group and school who brought their Reverse Advent Calendar boxes. We’re blown away by the support.

We’re really grateful for your generosity and for the care you’ve shown to others in our community this harvest season.

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…

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.

From 1st–14th October, we’re taking part in Food Bank Fortnight with our friends at BanktheFood— a national push to help communities donate the right…

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.

Our Reverse Advent Calendar 2025 launches on Friday 7th November – a chance for our community to come together and make a real difference this winter.