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Latest updates and news from Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance.
12 Dec 2025
Thank you Rock Of All Ages Choir
Last Friday at Derby Market Hall, the Rock Of All Ages Choir filled the arches with carols, smiles and a whole lot of sparkle.
11 Dec 2025
A big thank you to Rolls-Royce plc
On Monday, a brilliant team from Rolls-Royce joined us at the CSU to sort Reverse Advent Calendar donations.
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…
6 Dec 2025
A lovely surprise at the Trust’s community meal
We also had some special guests supporting us with drop offs and our community meals last night — Bobby Clark and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen were there!
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.
5 Dec 2025
Christmas Choir at Derby Market Hall
We’re delighted to announce that Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance will be hosting this year’s Christmas Choir at Derby Market Hall.
5 Dec 2025
Carl North’s Yuletide Jamboree is Supporting DF4TA
Carl North’s Yuletide Jamboree is back at Bar One on 5 December, raising funds for Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance.
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
We’ve been looking back at what our amazing DF4TA members and partners achieved over the summer (July–September) to make sure people across Derby had…
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…
24 Nov 2025
We’re excited to share what’s been happening across Derby — and the difference your support is making as we head into the colder months.
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…
31 Oct 2025
NEW Warm Welcome in Chaddesden
We’re excited to launch our SEND & Inclusion Warm Welcome — open to everyone in the community!
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…
17 Oct 2025
It was such a warm and uplifting evening — good food, good company, and the shared belief that together, we can make sure no one in Derby goes hungry.
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.
26 Sept 2025
Celebrating Volunteers Across the Alliance
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…
24 Sept 2025
Come and join our friendly CSU team on Monday mornings!
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…
22 Sept 2025
This Harvest we’re inviting Derby to give with purpose
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…