DF4TA News
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Latest updates and news from Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance.
19 May 2025
Thank you to local businesses and organisations that have been holding food drives to collect much needed donations.
19 May 2025
Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
Are you a local Derby business looking for volunteering days for you and your colleagues? DF4TA have a number of upcoming events and activities and…
12 May 2025
Exciting News from Our Allotment Project
Over the past 18 months, we’ve been hard at work preparing our allotment, and we’re thrilled to finally begin planting this year! It’s been a big…
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
31 Mar 2025
As DF4TA turns five, we’re approaching a huge milestone—our 100,000th food parcel. Since 2020, we’ve supported 109,000 adults and 84,000 children,…
28 Mar 2025
This week, we're humbly celebrating five years since we began during the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as a small effort to support our city's…
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,.
4 Mar 2025
Mercer Building solutions LTD are the newest member of the DF4TA 100 club
We would like to say thank you and welcome to Mercer Building solutions LTD who are the newest member of the DF4TA 100 club.
25 Feb 2025
RamsTalk Running 3824km For DF4TA
Thank you to the amazing guys at at Ramstalk podcast they have been working hard this season. The 6 man squad set themselves a fundraising goal to…
22 Feb 2025
Our recent call for volunteers was a huge help and we have signed up volunteers for our CSU and allotment, but we are in need of help on our busy…
13 Feb 2025
DF4TA Christmas Newsletter 2024
Happy New Year and a huge thank you to everyone who supported us in December! It was an incredibly busy month, and your generosity made a huge…
8 Feb 2025
DF4TA are excited to announce an easier way to get help!
As we continue to see an increase in demand for food support, we're excited to announce an easier way to get help!
27 Jan 2025
New Community Hub for Chellaston & Shelton Lock
We are happy to announce the we are opening a new community hub to support the residents of Chellaston & Shelton Lock.
26 Jan 2025
DF4TA bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme
We are asking you to vote for us at your local Tesco to get a share of Tesco’s Stronger Starts fund.
8 Jan 2025
Are you looking for a new challenge this year? Do you want to make a difference and volunteer to help the local community? We are looking for new…
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..
13 Dec 2024
Reverse advent calendar donations from Everyone Active Moorways
Thank you to Lauren from Moorways Sports Village and Water Park for dropping off thier collection for this year's reverse advent calendar.
13 Dec 2024
Thank you to RamsTalk Podcast for your support
A huge thank you to @ramstalkpodcast who are supporting us with a fundraising drive and volunteering at our warehouse.
13 Dec 2024
Rolls Royce volunteers help sort donations
hank you to the team from Rolls Royce Group who volunteered at our central storage unit this week to help process the donations from this years…
11 Dec 2024
Thank you to Ian Williams Ltd for their Winter Warm pack donations
A huge thank you to Ian Williams Ltd for their donation on winter warm packs.
11 Dec 2024
DF4TA Newsletter April - September 2024
This new financial year has started showing a new trend of people coming through who had never accessed our services before. Over 50% of calls in the…
10 Dec 2024
DF4TA Welcomes Bargainarena to the 100 Club
We would like to say thank you and welcome to Bargainarena Limited who are our newest member of the DF4TA 100 club.
5 Dec 2024
A huge THANK YOU to Geldards Law Firm for hosting their Christmas quiz night for DF4TA
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Network Derby Christmas Quiz at Derby Rugby and Football Club last night! It was an evening filled…