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We are Recruiting Trustees…….

Make a difference in your local community… Join Devizes & District Foodbank as a trustee!   About our food bank Established in 2007, Devizes & District Foodbank (DDFB) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and part of the Trussell Trust (www.trusselltrust.org) network of food banks. We’re a well-established and effective food bank, with our main centre […]

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Urgently needed items 19 September

We are particularly short of the following items:   Tinned fruit UHT dairy milk Sweets/chocolate Tinned soup Baked beans Tinned peas/carrots/sweetcorn Tinned hot meat Tinned ham Drop off points for items can be found here: https://devizesdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/   Don’t forget you can download the BanktheFood app to keep up to date with our shortages while you […]

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Challenging Poverty 2023

Challenging Poverty – information, questions and answers – Friday 6 October 2023 7.30pm The Bouverie Hall Goddard Rd Pewsey SN9 5EQ   Speakers & Panellists :   Hon. Danny Kruger MP Cllr Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader – Wiltshire Council Suzanne Wigmore, CEO – Wiltshire Citizens Advice Representatives from The Trussell Trust   A Challenge Poverty […]

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Shortages 1 September 2023

We are particularly short of the following items:   Tinned potatoes Tinned tuna Dried rice 500g Tinned rice pudding Instant mash potato Long life sponge puddings   Drop off points for items can be found here: https://devizesdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/   Don’t forget you can download the BanktheFood app to keep up to date with our shortages while you […]

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Shortages 10 August 2023

We need the following items:   Tinned soup Long life sponge puddings (minimum of 4 months until the best before date) Instant mash potato Tinned custard Tinned ham Tinned hot meat Baked beans Tinned rice pudding Dried rice 500g Cup a soups Instant pasta/Mugshots Tinned fruit Tinned potatoes   Drop off points for items can […]

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Thank you Morrisons customers!

A special food collection was held at Morrisons in Devizes on 22 July and a total of 492kg of food was donated by Morrisons shoppers. One boy spent all his pocket money on food items for us while some customers gave carrier bags full of food. Other customers told us that they had once been […]

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Shortages 26 July 2023

We still have a few shortages:   Tinned soup Long life sponge puddings (minimum of 4 months until the best before date) Instant mash potato Tinned custard Tinned ham Tinned hot meat Baked beans Tinned rice pudding Dried rice 500g Instant coffee (small jars) Spreads (jam, honey, peanut butter)   Drop off points for items […]

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Shortages as of 13 July 2023

These are the items that we most need as of 13 July: Pasta sauce T-bags 80s and 160s (nothing bigger please) Tinned soup UHT dairy milk (we don’t need oat milk etc) Long life sponge puddings (minimum of 4 months until the best before date) Pasta 500g or 1kg (nothing bigger please) Drop off points […]

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Shortages as of 29 June 2023

These are the items that we most need as of 29 June: Tinned custard Tinned soup UHT dairy milk (we don’t need oat milk etc) Long life sponge puddings (minimum of 4 months until the best before date) T-bags 80s and 160s (nothing bigger please) Pasta 500g or 1kg (nothing bigger please) Toothpaste Men’s deodorant […]

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Shortages as of 16 June

These are the items that we most need as of 16 June: Long life fruit juice Tinned custard Tinned tomatoes Tinned soup Tinned rice pudding UHT dairy milk (we don’t need oat milk etc) Tinned vegetables Chocolate/sweets Long life sponge puddings (minimum of 4 months until the best before date) Tinned potatoes (300g) Drop off […]

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