News

28 Aug 24

We are completely out of the following items at our warehouse, longlife fruit Juice, sweets and chocolate (100g packs are the best for us to use), shampoo and Dog food. If you are able to help us by donating an item or two we’d really appreciate it as we going out to buy them before […]

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16 Aug 24

Warehouse search featured in the Derbyshire times

A charity whose foodbank feeds families in some of the most deprived areas of north Derbyshire is in desperate need of an affordable warehouse. Clay Cross Foodbank currently stores its food stock in a warehouse in Holmewood which is owned by Derbyshire County Council. Until this year, the premises were rent-free with the charity paying for […]

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29 May 24

Exciting News

We have been busy behind the scenes working with an amazing group of people to form our new trustee board, and would like to formally announce that the charity commision have now granted us independent charity status. This is an exciting time for all of us and we are going to continue to be busy […]

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25 Mar 24

Easter Opening

We are open as normal on Friday at Community of Christ, however we won’t have anyone from Citizens Advice with us as they are closed for the bank holiday weekend. If you need to pick up food on friday please contact someone earlier in the week to get a voucher issued. Either your usual referrer […]

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23 Nov 23

CALLING ALL COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS!

Clay Cross Foodbank is on the lookout for passionate individuals to become TRUSTEES and lead our efforts in providing emergency food and support to those facing hardship. As a trustee, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our charity and advocating for change to end the need for food banks in the […]

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21 Oct 23

Most Needed Items

We are currently completely out of treats for our parcels (which is normally sweets or chocolate around 100g) as well as cat and dog food. We have only a couple of weeks of long life juice, meat, uht milk, jam, biscuits, tinned fruit, tinned soup, tinned rice pudding, cereal, tinned toms. We’d also like to […]

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18 Oct 23

Help needed

We are starting to put together our volunteer lists for the nationwide winter food collection at Tesco. Are you free for a couple of hours between 9-4pm on either 30 November, 1 December or 2 December? If you fancy coming to join our team at tesco to ask for donations or thanking people for donating […]

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26 Jul 23

Current Needs

We’ve had a really busy few weeks, that have followed a first 6 months of the year with a 20% increase on the previous year. We are struggling to keep enough food on the shelves to keep offering our services to those who need them. Our shortages list is now longer than the list of […]

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26 Apr 23

End of Year Stats Release

On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Clay Cross Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2022 and March 2023. The alarming new figures reveal that we have provided 3656 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials over the last year […]

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3 Apr 23

Easter Opening

We are open as normal friday 7th April, but if you need a voucher please get one beforehand as our agencies will be closed for the bank holiday. Vouchers can be obtained from Citizens Advice at their drop in sessions open 10-1pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at North East Derbyshire Citizen Advice office at Clay […]

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