News
17 Oct 19
Tesco Supermarket collection – help needed
We still need volunteers for the annual Tesco national neighbourhood collection at the Lakeside store. We especially need teams of volunteers to cover a 2 hour slot or slots on Thursday 21st, and Saturday 23rd November. If you can volunteer or, better still put together a team, please email warehouse@thurrock.foodbank. org.uk.
15 Oct 19
Keeping you up to date – our October Newsletter
You can find our October newsletter here:- Thurrock foodbank newsletter October 2019 Please feel free to print it and display it on noticeboards.
11 Oct 19
Harvest Thankgiving
A huge thankyou to all the churches and schools that have supported and are supporting the foodbank with their Harvest Thanksgiving gifts. These are providing a real boost to our warehouse stocks at a time of great need.
21 Sep 19
Our New Operations Manager
We are pleased to be able to announce the appointment of our new Operations Manager, Peter Newall. Peter starts with the foodbank on Monday 23rd September and Sarah Cordell will be leaving after a short handover period, on October 2nd.
6 Sep 19
Tesco supermarket collection 21st – 23rd November
Supermarket collections are really important to us. Not only are they a very significant source of donations but they also keep the foodbank and its work very much in the public eye. We need lots of volunteers for the annual Tesco national neighbourhood collection at the Lakeside store. We need teams of volunteers to cover […]
23 Aug 19
Morrisons collection on 17th August
Many thanks to the volunteers that manned our supermarket collection at Morrisons on Saturday 17th and to all those folk who generously donated. The result was 424 Kg of food and £107 in cash – a great result!
25 Jul 19
Job Opportunity – Operations Manager
Job Opportunity OPERATIONS MANAGER Starting September 2019 20hrs p/w £12000 – £13000 pa If you’re a Christian who’s passionate about social justice, mobilising the church to serve the poor and empowering volunteers to make a difference in their community, then we want to hear from you. Established in 2012, Thurrock Foodbank is a major player […]
24 Jul 19
CDOT voices concert
CDOT Voices Concert – Friday 8th November 8pm at Socketts Heath Baptist Church. This is an advance notice about the concert by CDOT Voices. Tickets priced at £7.50 will be available from Helen at the warehouse in September. It’s always an evening of great music so make a note in your diary and come along […]
18 Jul 19
Morrisons (Grays) store collection
We have a store collection at Morrisons Grays on Saturday 17th August from 9am until 5pm. We need volunteers to give out the shopping lists on the day and collect the food as it is donated.. If you can help, even if just for an hour, please email Sarah on sarahcordell@thurrock.foodbank.org.uk