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ASDA Tilbury supermarket collection

We still could use some volunteers at our Supermarket collection at ASDA Tilbury on Saturday 13th July between 1 and 3 pm. If you can help or would like more information please contact [email protected]. Thank you

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Quiz Night thankyou

Many thanks to everyone who supported our Quiz night which raised £615 for the foodbank’s funds. A great result!

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Warehouse open day

If you would like to see how the foodbank warehouse operates we have an open day on Wednesday 29th May from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Do come long. The warehouse is at the thurrock Christian Fellowship building at 2 – 4 Chase Road, Corringham.

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Thank you for supporting our “Cream Tea”

Many thanks to all those that supported our Cream Tea afternoon at St. Catherine’s. The foodbank benefitted to the tune of a little over £400. Once again many thanks.

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Fundraising Quiz night

We are holding a quiz night on Saturday May 18th at 7.30pm at the United Reform Church in Bradleigh Avenue, Grays. All proceeds in aid of the foodbank’s funds. Tickets are £5ea with teams of 8. Please bring your own drinks and nibbles (note that alcohol is not allowed in the premises) tea and coffee […]

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“Cream Tea” in aid of foodbank funds

We are holding an afternoon “Cream tea” on Sunday 12th May from 2 – 4 pm at St. Catherine’s church in East Tilbury village. The cost of a tea is £5 with the proceeds going to help with the running costs of the foodbank. Do support us if you can.

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2018/2019 figures

5,378 local people fed with emergency food parcels  in last year, Thurrock Foodbank reveals Thurrock Foodbank provided three day emergency food parcels to feed 5,378 local people between April 2018 to March 2019. Of this number, 2,263 were children. The local food bank’s figures feed into a larger national picture with a record increase in […]

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Easter 2019 Opening Times

Our distribution centres will be open as normal over Easter, so Purfleet and Grays on Good Friday (19 April) and Chadwell St Mary and Aveley on Easter Saturday (20 April) Our warehouse in Corringham will be shut on Easter Monday (22 April), opening up again on Wednesday (24 April) as normal.

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Christmas 2018 Opening Times

Centre opening over the festive period – if you already have a voucher All our centres will be open as normal over the Christmas period apart from the following sessions: Tilbury – extra session on Monday 24 December from 11:00 – 13:00, closed on Tuesday 25 December Little Thurrock – closed on Tuesday 25 December and Tuesday […]

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Orsett Christmas Market

We are pleased to announce that we will be manning a stall at the Orsett Christmas Market on December 8th, we will be there to collet food and cash donations from the visitors to the market.  There will also be a childrens lucky dip. In the week leading up to the market, from 1 December, […]

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