News
19 Nov 18
Aveley Distribution Centre – 24 November
Just to let you know that Aveley Distribution Centre will be shut on 24 November, reopening the following week, 1 December. If you need a centre on the 24 November then Emmanuel Church in Chadwell will be open as normal Thank you
24 Oct 18
Upcoming events for remainder of 2018
We have a four events coming up in the last few months of 2018 On Friday 9 November there is going to be a concert by CDOT in Socketts Heath Baptist church. Please come along to hear a variety of music by our local choir – CDOT. All money raised will be going towards supporting […]
28 Aug 18
2018 Harvest Festival
Combined Harvest Appeal Help support foodbanks with food and funds this Harvest! Foodbanks rely on donations of both food and money to help them provide this vital service of supporting people facing a crisis within communities across the UK. Without your goodwill, foodbanks would really struggle to operate and that’s why your support […]
22 Aug 18
Looking for volunteers
We are holding a store collection in Morrisons in Grays on 15 September and we are looking for volunteers to help us on the day. Store collections are a very important part of our food donation process. We are able to talk directly to our donors and give them them full details of the items […]
13 Jun 18
World Cup Bingo
The World Cup is just around the corner and whether you love football or hate it, you probably won’t be able to avoid it! We’d like to kick off the World Cup period with a slightly different spin on the beautiful game, which you may have seen on social media over the past couple of […]
26 Mar 18
Store Collection in Morrisons, Grays
We will be holding a manned store collection in Morrisons, Grays on Saturday 28 April, from 9:00 – 17:00. If you can spare a couple of hours between these times please let us know We are looking for volunteers to hand out flyers, take food donations from customers and pack those donations into crates. If […]
27 Feb 18
Warehouse closure
Due to the bad weather the warehouse will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday 28 February), sorry for any inconvenience. We will hopefully be open on Monday as normal. Thank you
20 Feb 18
Store Collection in Asda, Tilbury
If you are in Asda, Tilbury on Saturday (24 February) then come and find us in the foyer we will be taking donations from shoppers from 09:00 – 17:00. We are currently short of sponge puddings, long life milk and long life juice to name a few items. We have plenty of beans, meat soup […]
18 Dec 17
Christmas Opening and Emergency Access
Our centres will be closed on the following dates over Christmas/New Year. Tilbury (St Johns) – shut on Tuesday 26 December Stanford Le Hope (GPC) – shut on Wednesday 27 December Aveley (St Michaels) – shut on Saturday 23 December Chadwell St Mary (Emmanuel Church) – shut on Saturday 30 December All other sessions over […]
22 Nov 17
Tescos Store Collection 30/11, 1/12 and 2/12
So next week (30 November – 2 December) we will be joining in the nationwide Tescos store collection. All over the country Tescos stores will be supporting Trussell Trust Foodbank volunteers in their stores to collect donations of food from their customers. We are very lucky to be collecting in the Tesco Extra store in […]