News

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.

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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.

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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 […]

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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!

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July newsletter

Click here for the Thurrock foodbank newsletter July 2019

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 [email protected]

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ASDA Supermarket collection 13th July 2019

Asda Collection – Thank you to everyone who volunteered and to all who donated on the day. I am delighted to tell you that we collected over three quarters of a tonne of food and a good amount of money in our bucket which is great. – Helen Watts

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Co-op fortnight

Chelmsford Star Co Ops – this is Co Op Foodbank Fortnight and 4 Co Ops are having collection points for us. The two in Tilbury are new to us but they are ones we would like to encourage use of so we can keep them as collection points. If you can visit these Co Ops […]

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