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Appeal for toothbrushes

At Dundee Foodbank we endeavour to include toiletries into the food parcels that we distribute. We’ve recently received a very large donation of toothpaste, however we have very few toothbrushes to accompany them. We’re putting out an appeal over the next few weeks for adults and children’s toothbrushes. You can find a list of our […]

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Tesco South Road Collection Day Saturday 19th August

We’re back for another collection day at Tesco South Road this Saturday 19th August from 10am-4pm. If you’re planning a visit, could you consider making a small donation to the foodbank. Our most urgent stock needs are; tinned vegetables tinned meat sugar toiletries tinned puddings We’ll be distributing shopping lists to customers to remind them […]

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Dundee Foodbank the winners of the Dundee Derby!

Dundee Foodbank would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all at Dundee and Dundee United Football Clubs and their amazing supporters in the organisation and the promotion of our collection day at the Dundee Derby on Sunday 30th July 2017. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of both sets of supporters as we took in 898.5kg […]

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Thank you to Asda Milton and Kirkton Shoppers

A very big thank you to customers and staff of both Asda Milton and Kirkton stores for their fantastic generosity at our recent collection days. On the 22nd July we were at Asda Milton and collected a fantastic 730kg of food. This was followed a couple of weeks later with 672kg of food being collected […]

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Dundee Derby Food Collection: Sunday 30th July 1-3pm

We are delighted to announce that Dundee Foodbank have been invited to undertake a food and money collection prior to the big derby match between Dundee and Dundee Utd at Dens Park on Sunday 30th July 1-3pm. This is the first time we’ll have collected at a derby match in 3 years and we are […]

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Asda Milton Collection Day: Saturday 22nd July 10am-4pm

We are back at Asda Milton this Saturday the 22nd of July for another collection day. We’ll be collecting between 10am-4pm. If you plan to be doing your food shop there on Saturday, we hope that you will consider buying an extra item or two and donate to our team in-store. At the moment we […]

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Appeal for breakfast cereals for Dundee Fun and Food Programme

Dundee Foodbank will be supporting  fellow charity Dundee Bairns with their Fun and Food programme. This is a initiative aimed at providing breakfast and lunches to primary-aged children during the school holidays. This programme was designed in response to a number of primary school headteachers in the city expressing their concern of ‘holiday hunger.’ Whilst […]

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Tesco South Road Collection Day: Saturday 3rd June 2017

We will be back at Tesco South Road for a collection day between 10am-4pm on Saturday the 3rd June. If you’re planning a food shop this weekend, please consider stopping by South Road Tesco and helping us out with a small donation. Just one or two extra items from your own shopping can make such […]

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WL Gore Volunteer Days

Last week we had a terrific team from WL Gore come in for a couple of days to provide voluntary work. They sent nine of their employees to come and help us complete our annual stock take. This involves the weighing of all the stock that our warehouse and 5 distribution centres have to ensure that […]

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Exciting partnership with The Carpet Cleaners

Dundee Foodbank has received a tremendously generous offer of support from The Carpet Cleaners and we are delighted to announce a newly formed partnership. The Carpet Cleaners will be fundraising for us by selling raffle tickets at the cost of 50p. The winner will receive a professional carpet cleaning service of three rooms in their home. […]

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