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27 Feb 25

Foodbank to extend delivery of financial inclusion project in collaboration with Citizen’s Advice

Clare Wills of Citizens Advice at Corby Foodbank

A local foodbank is celebrating the success of a financial inclusion project by seeing the number of service users reduce. Corby Foodbank, part of Trussell, introduced the initiative in 2022 in collaboration with Citizen’s Advice as a way of helping people tackle the issues that may lead to them needing to use the foodbank service. […]

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3 Feb 25

Food parcel distribution session

Please be aware that, as a one-off, we will be holding the food parcel distribution session later this week on Thursday 6th February 2025 between 1.30pm and 3pm, not Friday 7th February 2025.  

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28 Nov 24

Foodbank volunteers win prestigious Spirit of Corby award

A group of volunteers has been recognised for their hard work and dedication in helping those in need within the Corby community, by picking up the Volunteer award at this year’s Spirit of Corby Awards. The volunteers at Corby Foodbank, who distribute three-day emergency, non-perishable food parcels to local people in food crisis, collected the […]

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28 Nov 24

Community called on to help support winter food collection in aid of local foodbank this Christmas

A local foodbank is set to benefit from a winter food collection being held at Tesco Extra on St James Road, Corby from Thursday 28th-Saturday 30th November. A donation station will be set up in store for Corby Foodbank as part of Tesco’s national, annual event, which takes place to support charities Fareshare and Trussell […]

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25 Nov 24

Toy Appeal for local foodbank aims to help spread joy this Christmas

People are being encouraged to help spread a little festive cheer and a spirit of good will to the local community this Christmas, by donating toys to Central Co-op’s Christmas Toy Appeal in aid of Corby Foodbank. Central Co-op, one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK, campaigns for food justice and […]

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8 Oct 24

Local company raises vital funds for Corby Foodbank with charity golf day

Thirty golfers from RS  in Corby, a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, have raised more than £850 at a charity golf day in aid of Corby Foodbank, which distributes three-day emergency, non-perishable food parcels to local people in food crisis. Held at The Leicestershire Golf Club, the event was organised by […]

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18 Sep 24

Current issues in contacting Corby Foodbank

We are currently experiencing problems with our phone line. Please bear with us. We’re working hard to fix the issue and hope that this will be resolved within the next 24 hours. When we are back up and running, please continue to use our usual contact telephone number: 07414191434. Many thanks in advance for your […]

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21 Aug 24

2024 Summer Bank Holiday Opening Dates and Times

Our 2024 August Bank Holiday Opening Dates & Times are as follows :- – Monday 26th August 2024 – Closed – Friday 30th August 2024 – St Peter & St Andrew’s Centre – 1.30pm to 3pm – Normal opening schedule resumes week commencing Monday 2nd September 2024.

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18 Jul 24

Corby Foodbank benefits from £20,000 donation from engineering and construction company

Volker Fitzpatrick

Corby Foodbank, which supports local people in food crisis, has benefitted from a £20,000 donation of food – the equivalent of an incredible 6,262kgs – from VolkerFitzpatrick, one of the UK’s leading engineering and construction companies. The generous donation was made as part of VolkerFitzpatrick’s commitment to engage with the community and leave a lasting […]

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15 Jul 24

Donna’s decade of service at Corby Foodbank

Donna Sumpter

A kindhearted volunteer at Corby Foodbank has marked a decade of service helping people in crisis. Donna Sumpter is the first person that local people meet when visiting the foodbank, sitting on the welcome desk just inside the door at St Peter and St Andrew’s Church in Beanfield Avenue. She has dedicated two days a […]

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