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13 Jun 17

Robert Burns Theatre hosts private showing of I Daniel Blake

So, January was seen in with the Dumfriesshire Foodbank’s private showing of ‘I Daniel Blake’ which was organised by our lovely volunteer Jacquie Matheson and hosted at the Robert Burn Theatre. It was a fantastic success and sell out. A special thanks to the Robert Burns for donating the ticket money to our foodbank which […]

1 Mar 17

In other News Christmas is upon us

A Christmas appeal was put out to all our referral agencies and local services. We were truly astonished from the response and just how much people have gone out of their way to collect for those over Christmas to receive their food parcels and Christmas hamper. The collections ranged from Christmas Jumper days held in […]

1 Mar 17

Thank you Tesco & Dumfries Public

December has been by far the busiest month our foodbank has seen to date. The month kicked off by receiving the amazing donation from the Lions Club of Dumfries and its four-day collection at Tesco with a final weight of 681.20kg. Thank you so much. This then led into our own National 3-day neighborhood collection […]

1 Mar 17

Robrt Burns Theatre

I Daniel Blake is the film that has been causing a stir by raising the awareness of the need for foodbanks and has shocked the viewers of Dumfriesshire who viewed this at the Robert Burns Theatre. Jacquie Matheson, who works at the foodbank, gave a talk prior to one of the viewings and was amazed […]

1 Mar 17

Thank you ‘Click Talk’

A special thank you to the ladies of the local knitting group known as Click Talk for their donations of beautiful knitted garments. These garments have all been sorted and put aside ready to go out into our Christmas Hampers for all foodbank clients to bring some Christmas love into their homes. Further thanks to […]

1 Mar 17

Harvest Collection

Dumfriesshire foodbank was so happy with the response from our local schools, churches, businesses and the public when it came to the annual collection during the Harvest period. Information packs were sent out to try to help us collect as much food as we could to get us through to the winter. A special thanks […]

2 Jul 16

July 2016 3 Day Neighbour Collection

June 30th, July 1st and 2nd seen the third National Neighbourhood Collection for us. This collection was the biggest to date. We are overwhelmed at just how much food and hygiene products were donated by the public. In total the amount raised was 2864.94kg. Tesco also top up customer donations by making a 20% financial […]

2 Mar 16

Foodbank Conference Scotland

This month staff at the Dumfriesshire Foodbank attended the annual Scottish Foodbank Conference. The Conference gives individuals working in foodbanks the opportunity to discuss current issues they are experiencing and to share best practice and ideas to develop foodbank services. This year’s Conference was well attended by delegates and speaker, with talks from Hanna MuCulloch […]

23 Nov 15

Tesco: Children in Need cash crusaders

Generous staff and customers across the region helped raise money for Children in Need. Staff at Tesco Extra Cuckoo Bridge dressed up as superheroes, held a bonus ball competition, baked Pudsey cakes and collected donations. Tesco kindly agreed to donate £200 raised during Children in Need to the Dumfriesshire foodbank which was used to buy […]

23 Nov 15

Ladies Fundraising Lunch

We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to Jacqui Matheson who on the first of November hosted a very successful ladies fundraising lunch at Casa Mia in Dumfries. The event was well attended and an amazing 114.95 Kg of food was donated to the Dumfriesshire foodbank. Alongside the Dumfriesshire […]

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