Donate food

Our foodbank relies on your support and food donations.

BankTheFood

We use BankTheFood to keep you updated on the items we’re running low on. 

Food donations help us provide balanced and nutritious three-day food supplies to those in need. In 2024, we provided 58,743 meals to local people in need.

Your food donations are crucial to helping us feed those who are referred to us.

Items we need urgently

We are very much in need of any and all items at the moment, so all donations are welcome. These items are what we most urgently need at present.

 

As of 17/06/2025

  • Baked beans
  • Biscuits
  • Cat food
  • Cereal
  • Chocolate
  • Coffee
  • Cooking sauce in jars
  • Dog food
  • Jam
  • Long-life milk
  • Men's deodorant
  • Nappies - size 3
  • Nappies - size 4
  • Nappies - size 7
  • Razors for shaving
  • Rice
  • Shampoo
  • Shaving foam/gel
  • Shower gel
  • Squash
  • Tinned custard
  • Tinned fish
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tinned meat
  • Tinned rice pudding
  • Tinned soup
  • Tinned tomatoes
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Toilet roll
  • Toothpaste
  • Washing powder
  • Women's deodorant

Items we don’t need

This list is fairly empty at the moment as there are very few items that we don’t need! All donations are very welcome.

As of 17/06/2025

  • Conditioner
  • Incontinence products
  • Nappies - size 0
  • Nappies - size 1
  • Nappies - size 2
  • Nappies - size 5
  • Nappies - size 6
  • Noodles
  • Pasta
  • Salad cream
  • Sanitary towels
  • Sugar
  • Tampons
  • Tea bags
  • Tomato sauce
  • Toothbrushes
  • Washing up liquid

Ways to donate

See where you can drop off food donations