THANK YOU!
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How can you help? One way is to help us to offer a balanced food parcel that contains different types of food. This list is updated here and on our Facebook page.
We really appreciate you donating from the list below as it avoids an excess of some foods and a shortage of others.
Try the Bank the Food App here: https://www.bankthefood.org/ and get an updated list direct to your phone every time you go to a collection point!
The Most Useful Foods
Please note that all food collected is non-perishable, long-life or tinned. Thanks for your help.
We have an URGENT need for many items. Please see the blue URGENT list below.
The red list at the end tells you the food items that we have lots of (and do not need at the moment).
Thank you so much!
WE HAVE AN URGENT NEED FOR:
(In order of how urgent they are.)
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned custard
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Tinned Corned Beef / Ham
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Snacks: crisps, nuts, dried fruit, cereal bars, chocolate bars
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Tinned Red Meat (e.g. bolognese, mince, chilli, stew)
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Tinned chickpeas, mixed chilli beans, red kidney beans, lentils
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Tinned Rice Pudding
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Jars of sandwich paste
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Tinned Peas
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UHT Milk (semi-skimmed or whole)
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Dried potato/Smash
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Soap
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Strong Clean Carrier Bags
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Cordial / long life fruit juice
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Fruit Juice
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Tinned Sweetcorn
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Tinned/jarred Hot Dogs
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Packet Rice
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Teabags
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Porridge Oats
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Jam or Marmalade
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Tinned beans with sausages (not beans on their own)
We don’t currently need, please do not donate:
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Baked beans
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Soup
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Tinned Pasta
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Dried Pasta
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Tinned Fish
Other Suggested Food Donations
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Breakfast Cereal
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Tinned Carrots
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Fray Bentos Pies
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Biscuits
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Crackers
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Tinned mixed beans such as kidney,. cannelloni, butter beans
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Tinned lentils or chickpeas
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Sugar
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Dried mashed potato (like Smash)
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Cereal bars
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Snacks such as small bags of nuts, cereal bars, chocolate bars, dried fruit for lunch boxes and homeless.
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Instant coffee
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Pasta sauce
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Tinned potatoes
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Jars of Pasta Sauce
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Jars of Coffee
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Mayonnaise
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Tinned Potatoes
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Shampoo
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Toothpaste
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Toothbrushes
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Shower gel
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Feminine products--sanitary towels and tampons
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Jars or pouches of baby food
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Packets of Rice (500g if possible)
- Jars of curry sauce to go with rice
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Tinned meatballs
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Hot chocolate
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Angel Delight
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Microwave Sponge Puddings
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Packets of dried custard
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Tinned Tomatoes
Donation Points
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Henderson Connellan on the High Street
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The Village (formerly The Eco Village) on St. Mary's Road
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Sainsbury’s
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Waitrose
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Both Coop supermarkets
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B&M
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Everyone's Active: leisure centre
WAYS YOU CAN DONATE
By Email
If you wish to make a monetary donation, please contact us using the email address below:
Have you tried the Bank the Food app?
Use the Bank the Food App to remind you to donate items at your local store.
Use the QR code above to download the app. Thank you for your support.