Christmas Opening: We will be open until 12 midday on Christmas Eve and open again at 9am on 2nd January 2026. We wish you all the best for a healthy and blessed Christmas and new year.

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 blue URGENT 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.
When we have an URGENT need for items, please see the blue URGENT list below.
The red list tells you the food items that we have lots of (and do not need at the moment).
Collection points are listed at the end of this page.
Thank you so much!
Currently we are sorting through all your amazing Harvest donations! Thank you so much! We will update this page as soon and as regularly as possible. Thank you for all your generosity. Your food is going to local people in need of support.
WE HAVE MOST URGENT NEED FOR:
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Pasta Sauces
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Tinned Fruit
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Tinned Sweetcorn
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Baked Beans with Sausages
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Cereal
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Tinned Ham
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Crackers
We also need:
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UHT milk (whole or semi skimmed)
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Tinned Red Meat
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Tinned Chicken
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Hot Dogs (tins or jars)
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Corned Beef
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Tinned Carrots
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Dried Potatoes (Smash)
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Tinned Meatballs
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Chicken in Sauce
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Small packs of sugar
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Microwave puddings
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Marmalade
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Jam
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Tinned Potatoes
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Coffee (small jars)
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Biscuits
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Crisps
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Tinned Tomatoes
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Tinned chickpeas, mixed chilli beans, lentils
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Custard
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Tinned Rice Pudding
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Sachet Meals (pan or microwave)
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Cordial
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Fray Bentos pies
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Microwave Rice
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Tinned Soup
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Cup a Soup
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Sugar (500g if possible)
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Tinned Sausages with beans
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Tinned Peas
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Tinned Vegetarian Meals, such as veggie chilli
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Snacks and Cereal Bars
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Robinsons minis or similar for families (small squash concentrates)
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ALPRO yoghurts (long-life, for the shelf not fridge)
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Tinned red meat, such as tinned mince, Bolognese, stew and chilli.
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Microwave puddings
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Pasta sauce
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Peanut Butter
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Chicken in sauce
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Small cartons of long life milk (for homeless people or someone without a fridge)
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Meals that do not need cooking (for example John West Fish and rice meals)
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Sweets, snacks & crisps
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Chicken in Sauce
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Tinned Pasta
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Teabags
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Tuna
Where possible and available, consider giving tins with a ring-pull as these can also be used for homeless people where the food is appropriate. (E.g., fish, tinned fruit...)
We ask for smaller size items as many people do not have a car and it reduces the weight of the parcel.
Other Suggested Food Donations
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Mayonnaise
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Porridge Oats
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UHT fruit juice
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Microwave rice
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Veggie meals (tinned)
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Tinned meals
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Packets of Rice (500g if possible)
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Packets of pasta
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Jars of curry sauce to go with rice
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Teabags
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Sponge Puddings
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Dried fruit
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Angel Delight
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Small sachets of herbs
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Shampoo
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Toothpaste
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Toothbrushes
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Deodorant
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Sunscreen (for homeless people in the summer)
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Shower gel, soap
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Feminine products--sanitary towels and tampons
We don’t currently need, please do not donate:
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Baked beans
Donation Points
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The Roebuck, Rockingham Road
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The Mercado Lounge, Abbey Street
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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.


