
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 or are unable to use.
Collection points are listed at the end of this page.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all of your Christmas donations! We will update this page as soon and as regularly as possible. Thank you for all your generosity. We have a high number of referrals and appreciate all your support.
WE HAVE MOST URGENT NEED FOR:
- UHT Milk (whole or semi-skimmed)
- Tinned fruit
- Tolieteries: period products, toothpaste, deoderant, shampoo, small sun lotion bottles
- Tinned rice pudding
- Tinned corned beef
- Snacks and Cereal Bars
- Small packs of nuts / dried fruit
- Biscuits
- Microwave sponge puddings
- Tinned or long life meals of any kind (including vegetarian)
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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Pot Noodle
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Tinned sweetcorn
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Tinned carrots
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Tinned peas
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Jam
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Peanut butter
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No cook products, long life: e.g., John West fish meals, pasta meals
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Kettle only products: e.g., noodles, couscous, soups
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Microwave puddings
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Jars of coffee (100grams)
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Tea bags (80)
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Shower gel or soap
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Vegetarian meals in tins
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Porridge oats
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Dried packet rice
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Baked beans
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Strong, clean 'bags for life'
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Sugar (500g or sachets if possible)
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Fray Bentos pies
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Baked Beans with Sausages
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Tinned Meatballs
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Chicken in Sauce
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Microwave puddings
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Marmalade
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Tinned Potatoes
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Crisps
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Tinned chickpeas, mixed chilli beans, lentils
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Sachet Meals (pan or microwave)
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Microwave Rice
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Tinned Soup
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Cup a Soup
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Tinned Sausages with beans
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Tinned Vegetarian Meals, such as veggie chilli
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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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Sweets, snacks & crisps
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Chicken in Sauce
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Tinned Pasta
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Tuna
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Mayonnaise
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Packets of pasta
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Jars of curry sauce to go with rice
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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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Toothbrushes
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Tinned tomatoes
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Long life fruit juice
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Cordial/squash
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Hot dogs (tins or jars)
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Dried mash potato (Smash)
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Tinned beans (kidney, chick peas etc.)
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Tinned chicken
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Tinned Red Meat
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Tinned custard
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Cereals
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Cream crackers
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Jars of pasta sauce
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Bottled water
We don’t currently need, please do not donate:
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alcohol
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homemade food
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food without ingredients
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opened food items
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medical items such as incontinence pads, shavers, condoms or medicine.
Donation Points
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Spar, Coventry Road
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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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Both Sainsbury’s (Harvest Road and St Mary's Place)
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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.
