Donate food
Support us by donating food and other essentials.

BankTheFood
The free BankTheFood app provides real-time updates of which items we need.
On this page:
More people than ever are being driven to food banks and the sharp increase in people needing help is outstripping food donations.
Your donations are vital to ensure that we can continue to help the people in our community.
What to donate
Items we need
As of 01/10/2026
- Long-life milk
- Shampoo
- Shaving foam/gel
- Tinned custard
- Tinned meat
- Tinned soup
- Tinned spaghetti
- Tinned tomatoes
- Washing powder
- Women's deodorant
Items we don’t need
As of 01/10/2026
- Cereal
- Pasta
- Tea bags
Supermarket donations
You can donate items during your supermarket shop by leaving them at donation points at the following locations. Your donations will be delivered to us, where we’ll pack them into emergency food parcels.
Please note: Tesco and Asda PCPs are intended for food that has been purchased in–store. Any food that has been purchased in a different store and brought into the PCP store should be sealed by the donor and clearly labelled as having been purchased elsewhere.
Find your nearest supermarket donation point below.
