
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!
WE HAVE MOST URGENT NEED FOR:
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Tinned Soup
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Cup a Soup
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Tinned Rice Pudding
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Custard
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Coffee (small jars)
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Fray Bentos pies
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Sugar (500g if possible)
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Tinned Potatoes
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Tinned Sausages with beans
We also need:
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Microwave Rice
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Corned Beef
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Tinned Peas
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Tinned Ham
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Tinned Fruit
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Tinned Vegetarian Meals, such as veggie chilli
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Marmalade
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Biscuits
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Snacks and Cereal Bars
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Crackers
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Robinsons minis or similar for families (small squash concentrates)
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Fruit Squash/Juice
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Hot Dogs (tins or jars)
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ALPRO yoghurts (long-life, for the shelf not fridge)
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Dried Potatoes (Smash)
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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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Tinned Carrots
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UHT milk (whole or semi skimmed)
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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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Tinned Sweetcorn
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Tinned Carrots
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Sweets, snacks & crisps
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Sandwich Paste
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Chicken in Sauce
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Tinned Pasta
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Tinned Tomatoes
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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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Tinned chickpeas, mixed chilli beans, lentils
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Peanut butter
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Mayonnaise
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Jam
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Marmalade
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Cereal including oats
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Snack/cereal bars
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Breakfast Cereal
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Porridge Oats
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UHT fruit juice
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Cordial / long life 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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Tinned beans with sausages (not beans on their own--for breakfast or lunch)
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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
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Other beans (kidney beans etc.)
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.