
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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Pasta sauce
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UHT milk (whole or semi skimmed)
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Tinned Fruit
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Chicken in Sauce
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Tinned Pasta
We also need:
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Tinned Sweetcorn
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Tinned Carrots
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Tinned Peas
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Dried Potatoes (Smash)
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Tinned ham
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Tinned red meat, such as tinned mince, Bolognese, stew, chilli and hot dogs
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Sweets, snacks & crisps
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Fray Bentos pies
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Sandwich Paste
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Crackers
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Corned Beef
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Sugar (500g if possible)
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Tinned potatoes
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Tinned Tomatoes
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Biscuits
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Teabags
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Cup of soup
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John West rice meals
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ALPRO yoghurts (long-life, for the shelf not fridge)
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Sponge puddings
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Long-life meals
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Robinsons minis or similar for families (small squash concentrates)
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Small cartons of long life milk (for homeless people or someone without a fridge)
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 carrots
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Tinned chickpeas, mixed chilli beans, lentils
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Tinned Peas
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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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Sandwich paste jars
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Teabags
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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 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.