Donate food
Support us by donating food and other essentials.
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 22/10/2025
- Biscuits
- Cereal
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Cup-a-soup
- Deodorant
- Instant mashed potato
- Jam
- Long-life milk
- Men's deodorant
- Pasta
- Rice
- Rice sachets (microwavable)
- Shampoo
- Shower gel
- Sponge puddings
- Squash
- Tea bags
- Tinned custard
- Tinned fish
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned ham
- Tinned meat
- Tinned soup
- Tinned tomatoes
- Tinned tuna
- Toothbrushes
- Women's deodorant
Items we don’t need
As of 22/10/2025
- Baked beans
- Nappies - size 0
- Nappies - size 1
- Nappies - size 2
- Nappies - size 3
- Nappies - size 4
- Nappies - size 5
- Nappies - size 6
- Nappies - size 7
- Sanitary towels
- Tinned potatoes
- Tinned pulses
Warehouse donations
You can bring your donations, or arrange for an online supermarket shop delivery, to our warehouse during our opening hours, which are Monday to Friday 9-5.
Unit 6 Lakes Industrial Estate
Lower Chapel Road
Braintree
CM7 3RU
Online donations
Amazon Wishlist coming soon, watch this space!
Donation Points
You can donate items 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.
Find your nearest donation point below.