Donate food
Support us by donating food and other essentials.
BankTheFood
The free BankTheFood app provides real-time updates of which items we need. The app will send you a helpful ‘ping’ with a reminder of our stock needs when you are shopping in the local supermarket.
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THANK YOU for your generous donations, allowing us to help those in need in our community.
We continue to need your help due to high levels of foodbank usage, but please only donate if you are financially able to do so.
The items that we currently need are shown below and can be accessed in the ‘shopping list’ format on the ‘News’ tab.
If you are part of a local group, church, school or business that would like to collect and donate items for us, you may wish to consider becoming a Foodbank Champion for us, focusing on just one or two items that are regularly needed from our list. This makes it easier for people to remember and helps us maintain regular stock of key items. Contact our office for more information: info@medway.foodbank.org.uk
We update most wanted items on social media most weeks.
We aim to provide nutritionally balanced basic provisions and some treats and extras where we can. We also stock non-food items such as toiletries, household/cleaning products, baby items and pet food for those who need them.
All donated items should be:
- Unopened and in good condition
- In date, ideally with more than 2 months before the ‘best before date’ (BBD)
- Non-perishable e.g. tinned and dried goods, not fresh, chilled or ‘use by’ dated items
Help us to avoid waste and support more people.
What to donate
Items we need
- Hot Chocolate
- Hot tinned meat
- Instant coffee
- Instant mashed potato
- Long-life milk
- Nappies - size 4
- Nappies - size 5
- Nappies - size 6
- Sponge puddings
- Squash (small)
- Sugar
- Tinned corned beef
- Tinned custard
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned ham
- Tinned tomatoes
- Toilet roll
- Washing up liquid
Warehouse donations
If you wish to deliver items directly to our warehouse or need items to be collected, please contact our office first on 01634 757057 or info@medway.foodbank.org.uk to arrange a slot. If you receive the answerphone when you call, please do leave a message and we will call you back as soon as possible. Please do not just turn up as our warehouse team is not always available and we do not want you to have a wasted journey.
To use supermarket ‘home delivery’ to purchase and deliver direct to our warehouse, please contact our office first so that you know the best delivery days/times for us before you book a slot with the supermarket.
Medway Foodbank Office and Warehouse
Unit 26,
Riverside 1
Sir Thomas Longley Road
Medway City Estate
ROCHESTER,
Kent
ME2 4DP
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.
Find your nearest supermarket donation point below.
Please note that for Tesco and Asda these points can only be used for items purchased in-store. The reason for this is that these supermarkets also donate a financial top-up for items bought and donated by the public in their stores which we really appreciate.
- We always welcome donations and promise to use them to provide help to people in crisis.
- Occasionally we send food to other nearby foodbanks to support their work, particularly if they experience shortages.
- Donated items that are not deemed suitable for distribution to clients may be used to raise funds or may be passed on to other charitable organisations in Medway.
Surplus stock may also be passed on to organisations supporting those in need in the
Medway area.Please do contact the office if you have any questions or need further information.
Thank you for your kind support.