Donate food

Support us by donating food and other essentials.

BankTheFood

The free BankTheFood app provides real-time updates of which items we need.

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

  • Cleaning spray
  • Coffee
  • Cooking oil
  • Cup-a-soup
  • Instant mashed potato
  • Kitchen roll
  • Long-life juice
  • Men's deodorant
  • Rice
  • Sanitary towels

Items we don’t need

  • Baby wipes
  • Baked beans
  • Bars of soap
  • Crackers
  • Multipack crisps/ snacks
  • Pasta
  • Pasta sauce
  • Tea bags
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tinned soup

Donations

You can bring your donations to Jubilee Community Centre during our opening hours.

Jubilee Community Centre,
Charlwoods Road,
East Grinstead,
RH19 2HL

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09:00-21:00 Monday to Friday, except Bank Holidays. There is a collection box in the reception area.

Online donations

Artwork showing a Give Today van dropping an order at the food bank

Even if you don't go to the supermarket you can still support us with food donations now are part of Give Today – an online shopping platform that lists the items we most need and then sends them directly to us! So if you don't want to go shopping and want to support us, this is a great way to do it!

Donate via Give Today

Additional 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.