Donate food

Support us by donating food and other essentials.

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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.

We accept non-perishable, in-date items. We can't accept food items without an ingredients list due to Natasha's Law. 

Most needed items

Items we need

  • Conditioner
  • Cooking oil
  • Deodorant
  • Kitchen roll
  • Long-life juice
  • Long-life milk
  • Nappies - size 5
  • Nappies - size 6
  • Shampoo
  • Stock cubes
  • Tinned fish
  • Tinned meat
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Washing powder
  • Washing up liquid

Warehouse donations

You can donate directly to our Chichester warehouse at Unit 10, Chichester Trade Centre, Quarry Lane, Chichester, PO19 8ET

Our warehouse opening times are:

Mon: 08:30-16:00
Tues: 09:00-12:00
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30

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. 

Host a collection

You can help us by collecting food at your school, church or business.

If you have a large collection and would like us to pick it up, please contact Marie, our Warehouse Manager:

Give Today

We’ve partnered with Give Today to make donating food to our food bank easier for our supporters. You shop online. The food is delivered straight to us. Donate from the comfort of your sofa!

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Amazon Wishlist

Help fill our shelves directly from your home by purchasing items from our Amazon Wishlist. Each item you buy will be sent straight to Chichester District Foodbank, directly supporting families in need.

Lisburn food bank stacked containers in the warehouse