Donate Food

Your donations make a real difference to people in our community. We gratefully accept dried and tinned foods, cleaning products, and toiletries.

The list below shows the items we currently need most, as well as those we already have in good supply. 

We also welcome fresh surplus produce — such as fruit and vegetables from allotments — but please deliver these directly to our warehouse or hubs (see here for opening times) rather than leaving them in supermarket donation points.

Where to Donate

You can drop off donations at any of our collection points:

Sainsbury’s (Winchester and Badger Farm)
Waitrose (Weeke)
Co-op (City Road, Winchester and Alresford)
West Lea Farm Shop, Alresford

Or bring them directly to our Donation Hub:
Gabare House, Winnall Valley Road, SO23 0LD
Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:00am – 3:00pm

Please note: the collection bin at Tesco Winnall is shared with other local charities via the FareShare network.

Organising a Collection

If you’re planning a large collection — for example through a school, church, or workplace — please contact us first. We’ll let you know which items are most needed at that time.

Business Donations

If you’re a business wishing to donate surplus stock, please contact our Logistics Manager on 01962 864720 (Tuesdays & Fridays 9 am – 3 pm)

Food most needed

We are in need of donations of most grocery items. In particular the following:

Tinned pears and pineapple (in juice)
Tinned sweetcorn and mixed veg
Tinned big soups with meat
Tinned macaroni cheese and ravioli
Tinned meat (mince, chili , corned beef, curry)
Custard or rice pudding
Raspberry, blackcurrant jam or marmalade
Honey, marmite, peanut butter
Rice, pasta, noodles
Cooking sauces and condiments
Squash & fruit juice, cereals & porridge


No thank you!

Unfortunately we cannot accept the following items:

Alcohol (or items containing alcohol)
Opened, part used or damaged items
Homemade items
Items passed their use-by date or best-before date
Hair dye
Vitamins/herbal supplements


Harvest Festival Donations

This year we have asked our local churches to pledge to donate food items in a specified month, rather than all together at Harvest Festival, to help spread the amount of food donated throughout the year.

See our page here for information on which churches are donating throughout the year.