Donate food
Support us by donating food and other essentials.
BankTheFood
The free BankTheFood app provides real-time updates of which items we need, letting shoppers know exactly what’s needed as they shop.
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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
Our shopping list below shows the food items that we urgently need this month and below that shows the food items that we have plenty of and do not need. Small and regular size items are best - they can be given to individuals, small and large families, and are easier for people to carry home from the food bank centre.
Items we need
As of 01/01/2026
- Bags for life
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Cooking oil
- Crackers
- Honey
- Hot Chocolate
- Instant mashed potato
- Jam
- Long-life juice
- Long-life milk
- Men's deodorant
- Nappies - size 6
- Nappies - size 7
- Peanut Butter
- Porridge oats
- Razors for shaving
- Savoury snacks
- Shampoo
- Shaving foam/gel
- Shower gel
- Snacks (e.g. crisps, cereal bars, etc)
- Sponge puddings
- Spreads
- Tea bags
- Tinned carrots
- Tinned chicken
- Tinned corned beef
- Tinned custard
- Tinned fish
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned hot dogs
- Tinned macaroni cheese
- Tinned meat
- Tinned meatballs
- Tinned pies
- Tinned potatoes
- Tinned ravioli
- Tinned rice pudding
- Tinned vegetables
- Toilet roll
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Vegan food items
- Vegetarian food items
- Washing powder
- Washing up liquid
- Women's deodorant
Items we don’t need
As of 01/01/2026
- Baked beans
- Biscuits
- Cereal
- Pasta
- Tinned pulses
- Tinned soup
Warehouse donations
You can bring your donations, or arrange for an online supermarket shop delivery, to our warehouse during our opening hours.
For larger donations (pallets, vans, etc.) please get in touch and let us know when to expect you.
Address: Harrow Foodbank Warehouse, Unit H2, Phoenix Business Centre, Rosslyn Crescent, Harrow, HA1 2SP.
- On entry to the Business Centre drive straight ahead, turn right down the slope and right again.
Opening hours: Monday - Wednesday & Friday, 10:30am - 2:30pm
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.