GIVE FOOD
We are always happy to receive food donations. If you would prefer to give food for us to distribute, please take a look at our foodbank favourites list.
You can bring your food donations to the foodbank at the following times:
Tuesdays 12pm-5pm
Wednesdays 12pm-7pm
Sundays 11am-3pm
Mondays 8.30am-12.30pm
Local shops also collect for us and if you are in these stores and would like to give one or two items, thank you!
Co-op Petrol Station: 127-131 Bow Rd, Bow, London E3 2AN
Co-op: 246-252 Hackney Rd, E2 7SJ
Simply Fresh E2: 201-203 Roman Rd, E2 0QY
Maks News: 154 Columbia Rd, E2 7RG
Ozone Coffee: Emma St, E2 9AP.
Foodbank Favourites
Every week, we bulk buy foodbank favourite items for both Bow and Bethnal Green Foodbanks, so every item you can give saves us money.
We typically provide around three to four days’ worth of food for each person, plus extra items for a family with children. Please give what you can – even just a few items do make a difference.
If you would like to organise a larger food collection for us from your school, church, community group, apartment block or workplace, or set up a weekly collection point, please get in touch. info@bowfoodbank.org. Thank you for all your help.
- Cereals (including 12 pack Weetabix)
- Disposable nappies (most popular sizes 3, 4 and 5)
- Dried lentils
- Vegetable cooking oil (1 L)
- Washing Powder
- Toilet rolls
- UHT Milk (semi-skimmed or full fat)
- Rice (1 kg)
- Pasta (1kg)
- Washing-up liquid
- Tinned vegetables and pulses – kidney beans, chickpeas, potatoes, tomatoes, sweetcorn etc. (400g)
- Instant coffee
- Shampoo
- Shower Gel
- Teabags
- Peanut butter
- Rice pudding (canned)
- Tinned custard
- Jam