Donate food
Support us by donating food and other essentials.
More people than ever coming to our Foodbank Welcome Centres because they have been left with no other option but to turn to us for help. The sharp increase in need 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
As of 01/07/2025
- Instant coffee
- Noodles
- Porridge oats
- Rice
- Snacks (e.g. crisps, cereal bars, etc)
- Tinned fish
- Tinned meat
- Tinned rice pudding
- Tinned soup
Items we don't need
As of 01/07/2025
- Baked beans
- Boxes of tissues
- Cooking sauce in packets
- Incontinence products
- Pasta
- Powdered milk
Please note that we can only accept non-perishable, ambient food that is in date. We would be pleased to take fresh fruit or vegetables but only with prior arrangement. We cannot distribute alcohol, bottled water, medicines or infant formula. We also cannot distribute food that is chilled, damaged, opened, past its 'best before' date or packages of more than 1kg in weight.
Warehouse donations
You can bring your donations, or arrange for an online supermarket shop delivery, to our warehouse during our opening hours. Please drop off donations at Unit 4, Orwell Furlong, Cb4 0WY.
| Mondays | 10.30am - 1pm |
| Thursday | 6.15pm - 7pm |
| Fridays | 10.30am - 1pm |
Supermarket donations
You can donate items during your supermarket shop by leaving them at donation points at the following locations. Volunteers will deliver your donation to our warehouse, where the team will sort and pack them into emergency food parcels.
Donate through BankTheFood app
Download the free BankTheFood app and follow Cambridge City Foodbank for real-time updates of which items we need.