Donate food

Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell Trust network is donated by the public – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone referred to us a balanced and nutritious three day supply of food.

Our shopping list on the right shows the food items that we need right now.

If you are happy to drop off food donations to a store, please see the table below for our food collection point locations:

Location of food donation points	Opening hours	Comments
Tesco Superstore, 209 Lewisham Rd SE13 7PY	0600 – midnight	front of store near exits
Tesco Superstore, Croydon Rd, Beckenham BR3 4AA	24 hrs	front of store near exits
Sainsbury’s Local, 313-315 Kirkdale, SE26 4QB	0790 – 2300	front of store near exits
Waitrose, 1 Southend Road, Beckenham BR3 1SD	0730 – 2200	front of store near exits
Sainsbury’s, 263D New Cross Rd, London SE14 5UQ	0800 – 2200	front of store near exits

Alternatively you can drop off donations to

• Lewisham Foodbank, Hope Centre, Malham Road SE23 1AN
  • Wednesdays between 10 am and 12 noon or Fridays between 12 noon and 2 pm
• My Jamii Café, 3 Honor Oak Park SE23 1DX
  • Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm or Saturday 10 am – 5 pm
• The Butchery, 49 London Road SE23 3TY
  • 9.30 am – 3 pm every day
• 25 Manwood Road, Brockley SE4 1AA
  • call Caro on 07971 008252 to arrange delivery
• 37 Girton Road, Sydenham SE26 5DJ
  • call Carol on 07731 846301 to arrange delivery

We always welcome non-perishable, in-date donations and promise to use them to provide help to people in crisis. Occasionally we send food to other nearby foodbanks or partner organisations (eg homeless projects) to support their work particularly if they experience shortages. This ensures your donations go to help people wherever in the UK they are.

Please contact us if you have any questions about donating food.

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