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.

Here is a list of our food collection locations:

Location of food donation point	Opening hours	Comments
Waitrose, Bray’s Lane, Ely, CB7 4QJ	Mon-Fri 07:30-21:00 Sat 07:30-20:00 Sun 10:00-16:00	front of store
Tesco, Angel Drove, Ely, CB7 4DJ	Mon 06:00-00:00 Tue-Sat 24 Hours Sun 10:00-16:00	front of store
Tesco, Hotsmoor Avenue, March, PE15 0AX	Mon-Sat 06:00-00:00 Sun 10:00-16:00	front of store
Sainsbury’s, Lisle Lane, Ely, CB7 4AS	Mon-Sat 08:00-22:00 Sun 10:00-16:00	front of store

 

If you are happy to drop off food donations to our warehouse, please see our warehouse opening times. In addition many churches in the region have a collection box, including Ely Cathedral.

We always welcome donations and promise to use them to provide help to people in crisis. Occasionally we send food to other nearby foodbanks to support their work particularly if they experience shortages. Food that we cannot readily use, but is still edible, is typically distributed to local hostels. 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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