Donate food

Support us by donating food and other essentials.

Green crate filled with a variety of items that make up a food parcel

BankTheFood

The free BankTheFood app provides real-time updates of which items we need.

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 need right now.

Items we need

As of 13/10/2026

  • Coffee
  • Instant mashed potato
  • Rice sachets (microwavable)
  • Sponge puddings
  • Tinned custard
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tinned meat
  • Tinned rice pudding
  • Tinned vegetables

Items we don’t need

As of 13/10/2026

  • Tinned sweetcorn

Warehouse donations

Food donations can be made at the Foodbank Warehouse,

Unit 14, Henderson Industrial Units, 
Ivy Road (off Bowthorpe Road), 
Norwich, NR5 8BF

Open: Mon, Thurs and Fri 9-1pm (excluding bank holidays).

Online donations

You can request deliveries straight to our warehouse via your online shopping provider.

Unit 14, Henderson Industrial Units, 
Ivy Road (off Bowthorpe Road), 
Norwich, NR5 8BF
Preferable times are Mon, Thurs and Fri 9am–1pm (excluding bank holidays).

Amazon wish list

As well as shopping from our list above, our Amazon wish list has single and bulk items available to buy and get delivered directly to our warehouse.

Amazon wish list

Give Today

Give Today is a donation platform which shows our most needed items which can be bought on the Give Today website and delivered directly to our warehouse. Give Today use ethically sourced suppliers and put together bundle parcels so donors can purchase a mixture of items.

Give Today donation

Bankuet

Bankuet donations allow us to purchase bulk orders of items needed for food parcels.

Bankuet donation

Give Food

Give Food allows public to donate directly to their local food bank either by donating money which Give Food then covert into a delivery direct to the food bank with items from our website shopping list. Or you can choose to donate directly yourself via one of our collection points shown via their 'Find a Foodbank' link.

Give Food donation

Donation points

You can donate items 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 donation point below.

Please note: You can donate food at most East of England Co–op Food stores across Norwich. Various opening hours.