Over the last eight years, we have been grateful for the many donations made to the foodbank. Thank you!
What do we need?
May 23rd 2022
Please note that the food donated in the boxes at Lidl and Aldi does not come to Bingley Foodbank. There is a collection point for Bingley Foodbank at the Coop in the shopping centre.
Thank you to those of you who follow the web site for any shortages. We have been busy the last few weeks and the shortages now are listed below:
Thank you to everyone who has made contributions. We are grateful that we can meet the needs of the families and individuals who come to the Foodbank. Again, thank you.
We are grateful for any tinned or packets of food but at the moment we still have plenty of baked beans, and pasta. We now have room for tinned soup again.
We cannot use catering size packs of food as these are too big even for the larger families.
We have some room of the shelves for:
Tinned Soup
Tinned fruit
Tinned potatoes
Tinned carrots and tinned peas
Instant noodles and other pack where added hot water reconstitutes
Long grain Rice
Pasta Sauce – cheese of tomato
tinned ravioli and tinned macaroni cheese
long life milk
meat and fish paste.
Cereals – we have enough porridge at the moment
Rice Pudding
Tinned custard
Sugar
Jam
Coffee
Tea (not the really big packs please)
Biscuits
We are also pleased to be able to give out toiletries (toothpaste/soap/shampoo) and toilet rolls
We have plenty of:
- pasta
- baked beans
Where do I donate?
Donations can be made at Bingley Little Theatre Please now come to the Main entrance of the Arts Centre (Bingley Little Theatre) on Main Street and leave the food just inside the door. Thank you.
If you have a large donation it is possible to drive up to this door via Queens Street.
We’re open on Tuesdays and Fridays between 10.30am and 12 noon. There are also boxes for donations in several places but some of these are closed during the lockdown:
- Bingley Methodist Church
- All Saints Church Bingley
- Holy Trinity Church
- St Wilfred’s Church Gilstead
- St Mary & Monica’s church, Cottingley
- Sacred Heart Church, Bingley
- The Eldwick Church
- At present the Coop has boxes for collections
- East Morton Community Shop, Main Street, East Morton
Not on this list?
If you’re not on this list but are involved with Bingley Foodbank as an agency for food donations, let us know and we’ll add you on. Equally, if you’d like to be included as an organisation that accepts food donations for us, email us.
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