Donate Food & Household Items

High Needs List

Our Foodbank has a good supply of many food, hygiene and household items, however there are some specific items that we are in need of. Please see below:

Food:

  • Tinned ham/corned beef
  • Tinned fruit
  • Cooking sauces
  • Long life juice/squash
  • Tinned tomatoes
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Tinned sweetcorn
  • Tinned vegetarian meals
  • Chocolate
  • Custard
  • Rice pudding

Kitchen and hygiene items:

  • Nappies size 5, 6, 7, 8
  • Laundry liquid/tabs/powder
  • 2-in-1 shampoo

Please note:

• We do not accept furniture
• We are currently not accepting clothes, shoes, accessories, bedding or crockery

How to donate

Donations can be dropped off at our Foodbank at Dacre House, 19 Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4AA – Monday-Friday 10am-1pm. Additional hours on Wednesdays 4pm-6pm. (Closed on Bank Holidays). For large donations, please contact 01442 250969 or foodbank@dens.org.uk.

Please note – DENS Dacorum Foodbank will have new opening hours from Wednesday 1st April:
Tuesday 10am-1pm, Wednesday 3-6pm, Thursday-Friday 10am-1pm (Closed on Bank Holidays)

Alternatively, you can drop food items in the Foodbank crates after the checkouts at these supermarkets:

Hemel – Tesco Extra Jarman Park (in-store shoppers only), Sainsbury’s Apsley Mills, Sainsbury’s Woodhall Farm

Berkhamsted – Tesco Metro (in-store shoppers only), Waitrose

Tring – Tesco (in-store shoppers only)

Please note: Tesco collection points are intended for food that has been purchased in-store. Any food that has been purchased in a different store and donated at a Tesco should be sealed and clearly labelled as having been purchased elsewhere.

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