We really appreciate the donation of food and other items from our local community. As we have limited storage, we are regularly produce a list of our most-needed items, please see below.
If possible please phone the office on 01962 862050 or complete the enquiry form below if you have items you would like to donate so that we can confirm we have space for the donation.
Our most-needed food and household items
Food:
- Squash/Cordial
- Biscuits
- Tea bags (caffeinated and decaffeinated)
- Instant coffee (caffeinated and decaffeinated)
- Cereal (no porridge oats please)
- Stuffing mix
- Gravy powder
- Tinned meats, mince, spam, corned beef, curry, ham and stews
- Pot noodles, instant noodles, cup a soups
- Tinned potatoes, tomatoes and sweetcorn
- Baked beans, ravioli and macaroni cheese
- Ketchup, brown sauce and salad cream and mayonnaise
- Marmite, chocolate spread and peanut butter
- Microwave rice pouches
- Cook in sauces such as bolognese, chilli, curry and vegetable
- Tinned custard, evaporated milk and condensed milk
- Granulated sugar
- Cooking oil
At the moment, we have enough rice, pasta, tinned soup, tinned fruit, tinned and dried pulses.
Other items:
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- Toilet roll
- Tissues
- Blankets
- Sleeping bags
- Foil
- Cling film
Amazon Wishlist
If you’re unable to drop donations off at The Winchester Beacon, our Amazon Wishlist makes it easy to help.
Our wishlist features some of our most-needed items. Simply choose what you’d like to donate, purchase it online and have it delivered directly to The Winchester Beacon.
Harvest Donations
The generosity of our community at harvest time helps us to provide much more than food for today. Donations are stored and used throughout the coming months to prepare thousands of nutritious meals for our residents.
Please find below a list of our most-needed items for you to download and share in your local community.
It is also possible to donate items via our Amazon Wishlist featured above.
Our storage space is very limited and therefore we are unfortunately only able to accept our most-needed items. At the moment we do not have space for duvets, towels or clothing. In terms of bed sheets, we are only able to accept new single sheets and new single duvet sets, no double bedding please. We are also no longer able to accept cleaning products.
We also welcome the donation of supermarket vouchers which we can use to purchase fresh ingredients as and when we need them. Vouchers are also useful to give to residents when they are moving on to their own accommodation.
Sometimes we find we have too much of a particular food item. In this situation, to ensure no food is wasted we redistribute donations to other charities and community organisations in the City including Winchester Basics Bank and the Carroll Centre.
Please contact us via the form below before dropping off your donation