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Donate food
Our foodbank relies on your goodwill and support.
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.
Tesco and Asda collection bins are intended for food that has been purchased in-store. Any food that has been purchased in a different store and brought to the collection bin store should be in a bag and clearly labelled as having been purchased elsewhere.
If you are happy to drop off food donations, please see the table below for our food collection point locations:
| Location of supermarket collection bin | Opening hours | Comments |
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Tesco Extra, Lottridge Drove, Eastbourne (in-store shoppers only) |
24 hours | front of store near exits |
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Tesco Metro, Kingfisher Centre, Langney, Eastbourne (in-store shoppers only) |
08:00 – 21:00 | front of store near exits |
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Tesco Metro, Brassey Ave, Hampden Park, Eastbourne In- store shoppers only) |
08:00 – 23:00 | front of store near exits |
| Sainsbury’s, Broadwater Way, Eastbourne | 07:30 – 23.00 | front of store near exits |
| Sainsbury’s, Eastbourne The Beacon Centre | 08:30 – 18:00 | front of store near exits |
| Sainsbury’s Local, Victoria Drive, Old Town, Eastbourne | 08:30 – 23:00 | front of store near exits |
| Morrisons, Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne | 08:00 – 22:00 | front of store near exits |
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ASDA, The Crumbles, Pevensey Bay Road, Eastbourne (in-store shoppers only) |
07:00 – midnight | front of store near exits |
| Waitrose, High Street, Eastbourne | 08:00 – 21:00 | front of store near exits |
| C0-op, 1 – 3 Albert Terrace, Eastbourne | 08:00 – midnight | front of store near exits |
| Co-op, Lindfield Road, Eastbourne | 06:00 – 23:00 | front of store near exits |
| Co-op, 346 Seaside, Eastbourne | 06:00 – 23:00 | front of store near exits |
| Lidl, Seaside Eastbourne | 08:00 – 17:00 | front of store |
| Lidl, Polegate | 08:00 – 17:00 | front of store |
| Tesco Express, Terminus Road | 06:00 – 23:00 | |
| Tesco Express, Stone Cross | 06:00 – 23:00 | |
| Tesco Express, Meads Street, Eastbourne | 07:00 – 23:00 | |
| Pets At Home, Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne | 09:00 – 20:00 | |
| ESK Pet Pantry, Courtlands Road, Eastbourne | 09:00 – 17:30 | |
| Co-op Polegate, High Street, Polegate | 06:00 – 22:00 | |
The table below is for the locations of our non supermarket food collection points :
| Location of non supermarket collection bins | Opening hours | Comments |
| Boots, Beacon Shopping Centre | 08:30 – 18:00 | |
| Boots, Sovereign Retail Park, The Crumbles | 08:00 – 18:00 | |
| Barclays, Terminus Road, Eastbourne | 09:00 – 16:30 | banking hall |
| Suncoast Church, Courtland Road, Eastbourne | Days the church centre is open | |
| St Anthony’s Centre, 557a Seaside, Eastbourne | 09:30 – 12:30 | Tuesday & Thursday morning |
| Kings Church, Edison Road, Eastbourne | 09:30 – 16:00 | Vestibule weekdays & Sunday |
| St Elisabeth’s Church, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne | 09:30 – 12:30 | Church Centre weekdays & Sundays |
| St John’s Church, St John’s Road, Meads, Eastbourne | 09:30 – 13:00 | Entrance porch to church |
| Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne | Days the church centre is open | |
| Our Lady of Ransom Church, Grange Road, Eastbourne | Days the church is open | |
| All Souls Church, Susans Road, Eastbourne | Days the church is open | |
| St Saviour’s Church, South Street, Eastbourne | Days the church is open | |
| DB Autos, Marshall Road, Eastbourne |
If it is more convenient to you please drop off donations at our warehouse : Unit 3, 55 Brampton Road, Eastbourne, BN22 9AF Open 8:30am to 3:00pm every weekday.
ONLINE SUPERMARKET DELIVERIES
There are a 2 main ways that you can donate through an online shop.
Firstly we recommend Bankuet if you want funds to go directly to purchase food. You can donate money specifically for the purchase of food items, but we choose the items we urgently need based on the funds available and this is then delivered to the foodbank.
Secondly, you can send an online shop to us from any major supermarket (Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco etc.) Please you the following details for your delivery instructions.
- Delivery address: Eastbourne Foodbank, Unit 3 , 55 Brampton Road, Eastbourne, BN22 9AF
- Delivery Time: Weekdays 8:30am to 3:00pm
- Contact Details: Provide the Foodbank phone number so the driver can get in touch with us if they need to : 01323 409925
APP FOR YOUR SMART PHONE
If you need a reminder as you enter a supermarket of the items we require there is an excellent APP called Bankthefood. Find out more at : https://www.bankthefood.org/downloadapp/
The APP is available for Apple and Android phone and is really easy to use but extremely helpful.
DONATE MONEY
If you’d rather donate money and let us decide what to purchase, please look at our donations page for more details. https://eastbourne.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
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. 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.