Harvest Festival 2024

We welcome all harvest food collections

Whether your an individual, family, business, school, church group, club or team, your Harvest donations do really matter!
Currently we experiencing high demand for our food bank service across Kent and Medway and your donations are very much needed!
 
Our Harvest Festival collection will run from the
2nd September until 25th October 2024. 

Items we really need donated are: 

- Tinned Meat (Curry, Chilli, Meat Balls, Hot Dogs, Pies, etc.)
- Tinned Veg (Peas, Carrots, Potatoes, etc.)
- Tinned Fish
- Tinned Desserts (Fruit, Custard, Rice Pudding, etc.)
- Soups (Tinned & Packets)
- Tinned Potatoes
- Dried Rice/Pasta
- Sauces (Jars - Pasta, Curry, Chilli, etc)
- Long Life Milk
- Tea/Coffee
- Cereal
- Biscuits
- Preservatives
- Hygiene & Baby Products

Please take any donations directly to our warehouse:
Unit 4, St Johns Court
Foster Road
Ashford Business Park
Ashford, Kent
TN24 0SJ
Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.00pm

Or to your nearest Distribution Centre, which can be located by clicking here.
If you have a large collection, then please contact us to schedule a collection

We do not require you to purchase branded/expensive items; often the cheapest and simplest items are what we are most short of. 
Finally we can only accept food that is in date, and that has not passed its Use By or Best Before Date.

To click on the images below to download a copy of our Harvest Appeal

Currently every week we send out over 250 food boxes a week across Kent & Medway.
​This is equivalent to...
3,000kg of food
7,142 meals
6,250 individual food products
250 cardboard food boxes
Over 450 miles of travel

If you don't have time but want to support the cause, please visit our 'Make a Donation Page'.
​A £25.00 donation would help feed one family this Harvest! 

Children & Families runs the Family Food Bank.
Registered Charity No. 1115459

 Your donations really do make a huge difference to the work we do, so thank you!

For more information about getting involved or to make a donation please email [email protected]; call 01233 500477 or
​get in touch using our Contact Page.