Who we are
At Manor House Foodbank we believe that no one in our community should go hungry. We work hard to relieve some of the symptoms of food poverty in the local area with the provision of food parcels.
The Manor House Foodbank is run by King's Church Leicester and receives support from other churches and businesses in the local area. This support is crucial in enabling us to provide support to families and individuals who need it.
We appreciate that the causes of food poverty extends into other aspects of life. Therefore, we try to provide wherever possible toiletries and other consumable household items. We also work hard to signpost to other agencies that provide support in the city and beyond. This includes a close working relationship the the Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt centre that is based at the centre.
You can find more information about how to use the services our foodbank provides as well as how you can support us below.
When?
Wednesdays 5:30pm - 7pm
Fridays 10:30am - 12noon
If it is your first time please aim to arrive 30minutes before the end of the session so that we have plenty of time to sort any paperwork.
Who?
We serve the area local to Manor House including the following postcodes:
LE3 0, LE3 1, LE3 2
and Braunstone parts of LE3 3
If you are outside of this area please see MyChoice Leicester to find your nearest foodbank.
How?
We run a self referral process. This means that all you have to do is turn up to one of our foodbank sessions and let the person on the desk know if it your first time.
If it is your first time please try to bring:
Some form of ID
Proof of address
How can you help?
There are many ways that you can support our foodbank:
- Donate sealed, in date items that can be given to clients
(see below for more info) - Donate your old carrier bags.
- Donate old (clean) egg cartons.
- Give financially (for more info get in touch).
- Run a bring a tin night with your friends and donate the tins to foodbank.
- Volunteer with us (get in touch for more info)
If you would like to support our foodbank but don't know how or would like more information you can email foodbank@mhcc.org.uk
Current Stock Needs
We are always accepting donations of sealed, in date items. Due to food safety we can only accept items that have sealed packaging containing allergen information.
Donation Points
You can drop of donations at the following places:
- Manor House Community centre
Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm
- King's Church Leicester (Fullhurst Collage, Fosse Campus)
Sunday 10:30am - 12noon
- Co-op Evington Road
- Co-op Clarendon Park Road
- Co-op Narborough Road
- Sainsburys North Superstore (Melton Road)
We are always looking for more places to have donation points, if your business, place of worship or social space are interested in this please get in touch. We can offer collection of bulk goods from donation boxes and/or events.