Harvest 2026 is on October 11th at all three services, so please scroll down to see how you can donate to York Foodbank.

Last year we collected an enormous half a tonne of food and household essentials for York Foodbank, and after the success of the Amazon wishlist, we will be continuing with this option in 2026.

Love Your Neighbour - Harvest and York Foodbank

Our Autumn Love Your Neighbour focus continues to be on food, and working towards making sure everyone in York has the essentials to live.

So how can you get involved?.

So what does this mean?

  • Harvest is when we celebrate God’s goodness in providing us with all we need, with particular reference to food

  • We’ll organise the collection of donations from the De Grey Rooms to the York Foodbank warehouse.

  • Watch out for our Social Action inserts in the Friday newsletter, and on social media, and be ready to bring much needed items to your Sunday service, or consider donating in the ways suggested below. 

WAYS TO DONATE:

  • bring food items to all three services on Sunday 11th October

  • select items from our Amazon Harvest wishlist for direct delivery to the De Grey Rooms. You will need an Amazon account, and if you have Prime, your delivery will be free. The link is now open so please donate when you’re ready, and please don’t worry if the delivery date seems far off as York Foodbank collect from the De Grey Rooms every week throughout the year.

  • do an online supermarket shop (from any supermarket) choosing direct delivery to the York Foodbank Warehouse to arrive on Tuesday or Thursday mornings 9:30am - 1pm. The warehouse address can be found here.

  • donate financially to York Foodbank by going to their Donate page here.

If you’d like to know more about how we already partner with York Foodbank, click here.

Other ideas:

York Foodbank

Each week in the Friday newsletter, we give details of the most needed items, or why not download the BankTheFood app to get up-to-date needs when you’re at the supermarket?

Carecent

Carecent is a breakfast centre run from Central Methodist Church for all homeless, unemployed or otherwise socially excluded members of the community.

The Belfrey has supported them at Autumn time before, but this year they’re asking mainly for monetary donations as they don’t have storage facilities for foodstuffs.  To find out more, and to donate, please go to their Harvest website page.

Supermarkets

All the major supermarkets in York (and some of the smaller ones) have places you can pick up and donate food.  Why not check out the Bank the Food app when you’re shopping and add something the York Foodbank needs to your shop?