Donate Items

Please support our work with donations of the items we are short of but need to run our services everyday. We will keep the list below up to date as our needs change.

You can deliver donations to us at our Support Office, 61 Bloom Street, Manchester, M1 3LY. Alternatively items can be ordered and delivered online through Give Today.

Please download and share our list of urgently needed items

Items we use everyday

You can support our work by donating any of the following items that we use every single day while supporting our friends experiencing homelessness.

Sleeping bags	Crisps
Pre-paid SIM cards	Cereal bars
Long life milk	Biscuits
Sugar	Chocolate bars
Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate	Porridge pots
Individual bottles of Water and Cartons of Juice	Pot Noodles, Pasta Pots, Cuppa Soups, Mug Shots
Tinned meat; Hotdogs, Stewing steak, Corned beef	Tinned fruit and vegetables
Sausages and Bacon	Shower gel
Tinned meals; Meatballs, Chilli con carne, Ravioli, Sausage and beans, Irish stew	Roll-on Deodorant

Clothing must be washed at 60C or above and delivered in bags you can leave with us

Men’s jeans and joggers (sizes 28 to 32)	Men's warm Coats
Men's trainers and boots (sizes 7 - 11)	Men's t-shirts, hoodies, fleeces (small/medium)
Waterproof coats and jackets	Rucksacks 30L
Bath towels	Women's t-shirts, hoodies, fleeces, jeans, leggings
Women's knickers (new only high leg/ bikini style sizes 6-10)	Women's bra's (28-34 A-D cup) thermal vest tops (small/medium)
Women's trainers and boots (sizes 4 - 7)	Waterproof /warm coats (small/medium)

You could also donate monetarily here, this will help support us by keeping our lights on, the showers hot and vitally paying the wages of our team of case workers.

Please arrange for your items to be delivered to our Support Office Barnabus, 61 Bloom Street, M1 3LY we are open Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm. If you are have a large donation and would like to arrange collection please email [email protected] or call us on 0161 237 3223. Please also email [email protected] if you can help by donating gifts in kind, pro bono support or other ways.

Give Today

Give Today offer a brilliant service where you can browse and purchase the items that we need this month. The team at Give Today make sure your donation is delivered directly to our front door. Check out our up-to-date list of items we need on our Give Today page by using the link above.

When you purchase a donation through our page your exact purchased item is sent directly to us. Your donations are then used or distributed by our support team to help people experiencing homelessness, your gift really will help us to make a difference to someone’s life. It also means Barnabus doesn’t have to use it’s funds to buy everyday items which enables us to invest this instead into life transforming support.

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