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Christmas 2020

21st October 2020

At BCFB we rely on donations year round to help many families who are experiencing crisis.  Christmas is a time of celebration for many but a time of great financial pressure for others, this year more than with lockdown and social instability.  Essential items such as warm clothes and heating add to the cost of Christmas and some parents will go without food to make sure their children have everything else that they need.  Please consider donating food, toiletries and financially where possible to Black Country Foodbank so we can help provide some relief for those struggling, especially during the covid pandemic.

Please note our cut off dates for certain food items are as follows:

Advent Calendars – Friday 13th November, 2020.
Christmas Food (such as mince pies and selection boxes) – Friday 4th December, 2020.

Don’t forget we can’t accept any items with alcohol in. Thank you.

Please find a link to our Christmas Shopping List below:

Christmas Shopping List with toiletries

Ideas for donations (Christmas)

You may also find the reverse advent calendar resource useful to help you or your organisation collect items from BCFB’s shortages list on the run up to Christmas:

Reverse Advent Calendar

The Head Office and warehouse in Albion Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3EE will close on Wednesday 23rd December, 2020 at 2pm and re-open on Tuesday 4th January, 2021 at 9am.  This does not apply to our centres/foodbanks.  Please see our Locations page for the opening times of individual Distribution Centres/Foodbanks over the Christmas period.