AIBU to not want to landfill perfectly good stock? Does anyone work for a national foodbank? I am trying to avoid landfill

[NoToLandfill]

Hi I have some stock to donate. Enough for more than 1 foodbank. If I don't donate it we will have to scrap it. Ie it will go to landfill. I just can't bear to do that, it's so wasteful. I have contacted a few foodbanks but I've not heard back from any :(

The stock is cleaning products.

Please message me with your details if you want a donation.

Where do you live? It makes more sense to donate locally than to random strangers across mumsnet. Do you have a local Facebook page - offer it for free to charities and I'm sure you'll get loads of takers as everyone is still having to do a lot of additional cleaning.

Alternatively contact preschools/nurseries or care homes in the local area.

Where are you? I know places like Pershore Community Cupboard and Evesham Adventure Playground are able to take short life/mislabelled stock and have previously taken tonnes (literally in the case of some curry sauce which had the wrong label) of produce and distributed it as well as daily pickups of out of date food which the foodbank can't take

A local women’s refuge?

Why not contact your local foodbank and ask if they're interested? It would be a better bet than hoping random people on the internet pick it up, and less risky for you too.

Why don't you call the Trussell Trust, or phone around local small charities e.g. animal shelters, community centres, homeless hostels.

Have you tried contacting Fareshare? Who distribute this sort of thing to charities?

Second FareShare. Where are you in the Country?

Have a look at in kind direct

If there is a local selling page why not just offer them up for free on there? When our local shop had excess stock they showed up to our school set up on the field and gave the lot away at school closing time just bring a bag

If you’re anywhere near Dover, there’s the Sunrise Cafe. It’s a social enterprise where people pay what they can afford and they’ll feed you even if you can’t pay at all. They regularly receive donations of food (their menu changes depending in what they receive) and I think it would probably be gratefully received.

Or lots of supermarkets have donation points for food banks in store, where products can be left. Or animal shelters? Refuges?

Try Homestart UK, they have a network all over the country.

Thanks all! A women's refuge is going to take a load of it!
Thanks for Homestart, would love to donate to them, they helped me when DD was a baby.