Donate items

Donate items

66% of the people we see sleep rough on the streets in all weathers, with others staying in emergency shelters, hostels or even sofa surfing. Donating food can help us serve hot meals, your unwanted clothes can keep our friends warm and dry, and unused toiletries, new: underwear and socks can help to make those who sleep rough feel human again.

Please help us by donating urgently needed items. Alternatively please donate a £ gift by clicking on our donate button, this will help to fund our core work and we will only buy what we need. It also helps us pay for increasing fuel and utilities costs, especially at this time of year.

Urgently needed items

While we have our full list of donations below here is our ever changing list of items we are urgently short of.

Long life milk

Cordial

Baked beans

Cereal

Peanut butter

Tinned tomatoes

New Boxer shorts (small and medium)

Coffee

Hot dogs

Biscuits

Tinned veg

Tinned fish

Corned beef

New Socks

Sugar

Custard

Pasta sauce

Rice pudding

Tinned fruit

Jam

Full list of accepted donations

Donation list PDF

Gifts in kind

If you think the company you own or work for could help us out, we also take donations from retailers, manufacturers, agents, distributors and wholesalers. Your surplus products or goods can help bring dignity, comfort and hope.

We can receive your donations at our Barnabus Support Office. Find us at:

Barnabus

61 Bloom Street

Manchester

M1 3LY

We’re open Monday – Friday, from 10am – 4pm

If you have a large number of items or are unable able to drop off items during these times, please email Adam our Office Manager at [email protected], call us on 0161 237 3223.

Latest

Sorry were closed on Friday morning - 17/01/2020

Due to staff training we will unfortunately be closed on Friday morning - 17/01/2020
Salford Dragon Boat Race

We’re proud to announce that Barnabus are the Salford Dragon Boat Festival chosen Charity for 2020! Another reason why we can’t wait to take to the water again this year. We really hope you will join in the fun and raise vital life changing funds to help people experiencing homelessness.
Barnabus Quiz Night 20th February, 2020

Hosted by the Famous Franky Brockett you can take part in teams of up to 6 people battling it out for prizes. It's just £10 a ticket and all funds raised will go toward supporting those experiencing homelessness back into a home through the work of Barnabus.
Cheshire Kids Fun Duathlon

We encourage people of all ages to support us and this kid's Duathlon is the perfect opportunity for your children to take on a challenge and fundraise for those experiencing homelessness in Manchester.

Volunteer for us

Barnabus relies on over 90 volunteers a week to open our doors and welcome people who need a friend. We have volunteers from all over Greater Manchester, as well as Cheshire and Lancashire, all age groups and all walks of life.
Homelessness in Manchester

If you’ve walked the streets of Manchester, you’ve almost certainly passed by a rough sleeper. In fact, you’ve probably noticed that there are more people living and sleeping out on the streets. In 2010, the official rough sleeper figure was 7. In 2018, it was 94. Unfortunately, we know that in reality, the number is much higher. Please read on to find out more about homelessness in our city.
Donate items

66% of the people we support sleep rough on the streets in all weathers, with others staying in emergency shelters, hostels or even sofa surfing. Donating food can help us serve hot meals, your unwanted clothes can keep our friends warm and dry, and unused toiletries, new: underwear and socks can help to make those who sleep rough feel human again.
Fundraising ideas

Swim, cycle, skydive, climb a mountain, shave your head, organise an event - the only limit is your imagination! We’ve had people running marathons all over Europe, riding their bikes the length of the country, dressing up as Smurfs and we even had a lady in her mid 80's playing an organ for 14 hours non-stop!
Our history

It all started in 1991 with one man, some sandwiches and a flask of hot coffee. Walking the streets of Manchester, our founder Peter Green could not believe that there were people on his doorstep who had nothing. So, with a little help from his Christian faith, he set out to do something. Luckily, Peter and his wife Beryl had plenty of love – and sandwiches – to share.
I'm homeless and need help

Barnabus helps adults who are homeless – whether you’re living on the streets, in temporary accommodation or at risk of homelessness. If you have a family with dependents under the age of 18 or are under 18 yourself, we recommend that you contact your local authority immediately.
Our ethos

Barnabus is at heart a Christian charity. We want to share God’s love by giving hope and support to those who really need it. We believe that everybody has the right to live in their own home, the right to have friends and family who care, and the right to have a purpose in life. Most of all, we believe that everybody has a right to love.
Drop in timetable

Our drop in centre is open every weekday between 10:30am till 9pm. Please find details of our activities and services in our timetable.
Street outreach

This is where the foundations of a new life are laid. Our Street Outreach teams go out in the evenings to meet rough sleepers and build relationships, encouraging them to come to our drop in centre, visit our Support Workers and our lovely Homeless Outreach Nurse Liz, who is based at the Urban Village Medical Centre.
How we're helping

The stress and anxiety people can suffer when they are homeless means they often feel afraid to reach out and taking that small step towards getting help can seem like a mammoth task. That’s why our team is there to help from the start, giving tailored support and advice every single step of the way.