Thank you for your support and interest in volunteering with us at the Tesco Winter Food Collection. We’d love to have you join our team.
We are collecting food donations this winter in Tesco stores between Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 November 2025.
We need volunteers to help in-store, to promote the collection, encourage customers to donate long-life food items, and collect food donations. The food collected is provided to our network of over 8,000 charities, including children’s breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch groups, and grassroots organisations that tackle isolation and hardship.
Demand for our support continues to increase, and we need to source food in a variety of ways to meet this demand. This is where the Tesco Food Collection comes in, and why it is so important.
Please find your nearest Tesco store on the map below:
Please scroll down once you’ve selected your store to see the calendar. If using a mobile, please use device horizontally.
If you need any assistance to sign up for a shift, please email foodcollection@fareshare.org.uk
If you do not see your local Tesco store on the map, it may be collecting food for our charity partner Trussell. You can find out how to support in their stores here.
Or watch a detailed induction video below
View our Health & Safety Reminders document for the event here
The food collection takes place in hundreds of Tesco stores across the UK. Please see map for locations.
Dates: Thursday 27th, Friday 28th & Saturday 29th November 2025.
Shifts times: 9am-12pm, 12pm-3pm, 3pm-6pm, 6pm-9pm.
You can cancel your shift by emailing foodcollection@fareshare.org.uk
Individuals under 16: can volunteer alongside a guardian. Guardians must be over 18.
16 and 17 years old: can volunteer with or without a guardian.
There are a maximum of 3 or 4 individuals (dependant on the store) allowed to volunteer per shift as shown by the volunteer sign u portal.
We believe that good food should go to people, not waste.
We take good quality surplus food from across the food industry, and get it to frontline charities and community groups who need it most.
We have a network of 34 warehouses across the UK, and together we support more than 8,000 front line charities and community groups, including children’s breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch groups, and grassroots organisations that tackle isolation and hardship.
Demand for our support continues to increase, and we need to source food in a variety of ways to meet this demand. This is where the Tesco Food Collection comes in, and why it is so important.
You can read more about the charities and community groups we support.
Absolutely! We’re always looking for new volunteers. We have 34 warehouses across the UK. You can find more information about our location, volunteer roles, and application process.
Please visit our briefing document.
If you cannot find the answer, please email us foodcollection@fareshare.org.uk or call our helpline 0808-168-6922.
