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I don’t have space to collect items, what can I do?
If you don’t have space for physical items, you can create a virtual harvest using our Amazon wishlist. Just share the link in our download pack and encourage donations from there. That way all donations come straight to us. Alternatively, you can collect financial donations and either donate that to us, or create an online supermarket order that delivers straight to us. More details about how to do all of this are in our resource pack.
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I don’t have a printer for the posters. Can you send me some instead?
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How can I get more donations to come in?
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Do I have to be an official group, company or school to take part?
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Harvest: Aberdeen Cyrenians Food Appeal
Get involved in our emergency food appeal running from 18th September to 21st December
How to be part of harvest
You can help people in hunger in a number of different ways:
Donate food and
essentials
Whilst food is our top priority, other essentials such as hygiene items are also needed by people throughout the year, and especially during the colder months when bills go up.
Start a
collection point
Download our Collection Resource Pack to get started. All you need is a couple of strong boxes and our posters from the pack, pop it somewhere people will notice and can access.
Volunteer to
organise / drive
During appeals we have a lot of extra work to do: picking up collections, accepting donations and organising donations to ensure it gets to those in need of support. Sign up on our volunteering portal.
Share the
campaign
Follow our social media pages, and like and share our posts to help others to hear about our campaign. You can also share our campaign email to spread information and ask your organisation to participate.
Get started today
Whilst food is our top priority, other essentials such as hygiene items are also needed by people throughout the year, and especially during the colder months when bills go up. See our full list of priority items which has essentials such as: tinned meat, fruit, vegetables, beans and desserts, sauces for pasta, jams, tea, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate, and cereal.
Donations can be dropped off at our new warehouse in Torry: Unit 6, Crombie Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9QQ. View on a map.
Please book a slot to help us manage donations and ensure someone is available to take delivery. If we’re unable to meet you, we will send you a code for our donation deposit box where ambient goods can be safely left. If you’re not able to drop off, one of the easiest ways to donate is to use our Amazon Wishlist so your donation will get sent directly to us.
You can download our Collection Resource Pack to get started. All you need is a couple of strong boxes and our posters from the pack. Pop it somewhere people will notice and can access, and fill out the form to let us know. We’ll keep you updated about collections and drop off options.
You can encourage donations by sending out an email to staff to let them know what’s happening, emailing your customers, parents or congregations, and sharing your collection point on social media using #harvestagainsthunger and #weareac. Templates are also included in the pack to help make it as easy as possible.
During appeals we have a lot of extra work to do: picking up collections, accepting donations, and organising donations to make sure it gets out to those that need support. If you want to get involved we have various volunteering opportunities available and we’d love to hear from you.
You can also arrange a team volunteering session for your company or group. We can take a maximum of 6 people per half day.
You can follow our social media pages, and like and share our posts to help others to hear about our campaign:
You can also share our campaign email to spread information about the campaign and ask your organisation to participate.
Harvest Collection Registration
We’ve finished our collection, now what do we need to do?
To donate your essentials collection, please book a timeslot to drop it off at our warehouse: Unit 6, Crombie Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9QQ
*If you have a large number of items and need assistance, please get in touch at warehouse@weareac.org as we may be able to arrange to collect it from you.
Pack up your collection into bags and boxes. Once your collection has closed, complete the Donations Record Form and include it with your collection. You can print this from the Harvest Resource Pack or complete online.
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