Donate

If you would like to help us with our work at Sanctus, please consider donating to us.

If you are considering donating to our work, we want to say a huge ‘thank you’ to you.

We really appreciate donations of food, toiletries, time and finance, no matter the size.

Please scroll down to see what we need at the moment in the way of food and toiletries.
Or you can use the Contact Us form to get in touch.

If you choose to donate financially, your donations will be used for the following:

  • Providing food, nappies and other toiletries to families who are in need.

  • Providing a range of educational and enjoyable creative activities that enables the development of crucial skills.

  • Providing assistance to refugees in furnishing their homes and acquiring essential items once they have been granted refugee status in the UK. 

Financial donations can be made online via bank transfer (BACS) or at your bank.

Bank: Unity Trust Bank
Sort Code: 60-83-01
Account: Sanctus St Mark’s
Account Number: 20345295

Cheques can be made payable to Sanctus, and sent to:

Sanctus Finance Officer
YMCANS, Harding Road, Stoke on Trent ST1 3BQ

Other things to give:

Food

  • Tinned food - particularly chopped tomatoes, baked beans, sweetcorn, fruit, chickpeas, kidney beans, tuna/fish, meat, tomatoes

  • Cereal (particularly cornflakes)

  • Coffee and tea

  • Biscuits

  • Sugar and salt

  • Rice, pasta and couscous

  • Lentils

  • Cooking oils 

Note: we prefer items not to be in huge bulk packets (i.e. huge bags of rice or gallon bottles of oil) as these are harder to distribute.

 

Toiletries

  • Shampoo

  • Shower gel

  • Deodorant

  • Razors and shaving cream

  • Sanitary towels (but no tampons please!)

  • Toothbrushes and toothpaste

  • Soap

  • Toilet paper

  • Washing up liquid

Baby items

  • Nappies (all sizes but particularly size 5+ and 6)

  • Baby wipes

  • Baby food

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”

— Mother Theresa