Care Leavers up to the age of 25, have access to essential food items and essential household items from our Pantry.
Toiletries will be added soonShopping List of Essential Food Items Available
All Dried Pasta and Rice
White Rice
Brown Rice
Basmati Rice
Pasta
Whole Wheat Pasta
Spaghetti
Cooking Ingredients
Vegetable Oil
Salt
Pepper
Crisps, Sweets and Chocolate
Multi-pack Crisps
Multi-pack Chocolate Bars
Multi-pack Sweets
Tins, Cans and Packets
Baked Beans
Tin Tomatoes
Tomatoe Puree
Tinned Fish (Tuna)
Tinned Sweetcorn
Tinned Peas
Tinned Chickpeas
Tinned Mixed Bean Salad
Cereals
Cornflakes
Porridge
Granola
Muesli
Crackers and Crispbreads
Crackers
Rice Cakes
Oatcakes
Biscuits and Cereal Bars
Chocolate Biscuits
Custard Creams
Various Cereal Bars
Assorted Biscuits
Drinks
Bottles of Water
Teabags
Coffee
Hot Chocolate
Please Note: The Essential Food Items Shopping List will be updated as more needs of Care Leavers are identified.
Other Essential Items
Washing Up Liquid
Toilet Rolls
Essential Household Items
For Care Leavers to receive essential household items we must know what item they need. For example these items can be a Toaster, Cutlery, Dinner Sets, Cups, Drinking Glasses, Pots and Pans, Duvet and Duvet Covers, Pillows and Pillow Cases, Bath Towels, Kitchen Towels, a Kettle.How can a Care Leaver access Our Pantry?
A Care Leaver aged 18 - 25 must be referred to The Transformed You Pantry by their Local Authority Children’s Services Department or their Local Authority Virtual School, from the following London Boroughs: Barking & Dagenham, Tower Hamlets, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Hackney and Waltham Forest.
The Referrer must make initial contact with The Transformed You via our website Contact Form
The Referrer will be sent a Referral Form to complete, providing information about the Care Leaver
Once received The Transformed You will contact the Care Leaver and send them our Shopping List to complete and return
Once received we will arrange for them to collect their essential food items and/or their essential household items from The Transformed You Hub, on the designated day and time.
Please Note: We are unable to deliver the Items to the Care Leaver.
Pantry Collection Open Day & Time
April
Wednesday 24th @ 2pm - 4:30pm
May
Wednesday 8th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 15th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 22nd @ 2pm - 4:30pm
June
Wednesday 12th @ 2pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 19th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 26th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
More dates to be added from July 2024
How can I Donate to the Pantry?
Donations to Our Pantry are welcome
A Donor must make initial contact with The Transformed You via our website Contact Form
The Donor will be sent our updated Shopping List of Essential Food Items, along with the designated day and time for the items to be delivered to The Transformed You Hub
The Donor can also purchase Essential Household Items from our Amazon Wish List. The item will be delivered to The Transformed You Hub and gifted to the Care Leaver in need of the item. Items will be listed when a Care Leaver lets us know they are in need
If you prefer, you can make a financial donation via our Donate page
Donation Delivery Dates & Time
April
Wednesday 17th @ 3pm - 4:30pm
May
Wednesday 8th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
June
Wednesday 5th @ 1pm - 4:30pm
More dates to be added from April 2024
“I remember only having one set of bedding (duvet cover, pillow cases and bed sheets). I’d have to wash them and then sleep on the bare mattress, waiting for my bedding to dry.”
Care Leaver
“Because my Foster Mum taught me how to cook, I was able to make a meal out of whatever I had left in the cupboards, it wasn’t much but I tried my best.”
Care Leaver
“When I was at University I got to know what days the Supermarkets would reduce the cost of certain food items. I didn’t always get what I wanted, but I got what I needed.”
Care Leaver