The Hygiene Bank York

03/08/2026

22/12/2025

Merry Christmas from The Hygiene Bank York! 🎅🏼🎄

We’ve had a very busy December, with lots of donations, awareness days and collections! 💛

Swipe through for our December updates ➡️

⭐️ Our volunteers collected from Blossom Dental Care who had a very full bin! Thank you to the team for their generosity! 💛

⭐️ We held two awareness days during December at Morrisons and Tesco! Our volunteers had a great time chatting to shoppers while raising awareness of hygiene poverty and collecting donations 🎅🏼

⭐️ A big THANK YOU to Active Care Chiropractic and their patients for their kindness everyday, but especially over December! Their bin has been overflowing with donations this month 🫶🏼

⭐️ We had a very much needed pallet from Unilever just in time for Christmas!

⭐️ Vicky supported Tang Hall Community Centre at their Christmas Party with a hygiene bank stall for anyone in need of essential hygiene products 🎄

⭐️ And our last drop off of the year went out, meaning we’ve delivered just under 7 tonnes of donations since April!! 🏋️‍♀️

Hygiene poverty is still a very real issue facing many in our local community, so we would like to thank our volunteers, the local businesses and drop-off points and everyone that donates. Your help and support has made such a difference to so many this year 💛

Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! ⭐️

27/11/2025

The bins were OVERFLOWING at Tesco this week! 💛‼️

Thank you to everyone that has been donating at Tesco, Clifton Moor! Your donations are making a huge difference to our community partners ✨

By supporting our community partners, you help provide for families and in individuals in times of crisis.

Your donations go to a number of fantastic charities, organisations and community hubs that we work with to ensure those experiencing hygiene poverty are able to take care during difficult times 💛

Thank you for the continued support! 👏

We’ll be in Tesco at the end of December for our annual donation drive! Make sure you look out for us 👋🏼

18/11/2025

In October, the Holgate Harriers organised a Girls’ Run Night in support of This Girl Can and their campaign - Let’s Lift the Curfew: Lighting Up York Together 🏃🏼‍♀️✨

They also very kindly set up a collection for The Hygiene Bank York and we received an incredible donation of 39kg! Which included numerous essential hygiene items that we will be able to distribute to our community partners across York! 📦

We can’t thank everyone enough for their kindness and for raising awareness of hygiene poverty within our local area while raising awareness of women’s safety issues when getting active 💛

Thank you for getting us involved!🏃🏼‍♀️🫶🏼

The Holgate Harriers will be hosting more Girls’ Run Nights so look out for more info on their page ⭐️

28/10/2025

✨ QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2025 ✨

🗓️ 10th January 2025
📍 Central Methodist Hall, York

Join us for a fun-filled evening raising money for Carecent York and The Hygiene Bank York! 👏

Big thanks to Simon for getting us involved in this fundraising event! We can’t wait and we’ve got our quiz teams ready 🤩

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Max teams of 6
💰 £10 a ticket
📲 To purchase tickets, text Simon on the number above or contact Carecent directly

12/10/2025

This isn’t about luxury, it’s about basics.

If you were pulled into hygiene poverty what would you choose to give up first - teabags or toothpaste? Bread or shampoo? Milk or razors? Electricity or period products? Gas or washing powder?

For 5.3 million people in the UK, these aren’t hypothetical questions – they are daily decisions between eating and staying clean.

It’s not just strangers, it’s people you know. Your neighbours, your friends, your colleagues - worried and hiding this reality. Having to make impossible choices every day.

With your support, we can provide shampoo, laundry detergent or toothpaste to someone who is struggling,
improving their mental and physical wellbeing and giving them an opportunity for the future.

Help shine a light on this silent crisis and together we can end hygiene poverty for good.

08/10/2025

One car repair. One lost job. One unexpected bill.

That’s all it takes for millions of UK adults to be pulled into hygiene poverty and many of us are struggling with these stresses alone.

Shame, anxiety and depression are keeping people silent with 34% of 25 to 34 year olds saying they can’t afford basic hygiene products and have told no one.

Many report a decline in their mental health including hours worrying every week about how to afford products.

We refuse to stay silent or keep this issue hidden any longer because we believe that everyone deserves to feel clean.

Be part of the solution to end hygiene poverty once and for all: Donate. Share. Volunteer.

07/10/2025

Imagine you simply couldn’t afford the basics to start your day.

Shampoo. Toothpaste. Razors. Laundry detergent. Period products. Deodorant.

Would you feel confident attending a job interview? Would you make social plans?

5.3 million people in the UK are making daily decisions between eating and staying clean. Families are isolated
with nearly half of those in hygiene poverty saying they are too embarrassed to ask for help.

This National Hygiene Week we are shining a light on this hidden crisis because we won’t stay silent.

Be part of the solution to end hygiene poverty once and for all: Donate. Share. Volunteer.