Getting help with your local food shop

Published: Thursday 15 September 2022

Food pantry

Grocery shopping worth between £20 and £30 for only £3.50.
Use it weekly and choose the items you’d like.
Come along for advice and support services as well.  
Get in touch with your income officer, neighbourhood services coordinator or email [email protected] to arrange a referral.

Food banks in the south

SMART
Advance booking essential.
Wednesdays (assigned slots between 1pm and 4pm).
The Basement, 15 Gertrude St, Chelsea, SW10 0JN.
Phone: 07341 560 625.
Email: [email protected].
www.smartlondon.org.uk/

St Luke's Vestry 
Optional donation of £3/visit. No booking or referral needed.
Tuesdays (12pm to 2pm).
St Luke's & Christ Church, Sydney Street, The Vestry, SW3 6NH.
Email: [email protected].
https://chelseaparish.org/community-outreach/food-bank-club/

Chelsea Methodist Church
Seek advice, receive clothing, a hot meal and drinks, get access to showers, toilets and free laundry facilities. 
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 1.15pm.
155A King's Rd, Chelsea, SW3 5TX.
Phone: 020 7352 9305.
Email: [email protected].
www.chelseafulhammethodist.org/community

World's End Estate (at Flashpoint Community Centre)
Thursdays (registration from 12pm to 2pm; collection on arrival).
Worlds End Estate, SW10 0DX.
Phone: 020 7352 9305.
Email: [email protected].

Food banks in the north and central 

All Saints Notting Hill
On the last Friday of the month. Providing food items and toiletries. No referral needed.
10am - 11am.
Clydesdale Road, Notting Hill, W11 1JE.
Phone: 020 7727 5919.
www.allsaintsnottinghill.org.uk/

Venture Centre
No referral needed. Hot lunch served on Wednesdays at 12.45pm. Foodbank operating on Saturdays, 12pm to 4pm.
Venture Centre, 103a Wornington Rd, W10 5YB.
Phone: 020 8960 3234.
Email: [email protected].
www.venturecentre.org.uk/
 

Bay20
Hot takeaway meals on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm. 
Tea and coffee available Monday to Friday from 11am to 4pm. 
Citizens Advice service available Tuesday from 12pm to 3pm.
71 St Marks Road, W10 6JG.
Phone: 020 3579 0384.
Email: [email protected].
www.bay20.org/

Kensington and Chelsea Foodbank
Vouchers from a support agency, such as Citizens Advice, required. 
Basic toiletries are also available. 
Tuesdays, 11am to 1pm, and Fridays, 1pm to 3pm.
Notting Hill Methodist Church, 240 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, W11 4AH.
Phone: 020 3728 9003.
Email: [email protected].
https://kensingtonchelsea.foodbank.org.uk/get-help/how-to-get-help/

Dalgarno Trust
Foodbank for local residents only, operating on Thursdays. 
Please be prepared to show proof of address, and if you have children in your household. 
Registration is required but can be done in person on the day between 10am and 1.30pm or in advance online. 
Food bags then collected at an assigned time between 2.30pm and 6.30pm.
1 Webb Close, Dalgarno Way, W10 5QB.
Phone: 020 8969 6300.
Email: [email protected].
www.dalgarnotrust.org.uk/our-programmes/foodbank/

St Michael's North Kensington
WAND UK distribute food from this location. Registration online or in person in advance required. More details on the website.
Operating on Tuesdays with registration from 10.30am and collection between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
35 St Lawrence Terrace, W10 5SR.
Phone: 020 8962 4132.
Mobile: 07813 485 607.
Email: [email protected].
www.wanduk.org/community-food-delivery-goody-bags/