Food Support
Here you can find links to local food banks and services that provide free or low-cost meals.
Please click the links attached to the information provided to find out more about each service, including dates & times in which you can find these.
Food Banks
HOW TO GET HELP:
To access a food bank, a place where you can receive free food support, you need to get a Foodbank voucher.
To get a Foodbank voucher you need to:
Contact the free national helpline, Help through Hardship, on 0808 2082138 (open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, NOT public holidays) to talk confidently with a trained Citizens Advice Adviser.
They will assess you and if appropriate, issue you with a foodbank voucher.
Take your foodbank voucher to your nearest Foodbank centre.
You can ask your support worker or your health practitioner with help in this.
List of local FoodbBanks and opening times here:
North Bristol and South Gloucestershire:
South and East Bristol: https://eastbristol.foodbank.org.uk/
North West Bristol: https://www.bristolnorthwestfoodbank.org.uk
BS3 Community FoodBank: https://www.saintpaulschurch.co.uk/bs3-community-foodbank
List of other resources for food support: https://www.bristolfoodnetwork.org/resources/difficulty-accessing-good-affordable-food/
Organisations that offer Free or Low-Cost Meals
Borderlands
Sometimes offer free take-away meals and food bags, or free community meals at The Assisi Centre for new refugees and people seeking asylum.
Baraka Community Cafe
Family-friendly space serving lunches, drinks, snacks and cakes. Hub of welcome, meeting and refuge for our whole community all week.
Email: cafe@ecfc.org.uk
The Mazi Project
Empowering disadvantaged 16-25 year olds through food.
Email: hello@themaziproject.com
Phone Number: 07913 669 426
Bridges for Communities - Peace Feast
Once a month, Bridges for Communities will organise a free community meal.
Food On Our Doorstep
Prioritise families with children under 5 but are accessible for anyone in need of support with food.
£1 membership for a year
Then also £3.50-£4 every time a member attends a FOOD CLUB in exchange for £10-15 worth of food
Coexist Community Kitchen
Free, weekly community meals. If you or someone you know would benefit from this service please email Joey: joey@coexistuk.org.
Mamas CIC: Community Aid: Food
This group is for people in Bristol, UK, who want to help each other. People helping people for free. It’s a good place to ask if you are in need of something.
Free Cakes For Children
Free Birthday Cakes for children (under 18 year-olds). Please ask a charity organisation to fill in a referral form for you.