additional support IN HACKNEY
LOCAL PLACES TO GET FREE FOOD
This list includes a range of local places that offer regular meals and/or food parcels. These time can vary so please call up these organisations before visiting to check their offer is still available.
You can find this and other lists here.
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MONDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ 10am-5pm Free food service with a variety of bakery items and sandwiches to take away.
Wordsworth’s Community Café
St Matthias Hall, Wordsworth Road, N16 8DD
Soup, bread, home-made cake, hot drinks.
Pay as you feel. 11am - 1.30pm
St Monica’s Church
19 Hoxton Square, N1 6NT
Hot meal 6pm-7pm
Humdingers Soup Kitchen
238 Hoxton Street, N1 5LX
5pm-7pm Hot meal
Jago Community Foodbank
440 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA
11am-4pm
Meat and dairy parcels incur a £3 charge (veg are still free).
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TUESDAY
Connecting all Communities
Banister House Community Hall, Homerton High Street E9 6BP
11.30am-1.30pm Food parcels and halal cultural hot meals.
Stoke Newington SDA Church
15-17 Yoakley Road, N16 0BD
12.30pm-2pm Community kitchen (alternate Tuesdays) (January 30, Feb 13th and 27th, March 12th and 26th)
St John’s Soup Kitchen
2A Gloucester Drive N4 2LW
Hot meal and food parcel 6.30pm-8pm
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am-5pm
Free food service with a variety of bakery items and sandwiches to take away
Humdingers Soup Kitchen
238 Hoxton Street, N1 5LX
5pm-7pm Hot meal
St Mark’s Church
Colvestone Crescent, E8 2NL (side entrance)
Drop-in food aid 10.30am-2pm
215 Hackney
215 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH
4pm-6pm. Soup kitchen offering hot food.
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WEDNESDAY
Chatsworth Foodbank and Support Service
Clapton Park Methodist Church, 99 Chatsworth Road, E5 0LH
Free food parcels. No need for a voucher, just walk in. 11am-2pm
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am-1pm
Free food service with a variety of bakery items and sandwiches to take away
The Little Things
235 Old Street (next to the fire station), EC1V 9EY
hot meal, snacks, hot and cold drinks as well as clothes and toiletries.
6.30pm onwards
Lighthouse
Hackney Church House (next to) St John's Church, Lower Clapton Road, E5 0PD
Food pantry, signposting, hygiene packs and clothing plus a t free take-away meal.
12pm-2pm (NHS community social prescribers last Wed of the month)
Humdingers Soup Kitchen
238 Hoxton Street, N1 5LX
5pm-7pm Hot meal
North London Action for the Homeless
St Paul’s Church, Stoke Newington Road N16 7UE
Free meal: 6pm
St Peter’s Crypt
Northchurch Terrace, N1 4DA (in De Beauvoir area)
Soup and bread 12.45pm-1.30pm.
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THURSDAY
2nd Chance Café
St Mary’s Centre, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES
Soup and cakes. Pay as you feel.11am-2pm.
Foodcycle
New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9 7LP
Free meal 12.30pm
AMURT
Salvation Army, 122 Lower Clapton Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0QR
12.30pm and from 5.30pm onward: hot vegan meals & free fresh vegetables.
AMURT
The Greenhouse GP surgery, 19 Tudor Rd E9 7SN (London Fields)
Pre-packed hot meals and healthy energy bars – 1.30pm onward.
AMURT Health
E1 Homeless Medical Centre, 9-11 Brick Lane (Shoreditch):
Pre-packed hot meals and healthy energy bars – 1.30pm onward.
Morningside Foodbank
Morningside Community Centre , Cresset Road E9 6RH.
Free food parcels – you need to call first to register on 07958 771 953. 1pm-4pm
Hackney Streets Kitchen (outside Hackney Central Library)
25 Hackney Grove, E8 3NR)
8pm Evening outreach for homeless people only
Lighthouse
Shoreditch Church, 119 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JN
Take-away meal 12pm-2pm
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FRIDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ 12pm-1.30pm Free food service and pantry (£5 donation in cash for the pantry; bring your own bags)
2nd Chance Café
St Mary’s Centre, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES
Soup and cakes. Pay as you feel.11am-2pm
Connecting all Communities
Whitmore Community Centre, 2-4 Philip Street N1 5NU
12.30pm-2.30pm Food parcels and halal cultural hot meals
Open Door Community Kitchen
Our Lady and St Joseph’s Church, 100 Balls Pond Road N1 4AG
Free hot meal and dessert 5pm-7pm
St Mary of Eton Church Hall
Eastway, E9 5JA (entrance on Wick Road) 07482 320 992
Free community lunch 12pm
Shoreditch Trust Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Hot meal 12pm-1.30pm pay as you feel
Dalston Streets Kitchen
Ridley Road Market opposite Dalston Kingsland Overground Station.
Hot food and drinks 8pm
Morningside Community Centre,
Cresset Road E9 6RH.
Lunch 12pm-2pm
Humdingers
238 Hoxton Street, N1 5LX
5pm-7pm Free hot meal
Mildmay Community Centre Co-op
Woodville Road, London N16 8NA
Food parcels to local residents and families for a fee of £1 per person. Call 020 7249 8286 to go on their list but if you don’t have phone access or are homeless, turn up between 11.30am-1.30pm to discuss your needs
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SATURDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am-1pm.
Free food service with a variety of bakery items and sandwiches to take away
Hackney Streets Kitchen
St John’s Churchway, opposite Marks and Spencer.
Evening outreach for homeless people only. 8pm.
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SUNDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre E2 8LJ
10am-1pm
Pantry offering a variety of veg, fruit, dairy, bakery, tinned and dried food(minimum £3 donation). ‘No money, no worries’ – free hot meal available.
St John’s Soup Kitchen
2A Gloucester Drive N4 2LW.
12pm-2pm
Urban Table
Round Chapel, 2 Powerscroft Road E5 0PU
1.30pm-3pm Hot meal.
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EVERY DAY
Woodberry Down Community Fridge, Redmond Community Centre, Kayani Avenue, Woodberry Down N4 2HF 12pm onwards. Choose fruit and veg to fill one shopping bag. If no food left, ask at the front desk about free meals.
Whitechapel Mission
212 Whitechapel Road E1 1BJ. Breakfast Mon-Sun 8am
Made in Hackney Community meal service. Waiting list full as of Sept 2023
or call 03337 721826
Hot Line Meals deliver home-cooked kosher meals to those in need, living in E5, N4, N15 or N16. For more information call 020 8806 1541 or email info@hotlinemeals.org.uk
Carib Eats deliver Caribbean home-cooked food. You need to fill in a referral form at www.caribeats.org/contact-us
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS
You can apply for free school meals via the Hackney Education and Schools website.
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HACKNEY LUNCH CLUBS
Nutritious two-course meals for people aged 55 and over- some make a small charge:
An Viet Foundation
Hackney Caribbean Elderly Association
Chats Lunch Club
Hackney Chinese Community Services
Hackney Cypriot Association
Hot Line Meals Club (Jewish/Kosher)
Halkevi (Turkish/Kurdish)
Lunch Up Woodberry Down Lunch Club
Holly Street Lunch Club
Nightingale Lunch Club
North London Muslim Community Centre
Centre 151-VLC Pho Club.
Visit the website for times, days and costs or call 020 7923 1962 X 8184.
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NHS HEALTHY START
If you are more than 10 weeks pregnant or have children under the age of 4 and you are on benefits (this includes people legally living in the UK but without settled status and with no recourse to public funds), you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food, milk and vitamins.
Ask your midwife, doctor or health visitor for more information or email healthy.start@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ,
Call 0300 330 7010 or apply online here.
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PET FOOD BANK: LEONARD’S LUNCHBOX
The Parish Rooms @ St Matthew’s Church (Hereford Street entrance), St Matthew’s Row, Bethnal Green E2 6DT
Tea and coffee; food for cats and dogs, rabbits, birds and guinea pigs.
Thursdays 6.30pm-8.30pm
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ROSE VOUCHERS FOR FRUIT AND VEG
Fresh fruit and veg vouchers are given out at children’s centres to spend at market stalls, including Ridley Road. It’s different to Healthy Start and people can claim both. To be eligible for Rose Vouchers families should meet the criteria for the Healthy Start voucher scheme for pregnant women and families in receipt of benefits.