additional support IN HACKNEY
LOCAL PLACES TO GET FREE OR CHEAP 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
Monday Munch
Frampton Park Baptist Church, Frampton Park Road, E9 7PQ
Free Lunch Club
12pm - 2pm
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am - 5pm Pantry (£5 donation) and free hot meals
Waterhouse Restaurant Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Breakfast 9.30am - 11.30am
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Pay what you can
Wordsworth’s Community Café
St Matthias Hall, Wordsworth Road, N16 8DD
Soup, bread, home-made cake, hot drinks.
11am - 2pm
Pay as you feel
North London Action for the Homeless
St Paul’s Church, Stoke Newington Road, N16 7UE
Free vegetarian meal 12pm - 1.30pm
Community Food Hub
De Beauvoir Meeting Room, 85 Downham Road N1 5TR
Fresh fruit and vegetables etc for £2.00.
12pm - 2pm
Humdingers Soup Kitchen
238 Hoxton Street, N1 5LX
5pm - 7pm Hot meal
Jago Community Foodbank
440 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA
12pm - 3pm
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TUESDAY
Waterhouse Restaurant Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Breakfast 9.30am - 11.30am
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Pay what you can
Stoke Newington SDA Church
15-17 Yoakley Road, N16 0BD
12.30pm - 2pm Community kitchen (alternate Tuesdays)
St John’s Soup Kitchen and Foodbank
2A Gloucester Drive, N4 2LW (on corner of Queen’s Drive)
Hot meal to take away and food parcel 6.30pm - 8pm
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am - 5pm
Free hot meals
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Ridley Road Market E8 2NP
7.30pm - 9.30pm Free hot meals
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
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
Community Food Hub
Prideaux House Community Centre, 10 Church Crescent E9 7DL
Fresh fruit and vegetables etc £2 donation
St Peter’s Crypt
Northchurch Terrace, N1 4DA (in De Beauvoir area)
Soup and bread 12.45pm
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WEDNESDAY
Waterhouse Restaurant Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Breakfast 9.30am - 11.30am
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Pay what you can.
Chatsworth Road Food Hub
Clapton Park Methodist Church, 99 Chatsworth Road, E5 0LH
Free food parcels. No need for a voucher, just walk in
11am - 3pm
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre, Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am - 5pm Pantry (£5 donation) and free hot meals
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, Homerton Terrace E9 6RT
Hot 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 vegetarian meal: 6pm - 7.30pm
Harvesters Soup Kitchen
217/223 Kingsland Road London E2 8AN
1pm - 2pm Sandwiches
Food Pantry at CRC
The Church of the Risen Christ, Overbury Street, Clapton Park, E5 0AJ
1pm - 3pm
Cost £3:50
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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
Waterhouse Restaurant Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Breakfast 9.30am - 11.30am
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Pay what you can
Foodcycle
New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9 7LP
Free hot meal 12.30pm
AMURT
The Greenhouse GP surgery, 19 Tudor Rd E9 7SN (London Fields)
Pre-packed hot meals and healthy energy bars – from 1.30pm
AMURT Health
E1 Homeless Medical Centre, 9-11 Brick Lane (Shoreditch)
Pre-packed hot meals and healthy energy bars – from 1.30pm
Hackney Streets Kitchen (outside Hackney Central Library)
25 Hackney Grove, E8 3NR
8pm
Community Food Hub
De Beauvoir Meeting Room, 85 Downham Road N1 5TR
Free meal and fresh fruit and vegetables etc for £2.00
12pm - 2pm
Harvesters Kitchen
217/223 Kingsland Road London E2 8AN
1pm - 2pm Sandwiches
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FRIDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
12pm - 1.30pm Pantry (£5 donation) and free hot meals
2nd Chance Café
St Mary’s Centre, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES
Soup and cakes. Pay as you feel.
11am - 2pm
Waterhouse Restaurant Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Breakfast 9.30am - 11.30am
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Pay what you can
Open Door Community Kitchen
Our Lady and St Joseph’s Church, 100 Balls Pond Road N1 4AG
Free hot meal 5pm - 7pm
Shoreditch Trust Community Table
10 Orsman Road N1 5QJ
Hot meal 12pm-1.30pm pay as you feel
Hackney and Dalston Streets Kitchen
Ridley Road Market, opposite Dalston Kingsland Overground Station.
Hot food and drinks 8pm
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 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 - 1pm to discuss your needs
Harvesters Kitchen
217/223 Kingsland Road London E2 8AN
1pm - 2pm Sandwiches
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SATURDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, Haggerston E2 8LJ
10am - 1pm
Pantry (£5 donation) and free hot meals
Hackney Streets Kitchen
St John’s Churchway, opposite Marks and Spencer
Hot/cold food and drinks and bedding and clothes when available
8pm
Harvesters Soup Kitchen
217/223 Kingsland Road London E2 8AN
1pm - 2pm Sandwiches and Foodbank
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SUNDAY
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Ridley Road Market E8 2NP
2pm - 3.30pm Free hot meals
Idia’s Community Kitchen
Fellow’s Court Community Centre E2 8LJ
10am - 1pm
Pantry (£5 donation) and free hot meals
St John’s Soup Kitchen and Foodbank
St John’s Church, 2A Gloucester Drive (on corner of Queen’s Drive) N4 2LW
12pm - 2pm
Hot meal to take away and food parcel
Urban Table
Round Chapel, 2 Powerscroft Road E5 0PU
1.30pm - 3pm Hot meal
Harvesters Soup Kitchen
217/223 Kingsland Road London E2 8AN
8am - 9am Hot or cold breakfast
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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 8am
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
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
See website for information about eligibility for free school nursery and secondary school meals or if you have no recourse to public funds.
https://education.hackney.gov.uk/content/apply-free-school-meals -
HACKNEY LUNCH CLUBS
Nutritious two-course meals for people aged 55 and over- some make a small charge:
East and South East Asian Community Centre (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Hackney Caribbean Elderly Association (Tues/Wed/Thurs)
Chats Lunch Club (Thurs)
Hackney Cypriot Association (Tues-Fri)
Hot Line Meals Club (Jewish/Kosher) (Sun-Thurs)
Halkevi (Turkish/Kurdish) (Mon and Wed)
Lunch Up Woodberry Down Lunch Club (Tues and Fri)
Holly Street Lunch Club (Tues-Thurs)
Nightingale Lunch Club (Mon-Fri)
North London Muslim Community Centre (Tues and Wed)
Centre 151-VLC Pho Club (Wed and Sat)
Visit the website for times, days and costs or call 020 7923 1962, extension 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 (eg universal credit, ESA, child tax credit or pension credit; and includes people legally living in the UK but without settled status and with no recourse to public funds) or you are under the age of 18, you could qualify for free vouchers to spend on healthy food and milk (including formula). You can apply online or email healthy.start@nhsbsa.nhs.uk or call 0300 330 7010
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PET FOOD BANK: LEONARD’S LUNCHBOX
The Parish Rooms at St Matthew’s Church (Hereford Street entrance), St Matthew’s Row, Bethnal Green E2 6DT
Tea and coffee; food for cats and dogs
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 selected shops and markets, including Ridley Road. Locations are on the website.
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RSPCA
See register of local pet foodbanks
https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/costofliving/foodbank