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.

  • 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

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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 

  • 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 

  • 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 

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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

    https://hcvs.org.uk/lunch-clubs/

  • 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

    https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-apply/

  • 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

  • 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.

    Visit Site

  • RSPCA