Food support services
Find out what food services are available throughout the week.
Westminster provides several food support services across the city. We've listed their details below and split them based on the days of the week they're available.
Use our interactive map to see food support services across the city
This map will continue to be updated - please find the full list using the information below. Services are listed by day.
This page has been updated to include changes to Christmas opening hours. Please see individual listings for details.
Monday
Westminster Chapel
The last foodbank session for the year is on Monday 23 December, collections are by appointment only. Referrals after midday on the day are not guaranteed to be processed.
Westminster Chapel Food Bank is closed 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 inclusive and will re-open on Monday 6 January 2025.
- Westminster Chapel Food Bank offers support by referral only. Find more information on its website.
- Operate a community market on Monday - ticketing from 10am, market open from 10.30am until stocks last (around 2.30pm), some deliveries are possible, depending on availability
- Serve hot food on Saturday, ticketing from midday, serving from 12.30pm to 2pm
- Baby bank operating on Tuesdays
- Address: 214 Freston Road, W10 6TT
- Phone: 0800 047 8161
- Email: [email protected]
- Opening hours:
- Hafs Academy is currently offering supermarket and local grocery shop voucher vouchers
- No referral is necessary. However, an application does need to be completed before attending. The service is available to those who live in the Church St Ward, are on benefits or low income or are unemployed. Those who live in the ward but do not meet the criteria are still welcome to apply, but applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis
- Phone lines are open Monday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm, phone number is 07456911897
- for urgent and other enquiries, please contact Sorwar, Project Manager, at [email protected]
- Opening hours to collect vouchers: Sundays, 4pm to 5pm
- Address: Hafs Academy, 2 Boscobel Street, London, NW8 8PS
- Those eligible for vouchers will usually be contacted to come and collect
Mary Smith's Pantry
- Address: 131 Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1W 8RT
- Opening hours: the pantry is open Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm
- Shoppers pay £5 per visit and will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £20/£25 or more.
Tuesday
Notting Hill Methodist Church (Kensington and Chelsea Foodbank)
- You will need a voucher from a support agency such as Citizens Advice. Once you receive this, you can exchange it for three days of emergency food.
- Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10:30 to 1:30pm
- Address: 240 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, W11 4AH
- Phone: 020 3728 9003
- Email: [email protected]
St Michael's, North Kensington
- WandUK distributes food from this location. People are asked to register in advance, either online or in person
- Hours: Tuesdays, 11am to 4pm
- Address: 35 St Lawrence Terrace, W10 5SR
- Phone: 020 8962 4132 or 078 1348 5607
- Email: [email protected]
Hallfield Estate Food bank is closed on 24 December to 2 January 2025 inclusive.
- Address: Pickering Hall, Hallfield Estate, London W26HF
- Hours: Tuesday 10 am; close time varies depending on goods available
- Email: [email protected]
- Open to all; no referral needed
Mary Smith's Pantry
- Address: 131 Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1W 8RT
- Opening hours: the pantry is open Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm
- Shoppers pay £5 per visit and will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £20/£25 or more.
Wednesday
- Open to local residents only (within a 1/2 mile walking distance of the church).
- No voucher or booking is needed.
- Each person is welcome to take up to 10 items, a maximum of 1 from each category. Coffee and tea are also served.
- Hours: Wednesdays, 4pm to 6pm. Closed for August.
- Address: 29 St Petersburgh Place, W2 4LA
- Phone: 020 7229 2192
- Granvillle Community Kitchen – Referral and delivery only
- Emergency Food aid only for those who are either housebound due to physical or mental illness, no recourse to public funds, or fleeing domestic violence
- Services available in postcodes W9, W10, W11, NW2, NW6, NW8, and NW10
- Referral Details: https://granvillecommunitykitchen.org.uk/food-aid-form/
- Phone or text: 07952 616352
- Email: [email protected]
They also provide two free and Halal Community Meals a week
- Wednesdays from 6pm at St Lukes Church, Fernhead Road W9 3EH and Fridays from 6pm at Kilburn Salvation Army, 55 Chichester Road NW6 5QW
North Kensington Community Kitchen
- Registration on arrival, no referral necessary, hot meals and possible delivery, 11:30am to 1pm
- Address: Notting Hill Community Church, 92 Kensington Park Road, W11 2ES
- Email: [email protected]
The last shop of the year is 20 December 2024 at 3pm, and the first shop in the new year will be Friday 3 January 2025 at 9am.
- For a weekly subscription of £5, members of The Abbey Centre Pantry will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables, and store cupboard favourites that will often value £15-20 or more
- Hours: Wednesday, 9am to 5pm and Friday, 9am to 4pm
- Address: The Abbey Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3B
- Phone: 02072220303
- Email: [email protected]
Mary Smith's Pantry
- Address: 131 Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1W 8RT
- Opening hours: the pantry is open Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm
- Shoppers pay £5 per visit and will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £20/£25 or more.
Thursday
- Foodbank operates every Thursday. Registration is required and can be done online or in person between 10am and 1pm.
- In the morning, you will be given a time slot to return, and we request £2 donation, if possible. Will be given a time slot to return.
- Then, between 2pm and 4:30pm (depending on the time slot), you will be able to come into the centre to select food.
- Address: 1 Webb Close, Dalgarno Way, W10 5QB
- Phone: 020 8969 6300
- Email: [email protected]
Westbourne Park Food Pantry
The Westbourne Park Pantry is closed on 26 December 2024 and 2 January 2025.
- For a small weekly subscription of £5, members of this pantry will have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables, and store cupboard favourites that will often value £15 to £20. Membership is open to the community, and local families are strongly encouraged to join.
- Hours: Thursdays, 10am to 6pm
- Address: Westbourne Park Pantry, Westbourne Park Baptist Church, Corner of Porchester Road and Westbourne Park Villas, London, W2 5DX
- Phone: 020 7727 6019
- Email: [email protected]
- Providing hot takeaway meals on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm. Tea and coffee available Monday to Friday from 11am to 4pm, sometimes with pastries. Partnership with NK Hearts and Minds and Unity Grove.
- Address: 71 St Marks Road, W10 6JG
- Phone: 020 3579 0384
- Email: [email protected]
Mary Smith's Pantry
- Address: 131 Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1W 8RT
- Opening hours: the pantry is open Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm
- Shoppers pay £5 per visit and will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £20/£25 or more.
North Paddington Food Bank will be closed from Monday 23 December 2024 and will fully reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.
While we are closed, we will process and distribute emergency voucher requests received via email at [email protected] on
Tuesday 24 and Tuesday 31 December.
- North Paddington Food Bank is currently offering supermarket food vouchers, alongside food collection in partnership with Westbourne Park Food Pantry by referral only
- Referrals can be gained from support workers. If you do not have a support worker, referral partners are Citizens Advice Westminster, Age UK Westminster (for people over 50), Asylum Aid (for recent migrants and asylum seekers), Shelter Westminster (for people with housing difficulties) and Cardinal Hume Centre (for families with children).
- Food collections are from Westbourne Park Pantry, opposite Royal Oak Tube station, Porchester Road, W2 5DX, Thursdays, 1pm to 3.30pm and 4pm to 5.30pm
- Current office opening times are Wednesdays and Fridays, 11am to 4pm.
- Phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm, call 07932 623443
- For urgent enquires please contact [email protected]
Friday
Granville Community Kitchen will be closed from Friday 20 December 2024 to 5 January 2025, inclusive of both dates.
- Granvillle Community Kitchen Food Aid is now open for collections.
- Hours: Wednesdays, 3pm to 4:30pm and Fridays, 4pm to 5:30pm.
- Address: The Granville, 140 Carlton Vale, London NW6 5HE
- Phone or text: 07952 616352
- Email: [email protected]
Notting Hill Methodist Church (Kensington and Chelsea Foodbank)
- You will need a voucher from a support agency such as Citizens Advice. Once you receive this, you can exchange it for three days of emergency food.
- Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10:30 to 1:30pm
- Address: 240 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, W11 4AH
- Phone: 020 3728 9003
- Email: [email protected]
- For a weekly subscription of £5, members of The Abbey Centre Pantry will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £15-20 or more
- Hours: Wednesday, 9am to 5pm and Friday, 9am to 4pm
- Address: The Abbey Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3B
- Phone: 02072220303
- Email: [email protected]
Emmanuel Church Food Pantry
Emmanuel Church Food Pantry is closed on Friday 27 December and will reopen on Friday 3 January 2025.
- Address: 389E Harrow Road, W9 3NA
- Opening hours: Fridays from 2 to 5pm
- A weekly subscription of £5.00 is required
Mary Smith's Pantry
Mary Smith’s Pantry is closed on 25 and 26 December 2024 and on 1 January 2025.
- Address: 131 Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1W 8RT
- Opening hours: the pantry is open Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm
- Shoppers pay £5 per visit and will be able to have access to food, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites that will often value £20/£25 or more.
Saturday
- No referral is needed; people are encouraged to bring a bag or trolley to carry items.
- Hours: Saturdays, registration from midday to 2pm, collection from 3pm to 4pm (assigned timeslot)
- Address: Venture Centre, Faraday House, 103a Wornington Rd, W10 5YB
- Phone: 020 8960 3234
- Email: [email protected]
Further helpful resources
- Citizens Advice - help with the cost of living
- NHS Healthy Start - if you're more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
- Eat like a Londoner - recipes to help you save money and waste
- Good food habits - Love Food, Hate Waste
- Family Food Bank - 'cooking on a budget' recipe book
- Too Good To Go - app that lets you find and save on food from well-known retailers.
Published: 22 March 2023
Last updated: 20 December 2024