Food banks
These offer a lifeline to many households that don't have enough food. There any many local food banks linked to churches and local organisations as well as national ones.
If you need to be referred to a food bank, contact our Money Advice Team.
Community shops
What’s a Community Shop?
Community Shops were set up as a response to what we’d previously learned around food support during the Covid pandemic.
The feedback we received was that food options needed to be more sustainable and reflect the diversity of our residents and by giving better choice. This helps residents to be more resourceful with their incomes during the challenges linked to the cost of living.
The Community Shop delivers quality food products at sustainable prices for the shops and residents.
The food product options in the shops are fresh, frozen and have a long shelf life, there’s also toiletries and cleaning products available.
There’s a good selection of products that’ll allow residents to make a range of healthy meals that supports growth and a healthy development, the addition of these shops allow residents to make healthy savings on their weekly outgoings.
Food Pantry – Unit 5 and 6 Magreal Industrial, Freeth Street, Ladywood B16 0QZ
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 11am – 2pm
- £15 annual fee, then £5 per shop up to two times a week
- Website: www.birminghamcaregroup.org
- Email: info@birminghamcaregroup.org
- Tel: 0121 523 9690
Your Local Pantry – Various locations all across West Midlands
- Please visit www.yourlocalpantry.co.uk and enter your postcode for location closest to you
- Weekly subscriptions start from £4 per week
Family Action – Birmingham Food Club
- St Chads Community Centre, Stoneyhurst Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 8HA – Wednesday from 10am – 11.30am
- The Hollymoor Centre, 8 Manor Park Grove, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5ER
Friday from 12pm – 2pm - St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Church, Lakey Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B28 8QU Tuesday from 12pm – 2pm
- Email: birminghamfoodclubs@family-action.org.uk
- It only costs £1 a year for a family to become a member. Once you’ve joined, you can purchase a bag of tasty food items every week worth approx. £15 for just £4!
- To become a member, you must live or work within approximately 15 minutes of a club
Community Social Supermarket - Bellasis Street, Stafford, ST16 3DD
- Please email or call for more information.
- Email: staffordshirecommunityhub@gmail.com
- Tel: 01785 223322
Burntwood Be a Friend community store - 3 Jervis Court, Sankeys Corner, WS7 1BL
- Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 10.30am - 2.30pm
- Registrations for new members are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 11am - 1pm
Community Shop next to Featherstone Prison - 1 Oaks Dr, Featherstone, Wolverhampton WV10 7PX
- Open Monday, Thursday & Friday between 10.00am – 3.00pm and on Saturday and Sunday between 10.30am – 2.30pm
- Each Community Shop is run by volunteers and each establishment has a membership fee, which varies between venues
Community Grocery
- SwanBank Church, Burslem, ST6 2AA
- 01782 695511
- Open Monday – Friday from 9:30am-4:30pm
- You can sign up for a £5 annual membership
Community Cupboard
- The Hub, Port Vale Foundation
- 113 Hamil Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 1AP
- 01782 757066
- Open Friday from 10am-12pm
- You can choose your own items, all sanitary products are free
The Community Can Social Supermarket
- Unit 24 Tunstall Indoor Market, Butterfield Place (inside Tunstall market)
- 07411151819
- It’s free to join. There are free sanitary products and some free end of shelf life products.
- Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30am-5pm
Your Local Pantry @YMCANS
- Campus Shop, YMCANS Harding Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST1 3AE
- 01782 222376
- Thursday and Friday from 12:00pm-4:00pm. Membership fee is £3.50 and weekly fee is £4.50.
Chell Parish Pantry
- Church of the Saviour, Sprink Bank Road, Chell Heath, ST6 6QQ
- 01782 838708
- Thursday from 12:00pm-2:00pm. There’s no charge for the items you choose. They also offer free hot drinks, biscuits and cakes.
The Joyful Independent Foodbank
- Market Square, Hanley, ST1 1NU
- Open Monday – Saturday from 10:30am—3:00pm.
The Hope Campus
- Market Square, Hanley, ST1 1NU
- 07498 168648
- Open from Monday-Friday 9:30am-4pm.
- £5 membership per year, then £2.50 for each shop. Shoppers can go in 3 times per week.
The Bread and Butter Thing
- Bentilee Family Hub, Dawlish Drive, Bucknall, ST2 0HP
- Tuesdays at 1:30pm
- To register, text 07860 063304 with your name, postcode and you would like to join (Bentilee Family Hub).
- Once registered, members will receive a weekly text offering the food service which they can then collect from their hub
- Each Community Shop is run by volunteers and each establishment has a membership fee, which varies between venues
Wolves Waste Not at Gatis Community Space (Pay as you feel)
- Gatis St, Wolverhampton, WV6 0ET
- Wednesday from 11am
Thursday from 10am - St Chads & St Marks Church - Surplus Food Market (Pay as you feel) Lime Street, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EX
- Every Saturday from 12:30pm
Big Venture Community Shop
- You can join for just £5 per year and will immediately receive a free bag of shopping and will be able to use the shop whenever you need it.
- 17 Chesterton Road, Scotlands, WV10 8SP
- Monday - 9.30am to 2.30pm
Tuesday - 9.30am to 2.30pm
Wednesday - 9.30am to 2.30pm & 5.30pm to 8.00 pm
Thursday - 9.30am to 2.30pm
Friday - 9.30am to 12.30 pm
Bilston Support Network Community Shop – Bilston Strengthening Families Hub
- 25 Market Way, Bilston, WV14 0DR Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - 9.30am to 2.30pm
- Stratton Street Community Shop - Stratton Street Methodist Church Community Centre Nine Elms Lane Park Village Wolverhampton, WV10 9AJ
- Tuesday - 10am to 2.30pm
Wednesday - 10am to 5.30pm
Friday - 10am to 2.30pm
Low Hill Community Shop - Kempthorne Avenue, Low Hill, WV10 9JJ
- Monday - 10am-1pm and 6pm-7.15pm
Tuesday - 10am-11.30am
Wednesday - 11am-1pm and 6pm-7pm
Thursday - 11am-1pm
Eastfield Community Shop - Eastfield, Colliery Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 2QY
- Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Central Community Shop
- Queen’s Building, Victoria Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LD
- Tuesday 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Each community shop is run by volunteers and has a membership fee, which varies between venues.
Incredible Surplus
Previously known as The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham, Incredible Surplus intercept food and other usable materials that‘d otherwise go to waste from supermarkets, restaurants and other sources – you pay on a “Pay-As-You-Feel” basis. There are distribution locations, checkout their website for more information.
If you’re worried about not being able to pay your rent, please speak to your rent payment officer who’ll be able to help you.
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