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Lillington Community Pantry

Our Community Pantries aim to provide a medium to long-term solution to help individuals and families facing food insecurity. We’ll assist people to engage with services that resolve the underlying causes of their individual situations.

We provide food and wrap-around support for a small membership fee of £5 each time the Pantry is accessed.

Referral to a Community Pantry can be made by the individual in need or through Doctors and Medical Clinics, Social Services, Welfare Teams in Schools or Advice Services.

At the Community Pantry, we will carry out an initial assessment to help identify a broad range of holistic support available. Once you become a member of The Pantry, you will have the opportunity to select from a choice of food each week for 6 months.

We aim to provide food from across all food groups, including a wide selection of store cupboard essentials, chilled, frozen and fresh fruit & vegetables. A small selection of cleaning products and toiletries will also be available for a small additional charge.

The Community Pantry is a collaborative project between Feed The Hungry UK, Cadent and Warwickshire County Council.

For more information, please visit: https://thecommunitypantry.org.uk/

Additional food support

Warwick District Foodbank 

Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system.

We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point for a number of different reasons.

In order to provide the most appropriate help for the circumstances of your situation we work with local agencies. If they feel you are struggling to put food on the table, they will issue you with a foodbank voucher. The local agency can also provide long-term support if needed to help address some of the issues behind the reasons for your crisis. 

Our foodbank works with a number of different agencies, such as Citizens Advice, children’s centres and health visitors. To find out more about the agencies that hold our vouchers and how you can get help, please contact us.

When you visit a referral agency, they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher. This will help them to identify the cause of your crisis and offer practical guidance. It also means we are able to prepare suitable emergency food for the right number of people.

Once you have been issued with a voucher, you can exchange this for three days of emergency food at your nearest foodbank centre

SJB Food Kitchen:

Each Wednesday, we have a Food Kitchen that provides a cooked meal either to eat in or to take away. This is a free service, just come along - no questions asked, service with a smile. Open 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm.

SJB Food Larder:

On Wednesday and Sunday morning, there is a table in the front porch of the Church stocked with basic provisions for anyone to come and help themselves to. This includes food and toiletries. There is no charge for this.

For more information, visit: https://www.stjohnsleamingtonspa.org.uk/food-kitchen

SYDNI Centre would like to help local people in the area who are struggling with the cost of living.

If you'd like a free lunch, surplus supermarket food to take away and advice on managing your money and bills, then we'd love to see you.

The hub will run weekly on Tuesday lunchtime at the SYDNI Centre from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

There will be a free food table every week. Come in from 12 noon to collect.

If you'd like to know more or to register your interest in attending, then phone the centre on 01926 422071 or e-mail Helen at Wellbeing@Sydni.org.

Throughout the week, our soup kitchen and breakfast services offer two meals a day to the most vulnerable people in our community.

Our breakfast services can be found at our Althorpe Street centre in Leamington every weekday, Monday to Friday, from 10.30 am to 11.30 am.

The soup kitchen offers a hot, nutritious evening meal there from Monday to Thursday, between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. 

For more information, visit: https://www.helpinghandscharity.org.uk/soup-kitchens-and-breakfast-service

During these challenging times, one thing that is critically important is that we can feed our families. Food support is not just about where to get food or how to afford it, it’s also about what you do with it when you get it and ensuring you are able to keep eating healthily to stay well.

If you need urgent help with affording food, visit “I need support now”.

Visit Food Support - Cost of Living Warwickshire for advice and support. 

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