Hackney Food Havens

• Children with Voices - Community Food Hub
Supporting healthy eating for children aged 5-8, for families with young children. Fresh fruit and vegetables, food cupboard essentials. £2 donation. Noon to 2.00pm. De Beauvoir Meeting Room 85 Downham Road N1 5TR Tel: 020 3369 0316

• The Jago
Free food parcels. Noon to 3pm. 440 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA. Call 020 7683 0438 

• North London Action for the Homeless
Vegetarian three course meal. Noon to 1pm. St Paul’s Church, Stoke Newington Road, N16 7UE

• Idia’s Community Kitchen
Hot breakfast, tea and coffee, with a variety of bakery items and sandwiches to take away. 10am-1pm. Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR

• St Monica’s Parish Food Shelter
Free hot meals, 6pm-7pm. St Monica’s Church, 19 Hoxton Square, N1 6NT

Children with Voices - Community Food Hub
Supporting healthy eating for children aged 5-8, for families with young children. Fresh fruit and vegetables, food cupboard essentials, ready meals. £2 donation. Noon - 2.00pm CFH Prideaux Hub 10 Church Crescent E9 7DL Tel: 020 3369 0316

Stokey Community Food Shop
Fresh food and essentials. Noon - 2.30pm. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 24 Bouverie Road, N16 0AJ

St John Soup Kitchen
Fresh food and essentials, and a hot meal. 6.30pm-8.30pm. 2A Gloucester Drive, N4 2LW

Idia’s Community Kitchen
Hot breakfast, hot drinks. Bakery items and sandwiches to take away. 10am-1pm. Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR

Gascoyne1 Community Centre
Community lunch. 1pm-3pm. Gascoyne 1 Community Centre, Gascoyne Road, E9 7FA. Tel: 07774 930 516.

Connecting all Communities
Food parcels and hot meals served/delivered. 9am-2pm. Banister House, Homerton High Street, London, E9 6BN. Registration needed, please contact 020 3633 5550 or info@cac-cic.org

Made in Hackney
Pre-cooked meals delivered to vulnerable families. Deliveries are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To refer yourself or someone else call 03337 721 826

Gascoyne 2
Seniors’ Meal Chair-based exercise and community lunch 11am-2pm. Gascoyne 2 Community Hall, Wick Road, E9 5AY. Tel: 07482 320 992

Lighthouse
Drop-in Lunch. Noon to 2pm. SAINT, St Luke’s Church, Homerton Terrace, E9 6RT

North London Action for the Homeless
Vegetarian three course meal. 6pm-7.30pm. St Paul’s Church, Stoke Newington Road, N16 7UE

Connecting all Communities
Healthy lunch service and wellness exercise sessions. 9am- 2pm. Whitmore Community Centre, 2-4 Phillipp St, Whitmore Estate, London N1 5NU. Registration needed, please contact 0203 633 5550 or info@cac-cic.org

2nd Chance Café
Soup and cakes. Pay what you can. 11am-2pm. St Mary’s Centre, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES

Foodcycle Hackney
Free community meal. 12.30pm. New Kingshold Community Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9 7LP

Children with Voices - Community Food Hub
Supporting healthy eating for children aged 5-8, for families with young children. Fresh fruit and vegetables, and food cupboard essentials. £2 donation. Noon -2.00pm De Beauvoir Meeting Room 85 Downham Road N1 5TR Tel: 020 3369 0316

Lighthouse
Drop-in Lunch & Activities Noon - 2pm. SAINT, Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JN

Made in Hackney
Pre-cooked meals delivered to vulnerable families. Deliveries are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To refer yourself or someone else call 03337 721 826

Idia’s Community Kitchen
Groceries including fresh and tinned foods to take away, and a hot meal. Noon - 1.30pm. Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR. £3 donation payable with cash or card which will contribute towards their running costs. Please bring your own carrier bags.

2nd Chance Café
Soup and cakes. Pay what you can. 11am-2pm St Mary’s Centre, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES

St Mary of Eton Church Hall
Chair-based exercise and community lunch. 11am-1pm St Mary of Eton Church Hall, Eastway, E9 5JA (entrance on Wick Road). Tel: 07482 320 992

Woodberry Aid Community Shop
Fresh food and essentials. Noon - 2pm. Unit A, Hartingtons Court, Coster Avenue, N4 2WQ Connecting all Communities Hot drinks, food parcels, hot meals and games. 9am-2pm.

Whitmore Community Centre
2-4 Phillipp St, Whitmore Estate, London N1 5NU. Registration needed, please contact 020 3633 5550 or info@cac-cic.org

Hackney Showroom Friday Lunch Club
Free community meal for those aged 60+. Noon to 2pm. 4 Murrain Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2BN

Rise 365 & Made Up Kitchen
Six bags worth of fresh groceries including bread and cakes, tins, fresh fruit and vegtables, meat/fish and more for £10. Every Saturday 1pm-4pm. Kingsmead Community Centre, 9A Kingsmead Way, London E9 5QG

Refugee Community Kitchen Hackney
Hot meal to take away. 7pm-8pm. Outside Bethnal Green Station Urban Table Hot meal. 1.30pm-3pm Round Chapel Old School Rooms, CPURC, 2 Powerscroft Road E5 0PU

Akwaaba
Hot meal available every second Sunday of the month at Sunday social centre for migrants. 2pm-5pm. Stoke Newington Secondary School and Sixth Form, Clissold Road, N16 9EX.All migrants welcome.

Idia’s Community Kitchen
Groceries including fresh and tinned foods to take away, and a hot meal. 3pm-5pm. Fellows Court Community Centre, 86 Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LR. £3 donation payable with cash or card which will contribute towards their running costs. Please bring your own bags.

There is a network of lunch clubs in Hackney run by community organisations, supported by Hackney Council. They offer low cost meals and activities for residents aged 55+. For more information contact the lunch clubs directly.

• An Viet Foundation (Vietnamese)
28-32 Ellingfort Road, E8 3PA, 020 8986 6171

• Chats Lunch Club (Caribbean)
99 Chatsworth Road, E5 0LH, 07852-572-096

• Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation (Caribbean)
39 Leswin Road, N16 7NX, 020 7923 3536

• Hackney Chinese Community Services (Chinese)
28-32 Ellingfort Road, E8 3PA, 020 8986 6171

• Hackney Cypriot Association (Cypriot)
5 Balls Pond Road, N1 4AX, 0207 254 7920

• Halkevi (Kurdish/Turkish)
31-33 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF, 020 7249 8855

• Holly Street Luncheon Club 
331 Queensbridge Road, London E8 3LA, 020 7923 1282 / 07831-583-343

• Hot Line Meals Lunch Club (Jewish/Kosher)
Schonfeld Square Care Home, N16 0QQ (for residents only), 020 8800 0414

• Lunch Up, Woodberry Down Luncheon Club 
Redmond Community Centre, Kayani Ave, Woodberry Down, N4 2HF, 020 8802 7580 / 07804-693-461

• Nightingale Luncheon Club 
19 Olympus Square, Nightingale Estate, E5 8PL, 020 8985 1309

• North London Muslim Community Centre (Muslim/ South Asian)
66-68 Cazenove Road, London N16 6AA, 020 8806 1147 ex4

• Centre 151 – VLC Pho Club (Vietnamese)
151 Whiston Road, E2 8GU, 020 7739 3650

• Chatsworth (Methodist)
Methodist Church, 99 Chatsworth Road E5 0LH, 020 8985 2230

• Salvation Army Cambridge Heath
70 Mare Sreet, E8 4RT, 020 8985 4410

• Salvation Army Hoxton
66 New North Road, N1 6TG, 020 7739 3313

• New Kingshold Estate Community Centre
Thursdays only. Ainsworth Road E9 7LP hackney@foodcycle.org.uk

Hackney Foodbank provides emergency food parcels to anyone going through temporary crisis or those trapped in poverty. Hackney Foodbank centres work using a voucher referral system. You must get a voucher before visiting. Click here for a list of the organisations and services that can issue vouchers, and information about how to claim www.hackney.foodbank.org.uk or contact them Monday to Friday 10.00am to 2.00pm on 0207 254 2464.

Olio

Use this app to find out where there is spare food offered by individuals in your local neighbourhood. This app available free to download on the App Store (for Apple iOS) and Google Play (for Android), or by scanning the QR code on website olioapp.com/en/

Too Good To Go

Use this app to find out where there is spare food offered by restaurants, cafes and supermarkets in your local neighbourhood. At closing time these businesses offer Surprise Bags of food and meals. This app available free to download direct from from App Store (for Apple iOS), Google Play (for Android), or Huawei  App Gallery, or by scanning the QR code on website www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb