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  • Foodbank

    A distribution centre operates at St Paul’s on a

    Monday 4pm to 5.30pm and Friday 3pm to 5pm.

    IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO HAVE A VOUCHER BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AT THE DROP-IN.

    Cambridge City Foodbank run two distribution sessions at St Paul's on a Monday and a Friday. Guests are provided with emergency food provision according to their needs. A Foodbank Voucher is required to receive the food, please try and organise a voucher before you arrive at the session. A cafe is provided, and at certain times staff from other local agencies are available for advice and support.

    On Mondays at 6pm, the church provides a hot meal called Simple Supper.

    All are welcome to stay for FREE dinner and friendly company.

    Offers of Food

    Other offers of free food (to take away with you):

    The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am every day Monday-Saturday.

    Cambridge Community Kitchen: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Free, hot, plant-based meals available for collection 6.30-7.30pm Thursdays and Sundays. Also a community fridge.

    East Barnwell Community Centre Food Hub: 640 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8RS. Open 1- 2.30pm Mondays, 3.30-5.30pm Wednesdays, 11am-12pm Saturdays.

    Tommy’s Cafe at St Thomas’s Hall: Ancaster Way, CB1 3TT. Community Larder open 9.30-11.30am Tuesdays.

    Arbury at The Church of the Good Shepherd Community Living Room and Food Hub: Mansel Way, Cambridge, CB4 2ET. Open 10.00am – midday Tuesdays. Hot drinks and refreshments available from 10am with food available to take home from 11am.

    Hope CIC Cambourne: The Hub Community Centre, High Street, Cambourne. Open 10-1, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

    Hope on the Go: Duxford Community Centre, Hunts Road, 11.30-12.30 Thursday. Fulbourn The Swifts, Haggis Gap, 10.30-11.30 Tuesday. Linton Village Hall, Coles Lane, 12-1, Tuesday. Orchard Park, Unwin Square, 12.30-1.30 Wednesdays. Northstowe, The Green, Pathfinder Way, 10.30-11.30, Fridays. Papworth, behind Co-op, 11.30-12.30, Mondays.

    Arbury at The Shah Jalal Food Hub at Akeman Community Centre: 80 Akeman Street, CB4 3HG. Run by The Bangladesh Welfare and Cultural Association. Open 10am - 12pm Thursdays.

    Cambridge Seventh-day Adventist Church Food Hub: 15 - 19 Hobart Road, CB1 3PU. Open 10-11am Sundays.

    FREE COMMUNITY MEALS

    St Paul’s Hills Road Simple Supper: Hills Road, CB2 1JP. A warm meal served 6-7pm Mondays.

    Tommy’s Cafe at St Thomas’s Hall: Ancaster Way, CB1 3TT. Open 9.30-11.30am Tuesdays. Free breakfast, tea and coffee available.

    Cambridge Community Kitchen: Eat in Tuesdays: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Plant-based meal 6.30-8.30pm Tuesdays.

    Waste Not Wednesdays: CSF’s Pay-as-you-feel cafe at St Philips Church, Mill Road, CB1 3AN. Open every Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30pm.

    C3 Community Church Warm Space: 6-7:30pm Wednesdays. A warm space for company, conversation, games and some hot soup and baguette.

    Akeman Community Centre Breakfast Club: 80 Akeman Street, CB4 3JH, open 8.45 - 10.45am Thursdays.

    C3 Community Church Food Truck Friday: Based at C3 Church on Coldham’s Lane (opposite Sainsburys), CB1 3HR. Served 12:00 - 2:00pm.

    FoodCycle Community Meal at St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church: St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3AR. 12:30pm. A sit down, cooked community meal every Saturday lunchtime.

    FREE FOOD DELIVERED

    Cambridge Community Kitchen: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Free plant-based meal delivered to anywhere in the city (postcodes CB1 - CB5) on Thursdays and Sundays. Sign up for delivery at https://bit.ly/CCKrequest.

    If you are rough sleeping at the moment there are free food options every day.

    Speak to Wintercomfort, at Overstream House, Victoria Avenue. 01223 518140

    St Paul's was a founder member of Cambridge City Foodbank. Cambridge City Foodbank (CCFb) is an independent charity, closely linked with the Trussell Trust which works throughout the UK to help people in short term crisis. CCFb now operates across the city each week day, offering donated food to those who have been identified to be in need by a wide range of sevices such as health professionals, schools and social services.