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Foodbanks
Get emergency food parcels if you are temporarily unable to provide for yourself.
There are a number of food banks in Barking and Dagenham that can provide emergency food parcels to help people who are temporarily unable to provide for themselves. Some of them require you to obtain a voucher in order to receive a food parcel, so check with them before you visit. Contact details are listed below.
If you are pregnant or have a child under four years old you could get Healthy Start food vouchers to help buy some basic foods.
Barking & Dagenham food banks and food clubs
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The Hive, Community Building, 2 Victoria Rd, Barking, IG11 8PY |
Fridays 3:30pm to 4:30pm |
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170 Gascoigne Rd, Barking, IG11 7LH |
Sunday mornings Food packages |
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Elim Church, 93 Axe St, Barking IG11 7LZ |
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Dagenham Christians Together / Dagenham Library Community Hub |
The Church Elm Hub, Dagenham Library, 1, Church Elm Lane. Dagenham, RM10 9QS |
Community Food Club: Thursdays and Fridays 11am to 1pm. (Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website). |
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RCCG House Of Faith Connections., The Beacon, 104 New Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6PE |
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RCCG HOFC, The BEACON, 104 New Road, Dagenham, RM9 6PE Living Hope Centre, The Old Dagenham Methodist Church, Rainham Road South, Dagenham, RM10 8YB Flowing Rivers Centre, 112 Broad Street, Dagenham, RM10 9HP |
Wednesdays and Saturdays 11am to 1pm (Foodbank voucher referral system.) Tuesdays 5pm to 6pm (Foodbank voucher referral system.) Thursdays 5:30pm to 7pm (Foodbank voucher referral system.) |
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5 Hewett Road, Dagenham, RM8 2XT |
Community events with food served. Food sales make up part of their charity shop model. |
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Frizlands Lane, Dagenham, RM10 7HX |
Community Food club – Wednesdays 12pm to 4pm (Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website). UKIM Food Bank every last Saturday of the month 11am to 12.30pm. |
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Barking Elim Church. 93 Axe St, Barking, IG11 7LZ United Reformed Church, Mill Lane, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6RS Holy Family Catholic Church Centre, Oxlow Lane, Dagenham, RM9 5XJ |
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10am to 12pm Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am to 12pm Sundays 1pm to 3pm |
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The Ripple Centre. 121 Ripple Rd, Barking, IG11 7PB |
Saturdays 1pm to 2pm Offers halal and vegetarian ready meals plus fresh food parcels to cook at home. Click and collect available (for registered users). |
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Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5NB |
Eden Community Storehouse (social supermarket) Monday – Friday 9am to 4pm Street Kitchen Monday – Friday 9am to 3pm |
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Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath, RM6 5NJ |
Community Food club: Wednesdays 11am to 1pm (Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website). |
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Unit 3 & 4, 280 Oxlow Ln, Dagenham RM10 8LP |
Tuesdays 10am to 1pm |
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240 Ripple Rd, Barking, IG11 7DJ |
Fresh hot food daily 12pm to 1:30pm for rough sleepers and people in need. Food bank Monday - Friday 9:30 am to 11:30am and 2pm to 3:30pm (Referral letter needed) |
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73 Eric Rd, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6JH |
Not-for-profit community café with affordable meals, open Tuesdays 10am to 2pm |
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522 Goresbrook Road, Becontree, RM9 4XA |
Food Store at St John's House, every Thursday, 1pm to 3pm No voucher required to receive food. £3 for 14 items plus extras for free |
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Burnside Road/Haydon Road Dagenham RM8 2PA |
Food pantry - Pop in for a cuppa, chat, listening ear and top up from the food pantry for those in need. Mondays 1pm to 3pm. |
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Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0LG |
Community Food club: Every Friday between 12pm and 2pm. (Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website). |
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Barking Learning Centre, 2, Town Square, Barking, IG11 7NB |
Pit Stop - takeaway service for anyone in need, weekdays from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Emergency Food Parcels (referrals through The Homes and Money Hub). Community Food Club: Every Tuesday between 12pm and 4pm. (Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website). |