Foodbanks

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

Centre

Address

Additional information

Al Madina Mosque

The Hive, Community Building, 2 Victoria Rd, Barking, IG11 8PY

Contact: Christina Rowe 02084788526

Food Club, Lunch Club, Community Kitchen

Fridays 3.30pm - 4.30pm

Barking Food Bank

(Trussell Trust)

Elim Distribution Centre 93 Axe St, Barking, IG11 7LZ

Monday 10.30am - 12.00pm

Wednesday 10.30am - 12.00pm

Friday 10.30am - 12pm

Barking Food Bank

(Trussell Trust)

Chadwell Heath Distribution Centre United Reformed Church, Mill Lane, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6QS

Tuesday 10:00am-12:00pm.

Thursday 10:00am-12:00pm.

Castle Point

163 Bennett’s Castle Lane, Dagenham, RM8 3YJ

Phone: 02022271927

Lunch club

Monday- Thursday open 9:00am-3:00pm

Friday 9:30am-2:00pm.

Church Elm Hub

Dagenham Library, 1, Church Elm Lane. Dagenham, RM10 9QS

Contact: Elyse 07578472508

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Community Food Club:

Thursdays and Fridays 11am - 1pm. Agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website.

Dagenham Foodbank

(Trussell Trust)

RCCG HOFC, The BEACON,
104 New Road,
Dagenham,
RM9 6PE

Wednesdays and Saturdays 11am - 1pm.

(Foodbank voucher referral system.)

Dagenham Foodbank

(Trussell Trust)

Living Hope Centre, The Old Dagenham Methodist Church,
Rainham Road South, Dagenham, RM10 8YB

Tuesdays 5pm - 6pm.

(Foodbank voucher referral system.)

Dagenham Foodbank

(Trussell Trust)

Flowing Rivers Centre, 112 Broad Street, Dagenham,
RM10 9HP

Thursday 6pm - 7.30pm

(Foodbank voucher referral system.)

Dagenham Ummah Welfare Trust

5 Newett Rd, RM8 2XT

Food bank

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Darul Ummah

Gorsebrook Food Bank

36, Maplestead Road, Dagenham, RM9 4XR

Saturday 2pm - 4pm. Users should bring their own bags.

FoodCycle

Al Madina Mosque, 2 Victoria Rd, Barking, IG11 8PY

Contact: 02077292775

Every Sunday at 1pm (from 17th March 2024)

Volunteers prepare and serve a free 3-course meal using surplus food from supermarkets and shops. Guests can take leftovers home.

Heath Community Hub

(previously William Bellamy)

Frizlands Lane, Dagenham, RM10 7HX

Contact: 02087241924

Community Food Club

Wednesdays 12pm - 4pm.

(Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website)

Foodbank

Runs Last Saturday of every month 11am - 12.30pm.

Donate £5 at the door and get £15 worth of essential items. Bring bags.

Hope Family Trust Food Bank (Trussell Trust)

Holy Family Catholic Church Centre. Oxlow Lane, Dagenham RM9 5XJ

Offers halal and vegetarian ready meals plus fresh food parcels to cook at home. Saturdays 1-2pm.

Click and collect available (for registered users).

Also provides hygiene parcels every month to females who cannot afford these essential items.

The first non-profit restaurant in Barking and Dagenham:

Humdum Restaurant, 15 London Road, Barking IG11 8AA

Open 7 days a week HMC Halal Vegetarian Vegan available

Hum Dum

The Ripple Centre, 121, Ripple Road, Barking, IG11 7PB

Saturdays 1pm - 2pm

Kingsley Hall Social Supermarket

Kingsley Hall Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5NB

Contact: Zaphira 02085921708

Monday-Friday 9am - 4pm.

London Riverside Church

Parsloes Avenue,

Dagenham, RM9 5PT

Contact: 02085932241

Store City Food Bank.

Tuesday -Friday 2pm - 3:30pm.

Sunday 10am - 12pm.

All clients must be referred via an email from a recognised referee e.g. local authority, health representative, school etc.

Marks Gate Community Hub

Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath, RM6 5NJ

Contact: 02082704165

Community Food Club

Wednesdays 11am - 1pm

(Self-referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website)

Marks Gate Relief Project

Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath, RM6 5NJ.

Contact: 077448057268 or email Asma.haq@mgrp.org.uk

Foodbank and hot food services available 7 days a week by appointment ONLY. Drop in services (without an appointment available

Monday 9am - 7.30pm & Wednesday 10am - 1pm.

Osborne Partnership

Osborne Centre, Osborne Square, Dagenham, RM9 5AU

Contact: 02085925742

Top Community Café Monday-Friday 10am - 2pm.

Heat and eat- Soup, roll and warm space for the over 50’s Tuesday and Thursdays

11am - 2pm. £1.00.

Power House Community Network

Unit 3 & 4, 280, Oxlow Lane Dagenham, RM10 8LP

Contact: 02085175827

Food Bank

Tuesday 10am - 1pm

Rethink Charity in partnership with Darul Ihsan Mosque

86 Longbridge Rd, Barking IG11 8SF

Open every Saturday in Barking between 4 PM to 6 PM, providing warm meals to those in need.

St Chad's Church

73, Eric Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6JH

Contact: 02085978076

Not-for profit community café with affordable meals, open Tuesday 10am - 2pm. Closed during the summer.

St Thomas’s Church

Burnside Road/Hayden Road, Dagenham RM8 2PA

Contact: 02085989179

Food Pantry Monday 1pm - 3pm.

Pop in for a cuppa, chat, listening ear and top up from the food pantry for those in need. Items in the food pantry cost £3.00 for 14 items (you will get £9.00 worth of items for £3.00).

Thames Community Hub

(previously Sue Bramley)

Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex

Contact: 02082706619

Community Food Club

Friday 11am - 1pm.

(Self referrals or agency referrals can be made through the LBBD website)

The Salvation Army

240, Ripple Road, Barking, IG11 7DJ

Contact: 02085942964

Fresh hot food daily 12pm - 1pm for rough sleepers and people in need.

The Shed