Category: Organisations

Cheltenham Open Door

We are a Community Hub/Day Centre with a community cafe and a free food pantry.

We offer breakfasts, two course hot lunches, food parcels, laundry facilities, clothes store, showers with towels and toiletries, pool table.

We run activities and events and we offer signposting to other services.

We do not charge for our services and you do not need a referral to use our services.

Poets Pantry

We are a food distribution pantry and food club

This organisation was set up in 2021 during the pandemic and is based on preventing or cutting down food waste, we have a supply chain made up from donations, FareShare, and surplus from supermarkets.

With these resources we run a food club on a Thursday and free food sessions on a Thursday and Friday morning.

The food club is £3 to join and then £1.50 once a week. For this you will receive between 7 and 10 items – which includes ambient, fresh fruit and vegetables and a mixture of pasta, rice etc. Depending on supply we also have a small supply of freezer food which is surplus from the supermarkets -if you are a regular member of the food club you will be told when this is available.

Address: 96-98 Masefield Avenue Podsmead Gloucester GL2 5BA

jim@blackbridge.org.uk
07923 445327

Stroud District Foodbank

We are a foodbank supporting households across the Stroud District with emergency food and support to help them through their crisis

We have a central warehouse & office based in Brimscombe Stroud with collection centres in Stroud, Paganhill, Stonehouse, Dursley and Cam. We operate a hybrid collection & delivery service across the whole district. Wotton, Berkeley and Nailsworth currently operate a delivery only service.

We provide emergency food for those in need and run special projects such as our Christmas hamper provision. We also provide support to help people with their crisis.

Address: Stroud District Foodbank Unit 19 Canal Iron Works, Hope Mills Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud, Glos GL5 2SH

https://strouddistrict.foodbank.org.uk/
office@strouddistrictfoodbank.org.uk
01453 367 077

West Cheltenham Community Food Pantry

The West Cheltenham Community Food Pantry is a charitable organisation serving the individuals and families of the West Cheltenham area that are experiencing food poverty.

WCP offer access to a range of fresh and ambient food to pantry members for a reduced fee. It is a food top up.

The pantry has links with other external organisations that can provide additional support services for things like Debt, Employment / Education ,Utility Bills, plus many more topics.

Address: Unit 2 Hester's Way Resource Centre Cassin Drive Cheltenham GL51 7SU

http://westcheltenhampantry.org/
info@westcheltenhampantry.org
07483125289/ 01242 575638

 

Priors Park Neighbourhood Project

PPNP Panty project (every Wednesday between 10am – 12pm) is a not-for-profit membership of £3.50 per week. The pantry offers up to 15 items of essential food and free fresh produce (subject to availability). This supports the most vulnerable in the community and helps households to save on their weekly shopping expenses.

We refer members to our professional agencies for advice, budgeting, and guidance.

We offer the following services on a regular basis:

Weekly drop-in advice sessions provided by external agencies and associated partners. Refreshments available.

Digital support to help residents become digitally included for welfare reform and skills improvement. Refreshments available.

Mental health, Health and Wellbeing support, building confidence through creative workshops, cookery, and budgeting workshops with refreshments. Refreshments available.

Job club and welfare to work funded programmes to upskill and encourage the unemployed back into work. Refreshments available.

Room use and hire for community organisations.

Community Networking lunches, warm space and meetings. Refreshments available.

‘Coffee and Create’ every other Wednesday 10am – 12pm – offering refreshments and participating in creative projects.

Thai cooking classes with lunch every other Wednesday 11am – 1pm.

PPNP Sheds Creative & wellbeing Workshops (every Tuesday & Friday 10am – 3pm) supports mental health and social isolation offering textiles, ceramics, pottery, gardening, creative woodworking groups, and other bespoke creative activities.

We also collaborate with our local nature reserve, to participate with wildlife activities and other local partners.