We are nomadic and offer teaching/workshops/practical at community growing sites and private gardens
Access: No restrictions
Geographic Area: Forest of Dean / Bristol
Opening Days: Every Day
Opening Times: All day
Charging Basis: Free
Dean Forest Kitchen offer a Meals on Wheels service throughout the Forest of Dean.
All meals cooked fresh and delivered hot by a friendly face. If you are elderly, isolated, can’t leave your home and any other reason then get in touch
Dean Forest Kitchen have a kitchen for community use and cookery lessons and are able to offer additional support such as signposting to additional help.
Access: Anyone, but particularly the isolated
Geographic Area: Forest of Dean (Meals on wheels)
Opening Days: Monday to Friday
Opening Times: 8:30 - 13:30
Harts Barn Cookery School is all about cooking for all – all ages and skill levels at affordable prices. We believe in the ‘socialisation’ of food and bringing people together.
Access: Cooking for all - no restrictions
Geographic Area: Forest of Dean and beyond
Opening Days: Tuesday to Sunday
Opening Times: Vary
We offer an affordable hot community lunch once a month at Mitcheldean Community Centre.
The lunch is on the 4th Tuesday of the month and if people are poorly food can be delivered. The food comes via hotbox from Dean Magna School kitchen.
Access: Open to everyone There is no membership fee but people must register before arriving
Geographic Area: Mitcheldean
Opening Days: The 4th Tuesday of each month
Opening Times: 12:00 - 14:00
Cost: £5 for a two course meal
The community pantry has been set up by Quedgeley Town Council and provides grocery items to our residents who are struggling in the current cost of living crisis.
We provide signposting to other agencies.
Geographic Area: Quedgeley
Opening Days: Wednesday and Sunday
Opening Times: Wednesday 1-6pm. Sunday 10am-12pm
Cost: £3 for 10 items
We are a family pantry with a membership fee.
We are a foodbank referrer and we offer a listening ear and signposting to other services.
Geographic Area: Cheltenham, around the local area of St Paul’s, St Peters and the Moors
Opening Days: Monday and Friday
Opening Times: Monday (during term-time) 3:30 - 5:00, Friday 9:00 - 12:00
Cost: £4.00 for 10 store cupboard items, 2 fresh or frozen items and free fruit and veg.
We run a community lunch in partnership with Wiggly charity and Good Food Cheltenham.
This is cooked with locally grown, chemical free food and operates on a pay as you can basis.
We offer a friendly welcome and signposting to other support where we can
Access: The lunch is open to all
Geographic Area: Cheltenham
Opening Days: Monday
Opening Times: 12:30 - 1:30
Springbank Community Group will be running a pay as you can community lunch at 12:30 on the last Friday of the month.
Join them in the community cafe at the Ro Smith Pavilion for a home cooked style lunch.
The meal is pay as you feel or pay as you can.
Geographic Area: Predominantly, but not exclusively, West Cheltenham
Opening Days: Friday (last Friday of the month)
Opening Times: 12:30
We are a community pantry.
We may be able to support with dietary requirements such as vegan, dairy-free, gluten free, allergies, halal and kosher – please contact the pantry to discuss this with us.
We offer signposting to support organisations.
Geographic Area: Gloucester wide
Opening Days: Friday
Opening Times: 2pm - 6pm
Cost: People can access 3 emergency food parcels and then membership costs £3 to join, which includes your first 10/12 items and £1.50 a week for 10/12 items
Springbank Community Group CIC operates a Community Pantry that is open 4 times a week and no referral is needed.
The pantry is part of the community hub where we also have a Community Cafe, alongside a variety of social clubs for people of all ages.
We are a food bank referrer and have a Community and Wellbeing Coordinator.
Access: The Pantry operates a membership model and it is £10 for 4 items.
Geographic Area: Predominantly West Cheltenham but not exclusively, we also provide deliveries within Cheltenham on a referral basis
Opening Days: Tuesday to Thursday
Opening Times: Tuesday to Thursday 9am - 12pm and Tuesday 5-6pm
