About us
Manager - Kathy Bland
Trustees
Caroline Arthur - Chair
Anne Clark
Margaret Wilkerson
Liz Womack
Graham Crane
Lesley Kneen
Leominster Food Bank
Supporting people in Leominster and the surrounding area
Charity Number 1194140
Working to relieve and prevent food poverty
How to Get Help
Our sessions are 11am-12 noon on Tuesdays and Fridays. Our usual premises has building work being carried out on it, meaning that we are currently using temporary accommodation behind Leominster Town council offices.
Access is through Etnam Street Car Park where parking charges apply. Free on-street parking is available on Etnam Street for one hour or around the Grange (public park) for two hours.
Food parcels will be given if you have a referral voucher. You will need to come and collect your food or find someone to collect on your behalf.
How to Find Us
Leominster Food Bank is currently distributing from the Back of Leominster Town Council.
Access is through Etnam Street Car Park.
How to Get Food
To get a food parcel you will need a referral from one of the agencies who can issue vouchers. These include:
Stonewater Housing
Connexus Housing
Local schools
Age UK
Turning Point
Vennture
Local Welfare Provision
Early Years Provision
Homestart
Health visitors
Social Care
Children’s Services
Leominster Money Mentors
Probation
If you have an agency in touch with you already, you can ask them to refer you.
If you are an agency not yet working with us, and want to make a referral for someone; please get in touch.
If you have no agency that could refer you, please phone or text 07563 000862 to find out how to get a referral.
Don’t have a voucher?
Anyone can come to our Food Bank sessions between 11.30-12 on Tuesdays or Fridays to access free ‘food share’ fresh food such as bread, fruit and vegetables.
No voucher or appointment is required for this food but it is dependent on donations that day and cannot be guaranteed.
We also have a free food share on:
Saturdays and Wednesdays at 1.30-2pm at Our temporary premises behind Leominster Town Council Offices.
Everyone is welcome. Please walk or make use of the short stay on-street parking in Etnam Street or around The Grange (public park) if you are able to.
How To Help Us
Please leave any donations in our collection points at Leominster Co-op, Morrisons, the Community Donation Point at Aldi or Leominster Community Centre.
Install the free app - Bank The Food - to find out our current needs whenever you go shopping.
We collect:
Bags! Good quality, clean ‘Bags for Life’ and strong carrier bags
Tinned Meat, tinned pies and Fish
Breakfast cereals
Long Life Milk
Pet food
Jam, Marmite, chocolate spread, peanut butter and honey
Biscuits
Sweets, Chocolate
Tinned vegetables, fruit, puddings and soup
Washing powder and washing up liquid
Deodorant, shampoo, shower gel
Toothpaste and toothbrushes, razors and shaving foam
Non perishable goods only at donation points please - must be in date!
If you have home grown produce that you would like to donate, or if you are a food business with fresh food to donate, please get in touch with us.
How To Donate Money
We welcome your monetary donations however large or small. You can drop a cheque into our post box made payable to “Leominster Food Bank” or make a BACS donation to us.
Regular giving helps us to plan and gives us some security to know we can meet the needs of people who need our support. Let us know if you are able to Gift Aid - we can send you a Gift Aid form.
Volunteering
We receive funding from Household Support Fund
This helps to fund food, cooking equipment and our money mentor service.
Our phone number is
07715 410575
Email us: leominsterfoodbank@gmail.com
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