Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

Abbey at East Barnwell Community Centre Food Hub : 640 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8RS. Open 1.00pm - 2.30pm. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any updates to opening hours.

St Paul’s Church: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Hills Road, CB2 1JP. Open 4.00pm - 5.30pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

St Paul’s Hills Road Simple Supper: Hills Road, CB2 1JP. A warm meal served 6pm - 7:00pm. Suggested donation of £2, with the understanding that not everyone who eats with us is able to pay this.

Chesterton Methodist Church: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: 1 Ashfield Road, CB4 1RW. Open 10.00am - midday. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here. 

Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

Arbury at The Church of the Good Shepherd Community Living Room and Food Hub: Mansel Way, Cambridge, CB4 2ET. Open 10.00am - midday. Run by The Church of the Good Shepherd. Hot drinks and refreshments available from 10am with food available to take home from 11am. Everybody welcome!  

Tommy’s Cafe at St Thomas’s Hall: Ancaster Way, CB1 3TT. Open 9.30am - 11.30am. Free breakfast, tea and coffee available. Also a Community Larder.

Cambridge Community Kitchen: Eat in Tuesdays: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Cambridge Community Kitchen provide free, hot, plant-based meals to anyone who needs them, available to eat in or collect, 6.30-8.30pm. Delivery to anywhere in the city also available Thursdays and Sundays, postcodes CB1 to CB5. Sign up for their free meals here.

Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

Waste Not Wednesdays: CSF’s Pay-as-you-feel cafe at St Philips Church, Mill Road, CB1 3AN. Open every Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30pm.

OLEM Church: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Hills Road, CB2 1JR. Open 10 am - midday. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Northstowe: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Northstowe Temporary Community Centre, 1 The Green, Pathfinder Way, Northstowe, CB24 1FD. Open 1.00 - 3.00pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Orchard Park Mobile Food Hub by Hope CIC: Unwin Square. Open 12.30 - 1.30pm.

Abbey at East Barnwell Community Centre Food Hub: 640 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8RS. Open 3:30pm - 5.30pm. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any updates to opening hours.

C3 Community Church Warm Space: 6pm - 7:30pm. A warm space for company, conversation, games and some hot soup and baguette.

Akeman Community Centre Breakfast Club: 80 Akeman Street, CB4 3JH, open 8.45 - 10.45am. Meet, eat, connect.

Cambourne: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Old Blue School, Eastgate, Cambourne, CB23 6DZ. Open 10.00am - midday. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

Waterbeach at Waterbeach Baptist Church Foodbank Welcome Centre: Chapel Street, Waterbeach, CB25 9HR. Open 11:00am - 12:00pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Arbury at The Shah Jalal Food Hub at Akeman Community Centre: Akeman Community Centre, 80 Akeman Street, CB4 3HG. Run by The Bangladesh Welfare and Cultural Association. Open 11.00am - 1.00pm.

Church of the Good Shepherd: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Mansel Way, Arbury, Cambridge, CB4 2ET. Open 11:00am - 1:00pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

St Paul’s Hills Road Lunch Club: Hills Road, CB2 1JP. A two course meal served 12pm - 2pm. £4 for two courses.

Christ Church Trumpington Church: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: 14 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, CB2 9HT. Open 2:30pm - 4.00pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Cambridge Community Kitchen: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Cambridge Community Kitchen provide free, hot, plant-based meals to anyone who needs them, available for collection, 6.30pm - 7.30pm, or delivery to anywhere in the city, postcodes CB1 to CB5. Sign up for their free meals here.

Romsey at C3 Centre Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Romsey at C3 Centre Foodbank Welcome Centre: Coldhams Lane, CB1 3HW. Open 10.30am - 2.00pm. Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

C3 Community Church Food Truck Friday: Based at C3 Church on Coldham’s Lane (opposite Sainsburys), CB1 3HR. Served 12:00pm - 2:00pm. No need to pre-register, just go along.

St Paul’s Hills Road Lunch Club: Hills Road, CB2 1JP. A freshly cooked meal served 12pm - 2pm. £5 for two courses.

St Paul’s Church: Cambridge City Foodbank Welcome Centre: Hills Road, CB2 1JP Open 3pm - 5pm.Only people with a Foodbank voucher can visit. For more information on how to get a Foodbank voucher, click here.

SATURDAYS

Romsey at The Edge Café Food Hub: 351 Mill Road, CB1 3DF. Open 10.00am - 11.30am. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any changes to opening hours.

Abbey at East Barnwell Community Centre Food Hub: 640 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8RS. Open 11.00 am - 12.30pm. Check their Facebook page before visiting for any updates to opening hours.

FoodCycle Community Meal at St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church: St Andrew’s Street, CB2 3AR. 12:30pm. They are now running a sit down, cooked community meal every Saturday lunchtime at St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church. No pre-registration required. For more information, see their website or Facebook page.

Sundays

Romsey at Cambridge Seventh-day Adventist Church Food Hub: 15 - 19 Hobart Road, CB1 3PU. Open 10.00am - 11.00am. For regular updates check their Facebook page.

North Cambridge Soup Kitchen starting 17th September, then the third Sunday of every month : Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, CB4 2JL. Open 11.30am - 1.00pm for freshly cooked soup and bread.

Cambridge Community Kitchen: The Lockon, 11-12 Fair Street, CB1 1HA. Cambridge Community Kitchen provide free, hot, plant-based meals to anyone who needs them, available for collection, 6.30pm - 7.30pm or delivery to anywhere in the city, postcodes CB1 to CB5. Sign up for their free meals here.

THE Household SUPPORT FUND

The Household Support Fund can offer you the following means of financial support:

Holiday Voucher Scheme

• The Holiday Voucher Scheme offers households in receipt of Free School Meals, supermarket vouchers to support them during school holidays between April 2024 and September 2024.

Vouchers are issued to the value of £15 per eligible child per week

To see if you’re eligible and how to access this support, please visit our Cambridgeshire Holiday Voucher Scheme page for further information.

Financial Award

A financial award, totalling £110 (per household)

see here for more details, eligibility and application form

Cambridge city council

Are providing help for communities on their website. Find more about what you can do to help or how to receive support.

You can contact the Council’s housing options team and revenue and benefits service for support.

Cambridge CITY Food bank

To get help from Cambridge City Foodbank, please click here. Donations are always welcome – please click here for more information on how to support their work.

Fairbite: “Fairbite Food Clubs are designed to help local people who are struggling financially. For a small membership fee, members choose from a range of food and household items. As a member you’ll select up to ten items from the shelves during a weekly visit to your local shop. As well as affordable food, members can get expert advice from our Citizens’ Advice advisors, and can join the Fairbite Club – a group for all members to meet each other, share ideas about the shops, and get involved in events and opportunities in the community.

For more information on how to join, click here.

Free School Meals (County council)

If you are in receipt of certain benefits your child may be entitled to free school meals, saving you up to £470 per year per child. This scheme is available for school-age children and to post-16 students at a school with a sixth form or college. See website for more details

Cambridge & District Citizens Advice

Face to face appointments and drop-ins at all centres have been suspended until further notice. If you need a Foodbank Voucher call their Cambridge Adviceline: 0344 848 7979 which is open 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday or email via Email for Advice. They can only do text referrals which do not involve them having to print a paper voucher.

Cambridgeshire Local Assistant Scheme (CLAS)

Supporting families and individuals by offering advice on how to make their money go further, or to help them move on from a difficult situation. Offer includes vouchers for those who don’t have enough money for food, clothing or fuel, access to new white goods and recycled goods and furniture. Offices are open Monday - Friday, except on Bank Holidays. For information on the scheme and to check eligibility see here.

CambRidge United community trust

Cambridge United Community Trust have cancelled all their community events at the stadium, including the following: Seniors' Lunches, Senior’s Afternoon Teas, Holiday/Community Lunches.

As part of Cambridge United's Forever United Scheme, they are providing FRIENDLY CHAT, ONLINE ACTIVITIES, PRACTICAL SUPPORT for Cambridge residents over 70 (shopping, picking up prescriptions or any other every day needs).

To sign up, give them a call on 01223 632 129 (Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm) or fill out their online form.

More information about the services Cambridge United Community Trust are providing see their website.

The C3 Church

The C3 Church has set up a low cost Community Market Shop to support the local community during these unique times.

To check eligibility see their website and to submit your application to access the shop fill in this form.

You can also find out further information by giving them a call on 01223 844415.

THE EDGE CAFE

The Edge Cafe is operating as a community food hub - see details in the timetable above. See here for information.

Food Cycle Cambridge

They are now running a sit down, cooked community meal every Saturday at 12:30pm at St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church. No pre-registration required. For more information, see their website or Facebook page.

Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum

information and resources their website including in over 20 community languages.

For help individuals or families in need can phone or leave a message on 01223 655241, which is checked regularly.

red hen project

The Red Hen Project Their community based family workers are on hand for parents and carers with help, advice, support and encouragement – over the phone and via video chat when available. Their Facebook page is a good source of ideas and you can contact their family workers through this route or via getsupport@redhenproject.org. T

see here for events and activities

WINTERCOMFORT

Wintercomfort is a support hub for those who are homeless or at risk of losing their home in Cambridge. They are open 9am to 1pm everyday with individual appointments between 2pm and 3pm.

Please note that you should only phone them if you are homeless and in need of support.

You can visit https://wintercomfort.org.uk/ for more info.

Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough offers a variety of services for older people and their carers.For up to date information on the services they are providing, see here.