Arbury Good Food Neighbourhood

There are two ways you can apply for an allotment in your neighbourhood. You can either apply through Cambridge City Council for a plot on one of the allotments they manage or apply for a plot which is ran by a local allotment society. Visit Cambridge Allotments Network to find your closest allotment.

Growing Spaces is ran by Transition Cambridge, aiming to reclaim unloved and underused public spaces around the city and transform them into edible landscapes. Find out more about how to get involved in your local growing space here.

The Community Living Room and Food Hub at The Church of the Good Shepherd operates every Tuesday morning.

Shah Jalal Food Hub ran by the Bangladesh Welfare Association operates out of Akeman Street Community Centre on a Thursday morning.

The Church of the Good Shepherd and Arbury Road Baptist Church run a Holiday Lunch Club, providing a meal and activities for children and their families each school holiday.

Arbury Court Fairbite Club is a social supermarket.

Aldi, Iceland, Coop and McColl’s Cambridge all accept healthy start vouchers to help pay for milk, fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, infant formula milk and vitamins.

Visit the Cambridge Sustainable Food Directory to find the sustainable food businesses operating in and around your neighbourhood.

To keep up to date with what good food focused events are happening in your neighbourhood keep an eye on the events section of the CSF website.