Please read this important information from Leeds Food Aid Network with regards to the strategies that they are working on implementing with Leeds City Council and other food aid providers across the city. This information is subject to change and we will update it accordingly;
“The city will be upscaling its capacity to deliver food to people’s homes. An offical referral system is being developed which will be combined with the existing Welfare Support Scheme and will involve the Council linking people in with a range of providers including FareShare Yorkshire and a Business which has committed to delivering food parcels. Before this gets set up and running people can contact us on [email protected] and we will ensure people who are in genuine need recieve a delivery. Ideally this referral needs to be from an agency but decretion will be shown when people self refer.
We will be developing the Leeds Food Aid Network (FAN) website to show whats open and closing as time progresses.
– 6 Foodbank outlets have been closed in the South and East of the city. See South and East Foodbank details below.
See South and East Foodbank Message below:
We are having to temporarily close the following food banks due to measures put in place to slow the spread of #covid19.
Hunslet Methodist Church as of 18/3/2020
Rothwell Fire Station as of 19/03/2020
St John and St Barnabas Church, Belle Isle as of 20/3/2020
St Andrews Church, Beeston as of 23/3/2020
Driglington Methodist Church as of 23/3/2020
FourSquare Church, Osmondthorpe as of 26/3/2020
Emergency support will continue to be available at (Still Open)
St Cyprians Church, Harehills as of 23/03/2020
St Pauls Church, Morley as of 24/3/2020
St Richards Church, Seacroft as of 24/3/2020
Church of the Epiphany, Gipton as of 24/3/2020
St Cross Church, Middleton as of 24/3/2020.
– Operations at Leeds North and West Foodbank remain open at their 9 outlets. Keep checking their website.
– Holbeck Foodbank remains operational for deliveries.
– St Vincents is operational but on reduced staff. Please call when collecting a food parcel.
– St George’s Crypt Armley Shop is still doing Food Parcels.
– St George’s Crypt and Lighthouse have stopped serving food on a Lunchtime at the central venue.
– A number of Street Kitchens have changed their activites and are now cirulating round the city more rather than staying still in one place. Leeds Homeless Street Angels will not be in operation due to ill health but will be back soon.
A number of key Churches are considering their position but please note that Food can be accertained from Neruka’s Soup Kitchen on Gledhow Rd in Harehills (Wed and Friday)
and StreetWise at Life Church on Kirkstall Rd will be handing out food and hot / cold drinks on the door (Thursday 7pm).
We will update on Life Cafe (Shannon Street), Soup and More (Meanwood Rd), Salvaton Army, South Parade (Rooted) and St Martins (Chapel Town) shortly.
Please get in touch with [email protected] if you have any further questions”.