Emergency Food Support - Foodbanks
Shepway Foodbank
Call: 07913 573403.
Email: foodbank@rainbow-centre.org.
Supported by the Trussell Trust and run by the Rainbow Centre, the foodbank takes referrals from a variety of organisations to support people in crisis and facing food poverty.
Those in crisis can contact the ‘Help through Hardship’ team Freephone number: 0808 208 2138, and an assessment will be made of the support that can be offered.
Food parcels are collected from the Rainbow Centre’s Mobile Food Services Van, which is the country’s first combined mobile foodbank and pantry. It visits Lydd, Cheriton, Hawkinge and Folkestone weekly. A static foodbank also operates in New Romney.
Food can be donated at many of the district’s supermarkets.
Hythe Salvation Army foodbank, Salvation Army Hall, Hythe CT21 6EG
Call: 01303 268792.
Email: hythe@salvationarmy.org.uk.
The Foodbank operates on a Wednesday morning from 10:00am - 12:00noon,for direct access for those in need of food support. No referral is required.
Donations of food can be made inside Sainsbury's, Hythe.
Folkestone and Hythe Family Foodbank
Email: familyfoodbank@children-families.org.
For more information visit: Folkestone & Hythe Family foodbank.
Vouchers for the foodbanks can be obtained by self-referral to a distribution centre listed below.
The centres are:
- People Plus, 145-147 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2DA.
- New Romney Family Hub, Craythorne Lane, New Romney, TN28 8BL, Call: 03000 420000.
- Castle Hill Family Hub, Denmark Street, Folkestone, CT19 6EQ, Call: 03000 420893.
- Folkestone Family Hub, Dover Rd, Folkestone, CT20 1QF, Call: 03000 419727.
- Cheriton Family Hub, Chart Rd, Folkestone CT19 4PN, Call: 03000 416444.
and for college students only: East Kent College EKC, Westcliff House, Westcliff Gardens, Folkestone CT20 1SZ. Call: 01843 230876.
Turner Stone Centre, Folkestone Academy, Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
Family foodbank run at the school on Tuesday and Thursday.
‘Cooking on a Shoestring’ family workshop held on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
Stella Maris Catholic School, Parkfield Road, Folkestone, CT19 5BY
The Sunshine Team Food Pantry opens during school hours for anyone who needs support. Run on a ‘give what you can, take what you need’ basis – dried goods only.