Last updated:

5th April 2024

Help with food

Crisis and low cost food options in Wokingham Borough

Each dot on the map has more details about the service on offer. The map shows:

  • Blue dots are open to anyone in the community
  • Green dots require a referral, more information on how to get a referral below

SHARE Wokingham

SHARE Wokingham offers fresh produce, like bread and vegetables, for those who need it. These are surplus stock from local supermarkets.

Each week SHARE helps over 2000 people in our local community who need support with food by redistributing an incredible 40 tonnes of food from local supermarkets and food suppliers that would otherwise go to waste.

Open to all, no referral needed. 

Arborfield

Royal British Legion, Eversley Road, RG2 9PR Thursdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm on the following dates:

  • 11 and 25 April

  • 9 and 23 May

  • 6 and 20 June

  • 4 and 18 July

Bracknell

St Andrews Church, Priestwood Court Road (RG42 1TU)

  • Fridays, 1pm to 2.30pm

Great Hollands, The Zone, Great Hollands Square, Bracknell (RG12 8UX)

  • Saturday 10am to 11.30am

Finchampstead

FBC Centre, Gorse Ride North, Finchampstead (RG40 4ES)

  • Tuesday, opens at 10am  aim to arrive before 10am for the best choice of food

Shinfield

The Community Flat, 36 Frensham Green, RG2 8EH

  • Wednesday, 2pm to 3pm

Shinfield Community Church, 1 Fairmead Road, Shinfield (RG2 9DL)

  • Monday, 12.30pm  to 1.30pm, free cafe until 2pm

South Ascot

All Soul’s Church, All Souls’ Rd, Ascot (SL5 9EA)

  • Friday, tea and coffee from 12.15pm, foodbank open 1pm to 2pm

Sunningdale

Hope Church, The Hope Centre, High Street (SL5 0NG), next to Nag’s Head Pub

  • Tuesday, 12noon to 1pm, tea/coffee from 11:15am

Winnersh

Rainbow Centre, Rainbow Park (RG41 5SG)

  • Wednesday, 1pm to 2pm, park in Centre Car Park

Wokingham

Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue (RG40 1UU)

  • Friday, 12.30pm to 2.30pm

The Well at King’s Church, 9 Station Road (RG40 2AD)

  • Wednesday, 11am to 3pm

Woodley

Emmanuel Church Centre, Southlake Crescen (RG5 3QW)

  • Monday, 3.30pm to 4.30pm

Foodbanks

These provide emergency food and support to people locally. You'll usually need a referral.

Lunch clubs are run in different parts of the area at certain times:

If you use the Salvation Army or Kaleidoscopic UK locally, they can also help with food. To see all these resources in one place, see our directory.

Apps for end of day food

  • Try the OLIO app, which connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away
  • Try the Too Good to Go app, Surprise Bags of food from local restaurants, grocery stores, cafés, and shops. Stops it going to waste if it hasn't been sold

Referrals

Accessing lots of these services needs a referral.

You can get a referral from our teams who you may work with already such as housing teams, social workers, children’s services or benefits.

You can also get referrals from your child’s school and local charities or voluntary groups you already work with.

Citizens Advice Wokingham may also be able to provide a referral. Use the online form or call  0808 278 7958, Monday to Friday. 

Roots Community Store

Roots Community Store opened as a pilot in February 2024. We'll have more information as it opens more widely later in the year

£32,000 was awarded for this community food project from The Hardship Fund by Wokingham Foodbank, SHARE and First Days Children’s Charity.

This will be a community pantry with a base and outreach across the borough. It will provide fresh foods, canned/dried goods and other household essentials. It will create new and innovative ways for residents to access low cost, healthy food. 

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