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

More than 2,000 people use it each week and it has saved more than 1,000 tonnes in food waste since it was launched a few years ago.

Open to all, no referral needed. Available at:

Monday - Shinfield Baptist Church (RG2 9DL), 12.30pm to 2pm
Monday – Emmanuel Church Centre, Woodley (RG5 3QW), 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Tuesday – FBC Centre, Finchampstead (RG40 4ES), 10am to 11am
Tuesday - Hope Church, The Hope Centre, Sunningdale (SL5 0NG), 12 noon to 1pm
Wednesday – Rainbow Centre, Winnersh (RG41 5SG), 1pm to 2pm
Wednesday – The Community Flat, Shinfield (RG2 8EH), 2pm to 3pm
Wednesday - The Well at Kings Church, Station Road, Wokingham (RG40 2AD), 11am to 3pm - prepare soup, build relationships or sit quietly. Market table with provision at the end
Wednesday - St Sebastian's Church, Nine Mile Ride (RG40 3AT) - email office@stsebastians.org.uk if you're local and need help with food
Thursday (fortnightly) - Royal British Legion, Arborfield (RG2 9PR), 4pm to 5.30pm, details below
Friday – Norreys Church, Wokingham (RG40 1UU), 12.30pm to 2.30pm
Friday – St Andrews Church, Bracknell (RG42 1TU), 1pm to 3.30pm

New SHARE site in Arborfield

A pop-up SHARE site started in Arborfield in March. Bring a £1 donation and a shopping bag. Access to pop up pantry with fresh fruit, vegetables, bread and other items to help with cost of living.

This will run about every other week at the Royal British Legion on Eversley Road (RG2 9PR). Upcoming dates are:

Thursday 3, 17 and 31 August (4pm to 6pm)
Thursday 7 and 21 September (3.30pm to 4.30pm)
Thursday 5 and 19 October (3.30pm to 4.30pm)
Thursday 2, 16 and 30 November (3.30pm to 4.30pm)

Foodbanks

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

Wokingham Foodbank– providing support to people across Wokingham borough and beyond
Woodley Foodbank– open to all in and around Woodley daily
Crowthorne Foodbank– open to all in and around Crowthorne, including Wokingham Without and Finchampstead
Nomad Foodbank, Henley - open to residents in Remenham, Wargrave and Crazies Hill

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

Woodley Lunch Bunch– school holidays support for low income families
Wokingham Grub Club- school holidays support for low income families
Link Visiting Scheme Community Kitchen– monthly meal for service users

If you use the Salvation Army or Kaleidoscopic UK locally, they can also help with food.

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’s One Front Door may also be able to provide a referral. Use the online form or call 0808 278 7958, Monday to Friday.