Local Places offering Free/low-cost food over the festive holidays 2025
This list includes a range of local places that are offering regular meals and/or food parcels from December 20th till January 4th.
If you need a pharmacy during one of the festive Bank Holidays, Regal Chemist (48 Chatsworth Road) will be open between 10am and 2pm and can be reached on 0208 985 2536. Unipharm Pharmacy (253 Kingsland Road, E2 8AN) will also be open from 10am till 4pm and can be reached on 020 7613 4176.
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Saturday December 20th
Organisation: Co Hub
Offer: Food pantry
Time: 11am-3pm
Location: New Kingshold Community Centre, Ainsworth Road, E9 7LP
Pop by for low-cost food
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Sunday December 21st
Organisation: St John’s Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Offer: Open for a hot drink and space to sit down as well as hot food.
Time: 12pm=2pm
Location: St John's Church, 2A Gloucester Drive (on corner of Queen's Drive) N4 2LW
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Organisation: Urban Table
Offer: Soup Kitchen
Time: 1.30pm-3.30pm
Location: Clapton Park URC
Round Chapel Old School Rooms
2 Powerscroft Road,
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Monday December 22nd
Organisation: Children with Voices
Offer: Christmas Brunch Party - residents and volunteers welcome
Time: 2pm-5pm
Location: St Thomas’s Church, Upper Clapton.
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Organisation: Hackney Foodbank
Offer: Offering emergency food parcels. Please note, you need a referral to come to this centre.
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Address: Kingsmead Kabin, 8-9 Kingsmead Way, London E9 5QG
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Organisation: Idia’s Community Kitchen
Offer: Free Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Tuesday December 23rd
Organisation: Chatsworth Road Food Bank
Offer: Food bank
Time: 11am-3pm
Location: Clapton Park Methodist Church, 99-111 Chatsworth Rd E5 0LS
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Organisation: Gascoyne One Lunch Club
Offer: Free three course meal
Time: 11am-2pm
Location: Gascoyne One Community Centre, Gascoyne Road, London E9 7BL
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Organisation: Hackney Foodbank
Offer: Emergency food parcels (food bank). Please note, you’ll need a referral to use this service.
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Our Ladies and St Joseph Church, 100a Balls Pond Road, N1 4AG
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Hot Meal
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Bootstrap 18-22 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL
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Organisation: Morningside & Gascoyne Food Hub
Offer: Emergency Food Bank
Time: 11.30am-12.30pm
Location: Morningside Community Centre, Cresset Rd, E9 6SJ
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Wednesday December 24th
Organisation: Idia’s Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Hot Meal
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: 74 Kingsland High St, E8 2NS (in front of crisis charity shop)
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Christmas Day - Thursday December 25th
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Boxing Day - Friday December 25th
Organisation: Idia’s Community Kitchen
Offer: Food Pantry - 50p donation per bag. Other bulky items from £1-£5.
Time: 10am-12pm
Address: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Saturday December 27th
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Food pantry. 50p donation per bag. Other bulky items from £1-£5.
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Sunday December 28th
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Free hot meal
Time: 2pm-3pm
Location: 74 Kingsland High St, E8 2NS (in front of crisis charity shop)
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Organisation: Urban Table
Offer: Soup Kitchen
Time: 1.30pm-3.30pm
Location: Round Chapel Old School Rooms, 2 Powerscroft Road, London E5 0PU
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Monday December 29th
Organisation: Children with Voiced
Offer: Lunch. £3 for a single, £5 for a family
Time: 12pm-2pm
Location: De Beauvoir Tenants and Residents Association Building, 81 Downham Road, De Beauvoir Town N1 5TR
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Organisation: Idia’s Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Tuesday December 30th
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Address: Fellows Court Community Centre, E2 8LR
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Hot Meal
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Bootstrap 18-22 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL
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Organisation: St Johns Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Offer: Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Time: 6.30pm-8pm
Location: St John’s Church, 2A Gloucester Drive (on corner of Queen’s Drive), N4 2LW
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Wednesday December 31st
Organisation: AMURT-UK
Offer: Meals, hot drinks, biscuits and friendly chat
Time: 2pm-3.30pm
Location: Salvation Army Community space, Lower Clapton Rd E5 0QR
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Organisation: AMURT-UK
Offer: Hot meals for the homeless community.
Time: From 1.30pm
Location: Greenhouse GP, 19 Tudor Rd E9 7SN.
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Hot Meal
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: 74 Kingsland High St, London E8 2NS (in front of crisis charity shop)
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Thursday January 1st
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Breakfast Club
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Friday January 2nd
Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Food pantry. 50p donation per bag. Other bulky items from £1-£5.
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Organisation: Hackney Food Bank - Museum of the Home
Offer: Emergency food parcels. Please note, this service is by referral only.
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: 136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA
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Saturday January 3rd
Organisation: Hackney Foodbank
Offer: Emergency food parcels. Please note, this service requires a referral.
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Pembury Community Centre, 1 Dalston Lane, London, E8 1FA
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Food Pantry. 50p donation per bag. Other bulky items from £1-£5
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Fellows Court Community Centre E2 8LR
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Sunday January 4th
Organisation: St Johns Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Offer: Soup Kitchen and Food Bank
Time: 12pm-2pm
Location: St John’s Church, 2A Gloucester Drive (on corner of Queen’s Drive), N4 2LQ
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Organisation: Idia's Community Kitchen
Offer: Free hot meal
Time: 2pm-3pm
Location: 74 Kingsland High St, London E8 2NS (in front of crisis charity shop)