HIVE Directory: Food Banks

The insight volunteer provides hot food and a packed lunch twice a week from St John's cathedral on Tuesdays and Saturdays .
An average of 35 people each day are catered for.
They also provide emergency clothes , toiletries and basic food provisions for those in need and provide 16 families from the Catholic churches with weekly food parcels
(St Swituans , St Johns and St Edmonds )
They work with the foodnet and this has been great for sharing provisions around the city as well as the Hive for extra support and guidance .
This provision will continue until the Insight group can safely start up again hopefully in June or July 2021

This group intends to connect free meals with recipients. We take no responsibility for what is cooked and what is provided. Our aim is simply to connect a meal with hungry humans that may not be able to afford a cooked meal at the present time.

Our Food Bank runs in the hope of eradicating food poverty; wanting no one in the city to be going hungry. The team understand that there can be a “shame stigma” attached to using a Food Bank and aim to make people feel as comfortable as possible, showing love, restoring dignity, and encouraging those who enter through our doors. This has spurred us to partner with Kings Church, Portsmouth and The Trussell Trust to launch The Food Bank at our Gunwharf location.

Thursdays: 11am-12pm

St George's Church, Portsea, PO1 3AT.

PLEASE NOTE: Many Food Banks require referrals. If you need to be referred to a foodbank, talk to your support worker (such as a health visitor or social worker)

Food Bank parcels will be available to collect for all those with Trussell Trust food bank vouchers.

The Foodbanks are non-judgemental and inclusive, providing assistance to people of all backgrounds and all faiths or none who are found to be in genuine need. All the food that is distributed by the Foodbank has been donated by people within the community and by various local churches and sorted by volunteers.