INFORMATION
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IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD FOOD
Summary:
The North Paddington Food Bank will require you to have a referral to use the service.
If you have a support worker they can refer you via our website. This could be a social worker, family worker, mental health worker or someone from a community service that helps you regularly. Please note that this does not include carers who visit homes to help with cooking and cleaning.
The foodbank is changing the way we work. Instead of food, the food bank will be issuing some of our customers with texts that enable them to withdraw cash from an ATM. If your support worker thinks this is right for you, then they will be able to refer you via our website. If your support worker does not think this is the best way for you to access help at the moment, they can access a list of other food banks here or from our referral form.
If you do not have a support worker, you can find a list of referral agencies below. You may prefer to speak with your GP or faith leader for a referral. We can help people who are experiencing hardship for up to 6 weeks by issuing a text to withdraw cash from an ATM, as above. We will be asking all our customers to answer questions about their financial situation when they request help from us. This is so we can signpost you to services that ensure you can access all the help and benefits you are entitled to.
We cannot provide long term support. However, we know that some situations are complicated and take time to resolve. We will work with you or your support worker to ensure you have all the help you need as far as possible.
| GENERAL REFERRERS: | SPECIFIC REFERRERS: |
|---|---|
| CAB Westminster – Call 0808 278 7834 | Age UK – for people over 50yrs – 0203 0045612; 07969 302517 |
| GP surgery | Asylum Aid – for recent migrants, asylum seekers, Arabic speakers – call Sylvia – 020 7402 6750 : Mon-Wed:10-3pm ; volunteer.derryhouse@asylumaid.org.uk |
| Cardinal Hume Centre – Call between 09:30 and 13:30, Mon-Fri on 0207 227 1673; or email info@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk | Shelter Westminster – For people with housing difficulties – call 0344 515 1540 between the hours of 9:30am – 6:00pm, Monday to Friday |
| Z2K – 020 7259 0801 | HomeStart – For Families with babies and young children – 020 7724 1345; 07808 521 702 |
| Nucleus Legal Advice Service Call between 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday 020 7373 4005 or email info@nucleus.org.uk Free Benefits, Debt, Housing and Employment Law Advice | The Passage – For people who are homeless – 020 7592 1850 |
| Carers Network – for unpaid carers- 020 8960 3033 | |
| Community mental health teams and social services; 020 7266 9500 | |
| Turning Point & DAWS – 020 7437 3523 |
More North Paddington Food Bank Referrers
| Advance Charity | angelou@advancecharity.org.uk | 020 8741 7008 |
| Advice for renters | info@advice4renters.org.uk | 0207 624 4327 |
| Age Uk Westminster | enquiries@ageukwestminster.org.uk | 020 3004 5610 |
| Avenues youth project | hello@avenues.org.uk | 020 8969 9552 |
| Beethoven Centre | beethovencentre@a2dominion.co.uk | 020 8825 1067 |
| Cardinal Hume Centre | info@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk | 020 7227 1673 |
| Care4Calais | clare@care4calais.org | 020 7227 1673 |
| Carers Network | info@carers-network.org.uk | 020 8960 3033 |
| Central and NW London NHS | 020 7266 9700 | |
| Centrepoint | 0808 800 0661 | |
| Club Drug Clinic | clubdrugclinic.cnwl@nhs.net | 020 3317 3000 |
| Community Living Well | cnw-tr.clw@nhs.net | 020 3317 4200 |
| Crisis | london@crisis.org.uk | 0300 636 1967 |
| Debt Free London | 0800 808 5700 | |
| Essendine Primary School | office@essendine.org.uk | 0203 329 0201 |
| Fitzrovia centre | info@fitzroviacentre.org | 020 7580 8680 |
| Freedom from Torture | clinicaladmin@freedomfromtorture.org | 020 7697 7777 |
| Glass Door Homeless Charity | info@glassdoor.org.uk | 020 7351 4948 |
| Grand Union Health Centre | grandunion@nhs.net | 020 7286 1231 |
| Hestia | info@hestia.org | 020 7378 3100 |
| Insight Westminster | insight@humankindcharity.org.uk | 020 8960 5510 |
| Jesuit refugee service | 020 7488 7310 | |
| Jesus Centre Trust | london@jct.charity | 0207 637 0600 |
| Kilburn Primary Care Co-op | kilburn.co-op@nhs.net | 0333 321 2084 |
| King Georges Hostel (homeless) | 020 4509 8373 | |
| LAWRS | info@lawrs.org.uk | 0808 145 4909 |
| LDN London | westminstersociety@wspld.org | 020 8968 7376 |
| LDN London (Formerly Westminster Society) | hello@ldnlondon.org | 020 8968 7376 |
| Lisson Grove Health Centre | 020 3370 1940 | |
| London Irish Centre | info@londonirishcentre.org | 0207 916 2222 |
| Lookahead | getintouch@lookahead.org.uk | 0333 010 4600 |
| Mental Health Services | 020 7266 9700 | |
| Midaye Somali community development Network | 020 8969 7456, 07593440944 | |
| Migrants Organise | info@migrantsorganise.org | 020 8964 4815 |
| Mind, Brent Wandsworth and Westminster | admin@bwwmind.org.uk | 020 7259 8100 |
| Network homes | customerservice@networkhomes.org.uk | 0300 373 3000 |
| Newton Medical Centre | newtonmedical@nhs.net | 020 7229 4578 |
| Notting Hill Genesis | 0203 815 0517 | |
| Notting Hill Genesis | involvement@nhg.org.uk | 033 3000 3000, or contact housing officer |
| Nova New | reception@novanew.org.uk | 020 8960 2488 |
| Paddington Arts Centre | info@paddingtonarts.org.uk | 020 7286 2722 |
| Prisoners Abroad | info@prisonersabroad.org.uk | 0808 172 0098 |
| RBKC social services | socialservices@rbkc.gov.uk | 020 7361 3013 |
| Red Cross | contactus@redcross.org.uk | 0808 196 3651 |
| Refuge (safety of women and children) | helpline@refuge.org.uk | 020 7395 7700 |
| Refugee Council | info@refugeecouncil.org.uk | 020 7346 6700 |
| Refugee Council | infoline@refugeecouncil.org.uk | 080 8196 7272 |
| Riverside | Speak to housing officer or key worker | |
| Roman Catholic Parish of Bayswater | bayswater@rcdow.org.uk | 020 7229 0487 |
| SASH London | info@SASHLondon.org | 020 7851 2955 |
| Solace Women’s Aid | info@solacewomensaid.org | 0808 802 5565 |
| South Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Team | sen@rbkc.gov.uk | 07971 625922 |
| South Westminster community mental health hub | cnwl.westendpcn@nhs.net | 0207 8544 327 |
| St James Church Sussex Gardens | admin@stjamespaddington.org.uk | 020 7262 9976 |
| St Lukes and Christchurch Chelsea | 020 7351 7365 | |
| St Mark’s Hamilton Terrace | vicar@stmarks.london | 0779 4113782 |
| St Peter’s C of E Primary School | office@stpeterscm.co.uk | 020 7186 0082 |
| Stonewall Housing | info@stonewallhousing.org | 020 7359 5767 |
| Thames reach | enquiries@thamesreach.org.uk | 020 7702 4260 |
| The Church of the Holy Apostle | pimlico@rcdow.org.uk | 020 7834 6965 between 10am and 2pm |
| The Clement James centre | reception@clementjames.org | 2012218810 |
| The connection at St. Martin’s | info@cstm.org.uk | 020 7766 5544 |
| The Elgin Clinic | 020 7286 0747 | |
| Together with Migrant Children | hello@togethermigrantchildren.org.uk | 01865 528 658 |
| Trailblazers Mentoring | info@trailblazersmentoring.org.uk | 0800 193 4046 |
| Uk Government Probation Service | london.probationtaskforce@justice.gov.uk | 0300 047 6325 |
| Veteran’s Aid | info@veterans-aid.net | 020 7828 2468 |
| Victim Support | 08 08 16 89 111 | |
| Walterton and Elgin Community Housing / Robinson Wilson Solicitors | enquiries@robinsonwilsonsolicitors.co.uk | 0208 964 3913 |
| Wellington Health Care Centre | sms.wellingtonhealthcentre@nhs.net | 0207 7223 382 |
| West Hampstead Women’s Centre | info@whwc.org.uk | 020 7328 7389 |
| West London Day Centre | 020 7569 5900 | |
| West London Victim Support | 0808 168 9291 | |
| Westminster Adult Social Care | adultsocialcare@westminster.gov.uk | 0207 641 2500 |
| Westminster Children’s services | accesstochildrensservices@westminster.gov.uk | 020 7641 4000 |
| Westminster Council | www.westminster.gov.uk/contact-us | 0207 641 2500 |
| Westminster Housing Services | housing.enquiries@westminster.gov.uk | 0800 358 3783 |
| Westminster Integrated Gangs and Exploitation Unit | integratedgangsunit@westminster.gov.uk | 0797 1920 552 |
| Women and Girl’s network | 020 7610 4678 | |
| Woodfield Trauma service | 020 7266 9575 | |
| Wytham Hall | enquiries@wythamhall.co.uk | 0207 289 1978 |
If you need help paying for food and cannot go to the shops yourself. You, or your referrer, may want to organise a volunteer shopper to help you. Westminster Connects can help find a suitable person. You or your referrer can contact them by emailing:
westminsterconnects@westminster.gov.uk
You may also want to try:
Morrisons Doorstep Delivery Service
Call 0345 611 6111, to place an order choose option 5
Co-op shopping service
Call 0800 029 4592 between 9am and 8pm
If you are on a low income and need longer term support affording food, you or your referrer may wish to use The Westbourne Park Food Pantry on Thursdays or The Abbey Centre Pantry on Wednesday and Friday mornings where subscribers can access about £20 of food for a £5 fee
A comprehensive list of local foodbanks can be found here. We are also working closely with The Granville Community Kitchen.
Morrisons Doorstep Delivery Service
Call 0345 611 6111, to place an order choose option 5
Co-op shopping service
Call 0800 029 4592 between 9am and 8pm
Westway Community transport, for low cost or free door to door transport
Westway CT https://westwayct.org.uk/
Call 020 8964 4928.
If you have children under 4 years, you can now apply for Healthy Start Vouchers without the signature of a health visitor
Healthy start – https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/
If you live in South Westminster, you can access the Westminster chapel Food Bank through a referral from Westminster CAB (above) 0r the
Cardinal Hume Centre https://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/
We can refer clients for face to face advice from:
Westminster CAB
Shelter
Age UK Westminster (home visits for over 65 yrs)
We can refer clients for advice over the phone to
Age Uk Westminster (Over 50yrs)
Nucleus debt / employment / housing legal advice
Shelter
Z2K
Cardinal Hume Centre (families and young people)
Homestart (Volunteer support for parents with children under 5 yrs)
Shine London (advice on fuel costs)
Please note, this is not an exhaustive list of our charitable partners. We will approach each household individually and listen to what support they specifically need and how it can best be delivered.
You can contact the food bank on 07952 616 352 or info@npfoodbank.org.uk
Opening Hours
Our current office opening times are Wednesday 11am – 4pm & Friday 11am – 4pm.
Our phone lines are Monday to Friday 11am – 4pm , but for urgent enquires please contact info@npfoodbank.org.uk