Cost of living support

Community food hubs across the borough can help you access free or affordable food if you need it. 

Some hubs may require a referral from a professional, such as a social worker or social housing officer, while others do not need a referral. Each hub has its own process – find more information on their websites or by contacting them directly. 

Here are some of the key hubs in Waltham Forest: 

• Eat or Heat, Quaker House, 1a Jewel Road, London E17 4QU. South Chingford Congregational Church,161 Chingford Mount Road, E4 8LT, and The Salvation Army, 9 Southwell Grove Road, Leytonstone E11 4PP
• Rukhsana Khan Foundation, William Morris Community Centre, 6-8 Greenleaf Road, London E17 6QQ
• Highams Park Food Aid, All Saints Church, Church Avenue, E4 9QD
• PL84U AL-SUFFA, Epicentre, 41 West Street, E11 4LJ
• The Drive Food Stall, every Thursday at 12pm in the walkway below Gaitskell House, The Drive E17 3DD
• The Lighthouse Project at St. Mary's Leyton, Leyton Lighthouse, St Mary’s Church, Church Road, E10. Email lighthouse@saint.church
• Holy Trinity & St Augustine of Hippo Community Food Share, Holy Trinity, Holloway Road, Leytonstone, E11 4LD, email info@e11holy.org.uk 

The Hornbeam Centre is a Community Food Hub who run a weekly Solidarity Supermarket on Mondays from 4pm to 6pm. Shoppers can purchase groceries, wholefoods, spices, ethical cleaning products and surplus food. The Supermarket has a tiered pricing structure to offer help to anyone struggling with the cost of living. Contact admin@hornbeam.org.uk with any questions.

Details of other local food hubs can be found at our Wellbeing Directory.