HAF Toolkit for parents and providers
Food support
Food vouchers and resources, cooking, and local support.
Free digital food vouchers for the school holidays
Over school holiday periods we provide free digital food vouchers to families with children eligible for:
- free school meals
- early years’ pupil premium
- a 2-year-old funded free education place (because parents are in receipt of additional government support)
If your family is eligible you will receive a voucher code from your school or early years setting.
Grow It, Cook It, Eat It
Grow it Cook it Eat is a community food growing and cooking project, that brings communities together.
There is no membership, no cost, and low to no commitment. Grow it Cook it Eat it provides:
- access to free fresh fruit and vegetables
- gardening activities that offer great low-impact exercise
- free cooking sessions that show families how to use fruit, vegetables, and herbs to create tasty, healthy, low-cost meals for the whole family
Food support help in Buckinghamshire
Community fridges and pantries.
Pebble Brook Cafe
Free fresh food is available via their community fridge. The amount of food available is dependent on donations, please check the Facebook page below to see if there is food available for residents.
- Open Monday to Friday between 9:30am to 2:30pm
- Unit 1 Walton Court Shopping Centre, Pebble Brook Café, Hannon Road, Aylesbury HP21 8TJ
Food Cycle Aylesbury Vineyard
Food Cycle Aylesbury Vineyard offers residents, a free 3-course meal every Tuesday.
The meal will start at 6pm each week. No referral is needed.
Berryfields Community Store
Berryfields Community Store is open each Thursday morning from 10:30am for anyone in a financial crisis.
No need for a referral or voucher.
For a £5 donation, you can choose 25 items of food including fresh meat, vegetables and household items (depending on available stock).
Address and contact details:
- Roman Park, Sir Henry Lee Cresent, Aylesbury, HP18 0YT
- for further information [email protected]
Food Pantry – Jedidiah UK
Jedidiah is open for anyone who is struggling to afford food to help themselves with a range of free items, both fresh and packaged.
Opening times are:
- Wednesday 4pm to 4:30pm
- Thursday 4pm to 4:30pm
- Friday 4pm to 4:30pm
- Saturday 9am to 9:30am
Residents do not need a referral.
Address:
All Together Community Fridge
Free surplus and non-perishable food. Residents can visit without needing a referral.
Open every Wednesday and Saturday between 10am to 12 midday.
Address:
Chesham Community Fridge
The Chesham Community Fridge project is run by King's Church Chesham in
conjunction with the Hubbub Foundation.
Opening hours:
- Wednesday 10am to 12 midday
- Saturday 10am to 12 midday
Address:
- food delivery and collection on Chesham Broadway, to the left of Broadway Baptist Church, HP5 1EG
How it works: Bring a sparkling clean canvas handled bag for life and we will exchange it for a pre-bagged selection of food from the fridge.
Flackwell Heath Community Pantry
The pantry is open at Christ Church Flackwell Heath every Wednesday from 10am to 11:30am.
Address and contact details:
Little Chalfont Family Food Hub
Offers families fresh (if available) and non-perishable food parcels every Monday and Wednesday.
Address:
High Wycombe Community Fridge
Open every Thursday from 9:30am to12:30pm.
Address:
High Wycombe Food Hub
High Wycombe Food Hub provides free emergency bags of food and pay by bag option for fresh surplus food.
Opening hours:
- Monday 11am to 2pm
- Tuesday 11am to 2pm
- Thursday 11am to 2pm
- Friday 11am to 2pm
- Saturday 11am to 2pm
Address and contact details:
Food Cycle High Wycombe
Food Cycle High Wycombe offers residents, a free 3-course meal every Wednesday.
The meal will start at 6pm each week. No referral is needed.
Prestwood Community Fridge
Prestwood Community Fridge is open every Saturday from 9:30am to 12 midday.
They distribute food bags containing fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries, yoghurts and more for £3.
Address:
Directory of resources
Find more food banks, community fridges, and other food support in our directory.
Get help to buy food and milk (the Healthy Start scheme)
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk, on the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit to this card every 4 weeks.
You can use your card to buy:
- plain liquid cow’s milk
- fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
- fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
- infant formula milk based on cow’s milk
You can also use your card to collect:
- Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
- vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
Parents/carers could benefit from financial support totalling over £1,200 in their child’s first 4 years.
Other food resources
Every day, delicious, fresh food goes to waste at cafes, restaurants, hotels, shops, and manufacturers - just because it hasn’t sold in time.
The Too Good To Go app lets you buy and collect this food - at a great price - so it gets eaten instead of wasted. You won’t know exactly what’s in your order until you pick it up - it’s all part of the surprise.
Download the app to get started.
Residents can download the app to create an account. They can then search via their postcode for supermarkets/restaurants that are part of the To Good To Go scheme where they can then access reduced-price fresh food.
On OLIO, you’ll find millions of people giving away food and other household items to their neighbours, all for free.
Fight waste. Help your neighbours. Save our planet. Feel amazing!
Residents can download the Olio app and see what free food and household items are available