Social welfare Charities That specialise in Food
Discover 1,150 Social welfare charities that specialise in Food. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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All Nations Church Bedford
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Health, Housing, Social welfareThree meetings for worship every Sunday at two centres, and midweek group meetings for adults and separately for young people. Pastoral care and activities for parents and babies, children, youth, and senior age group. Weekly food parcel distribution. Christmas hampers through local agencies. Pregnancy crisis advice centre. Daily Pre-school. Support to homeless. Support to those in need overseas.
Curly's Legacy
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareThe charity runs and operates a working 10 acre farm, providing school children, young people & vulnerable adults with farming experiences in order to promote education, health, well-being and an appreciation of agriculture & farming. The charity also runs Curly'd Farm Food Bank supporting 60-75 families each week. Also Curly's Caravan which offers memory making holidays to vulnerable families.
Bedford Foodbank
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareBedford Foodbank is set up to benefit people who are in financial crisis and hungry due to reasons such as family breakdown, sudden unemployment,benefits problems ( such as delays or changes), debt, or any other eventualities by helping them through the crisis, through food parcels and signposting them to receive further help primarily in the area of Bedford Borough.
Maundy Relief
Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Professions, Social welfareTo provide an immediate and sustained response to poverty and need in the local community and to support the ongoing wellbeing of those we encounter. main activities include a foodbank, a welfare benefit advice service, a counselling service, housing advice and support and a nurse led health advice and advocacy service.
Brent Foodbank
Charity and VCS support, Social welfareBrent Foodbank has the primary goal of preventing or relieving poverty in Brent and the surrounding area, by providing emergency food to people in crisis treating them with dignity and respect. We have the longer-term ambition of breaking the poverty cycle and alleviating social isolation. Our volunteering teams also help signpost people who use our services to helpful partner organisations.
Suleymaniye Community Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfareOur charity provides educational support and establish supplementary school to the children who lives in deprived area and experiences of difficulties gaining national level success due to the lack of language skills or overcrowded class sizes etc.. We are organising food bank and food aid for homeless or any vulnerable people in our area.
St. Martin's Centre Partnership
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Social welfareSt Martin's Centre is located on the border of Byker and Walker in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. We provide a range of activities for all ages, with activities and support for young children and families, an Ofsted-rated outstanding nursery, volunteering opportunities for local residents, daily activities for older adults and befriending and wellbeing support, including emergency food.
Reach Community Projects
Charitable activities, Education, Housing, Social welfareREACH assists clients in financial crisis, focusing on solutions for debt and hardship through a relational handholding approach. Food parcels deliver immediate crisis relief. Long-term interventions include debt advice, benefits assistance, housing aid, essential items. Our prevention work involves post intervention 1-2-1 wellbeing guidance, money management classes in schools, advocacy & policy.
African Development Trust
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfareALTHOUGH ITS MISSION IS TO WORK ALL AFRICA, ADT IS OPERATING IN SOMALIA PARTICULARLY IDP CAMPS IN MOGADISHU AND ITS SUBURBS. THE MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDE: - WATER AND SANITATION DEVELOPMENT - PROVISION OF EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE (MOBILE CLINICS)- BASIC EDUCATION - EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION- ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP- SEASONAL PROJECT (QURBANI AND RAMADAN)
North Paddington Foodbank
Social welfareNPFB addresses the "hidden hunger" and issues around the lack of food and opportunity which affect thousands of people across the UK. We provide not only food parcels but also advice through specialist partners in areas such as benefits and welfare. While no-one who needs help is turned away, our core area for both contributions and distribution is in the north of Westminster and Kensington.
Hope (portsmouth)
Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Religion, Social welfareHOPE Portsmouth runs various community projects including: Portsmouth Food Bank, Community Circles of Support, ROC Community Mentoring, undertakes various youth and children's activities, as well as Hope Church Sunday services and midweek church community activities.
Hope Community Church
Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health, Religion, Social welfareThe activities of the church range from regular meetings on Sundays for praise & worship of God, provision of children's and youth classes to help understand the Christian gospel, advice & support for struggling parents in the community, debt counselling and emergency food aid.
Cardiff Foodbank
Social welfareCardiff Foodbank aims to provide a supply of basic food to help clients through short term crisis situations caused by ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and who are living in the City of Cardiff and its environs.The organisation collects, stores and distributes food to clients who are assessed to be in need by front line professional agencies in the city.
Hope Corner
Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfareHope Corner is mainly active in the Geographical area of Runcorn and Widnes (Halton). As well as key Church activities, we have a number of Community projects including 'Hope Corner School ' an Independent Special Educational Needs School.
Salisbury Foodbank
Social welfareProvision of emergency food supplies and other associated help for the relief of need in Salisbury and the surrounding area
Gloucester Foodbank
Social welfareGloucester Foodbank's purpose is to relieve poverty and financial hardship, through the Food Bank Project. The project provides a temporary, stop-gap through food distribution to those who present in crisis. Free emergency food is provided for 3 days. The food is distributed in exchange for vouchers issued to individuals according to need by a number of local crisis agencies and social services.
The Light Church Bradford
Beneficiary group, Social welfareAdvance the Christian faith, relieve need, hardship, distress, provide education for children excluded frommainstream schooling.
Bermondsey Central Hall Methodist Church
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Housing, Social welfareChristian worship and pastoral care; drop-in centre for elderly; provision of hostel accommodation to those in need of low-cost housing; food distribution programme; Saturday Supplementary School; housing & benefits advice; Youth activities (Boys and Girls Brigade; Summer Holiday Club); project to support young mothers in the community part funded (70%) by the Methodist Church VentureFX fund.
Bournemouth Foodbank
Social welfareThe relief of financial hardship among people living or working in Bournemourth, Dorset and surrounding area by holding stocks of food and giving food to those who are seen as needy
Into The Community
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Social welfareFood Bank - provides people with the essentials at a time when they need them most, covering the time it takes before other parts of our social care infrastructure can come into play. Parent and Toddler group - operates solely for the benefit of parents and families within the local community.
Redeemer Worthing LTD
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Housing, Religion, Social welfareThe Church meets at the Guildbourne Centre on Sunday mornings and in members' homes during the weekAlpha courses are held where interested people can discuss and learn about the Christian faithWe value highly our work with children & young people ranging from toddler groups through to teenagersThe church operates the "Worthing Food Bank".
The Zink Project CIO
Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, Health, Social welfareThe purpose is the prevention and relief of poverty in and around the area of the High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire. At present the activities consist of operating a food bank, wellbeing activities to improve or manage mental health, community eco-cafe, employability support, advice, signposting and work and skills training for job-seekers.
Cove Parochial Church Council
Religion, Social welfareReligious activities through regular weekly worship services, weekday opportunities to learn about the Christian faith, on-line recordings and website.Community outreach particularly focussed on those in need. This includes Farnborough Foodbank, those experiencing social isolation, loneliness and seasonal warm space.Farnborough Foodbank is a franchise of The Trussell Trust.
Bethany Community Church Harpenden
Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfareWeekly Church services, mid-week meetings and prayer times. Programmes that engage the elderly, youth, children and toddlers.Provide individual prayer ministry, one to one support and food parcels.Provide financial support to two local charities who are working with vulnerable women and people in debt.
Community Works CIO
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Social welfareOur Mission is to improve the life chances of everyone we serve and to build resilience through our programmes and engagements. We do this through health based initiatives including a foodbank, one to one support work, counselling & focused work for women, men and older people. We provide various support services for older people, those not in work and those with barriers to employment.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many Food social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 1,150 registered Food social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the Food social welfare charities by income?
Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of Food social welfare charities?
Food social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for Food social welfare charities?
Across all Food social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of Food social welfare charities?
Food social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.