Wellington Food Pantry

The Wellington Food Pantry runs every Tuesday afternoon to support families facing significant financial hardship - families who have little money to buy food and hygiene products after meeting other financial obligations such as gas, electricity and rent.  

The intention of the food pantry is to provide goods to families who face a short-term financial crisis and not to provide goods on a long-term basis. 

The cost of the food pantry is £3.50 per week.

Ensuring our food pantry is carefully targeted

We are working with the Bromley-by-Bow Centre Welfare Service to make sure we can give food and financial support to those families who need it most.  You will be asked to attend a meeting with the service to support you. 

Who can access the food pantry?

The list below provides information about the circumstances we consider when supporting families.

• parents who have no recourse to public funds
• families who experience an income shock due to illness, loss of employment, relationship breakdown or death of the main breadwinner
• parents who are waiting for their first Universal Credit payment
• parents who are going through financial hardship due to multiple debts
• parents who have deductions from their benefits towards their debts - rent arrears, third part deduction for gas, electricity, water debt or court fines
• parents who are affected by the benefit cap or bedroom tax
• parents who have a 3^rd child (or more) born after April 2017 and are going through financial hardship

If you are experiencing circumstances outside of this list but are struggling to buy essentials for your family, please complete the request below and we will do our best to assist you.