What is the Food & Community Hub?
The Food and Community Hub offers an opportunity to eat a free meal together, or simply sit and have a tea or coffee and a natter with neighbours. Citizens Advice is on hand to help with queries around benefits, housing, debts and more. Volunteers at the Food and Community Hub provide a listening ear to anyone and everyone. There is also a food bank onsite.
The Next Steps Project provides coaching support if there is a goal you want to achieve and you don’t know where to start.
When is the Hub open?
The Food & Community Hub is open 12pm – 2pm every Tuesday and Friday except Bank Holidays and we are based at the Baptist Church on Bridge Street.
What do we offer at the Food & Community Hub?
- A warm community meeting space with free lunches and hot/cold drinks.
- Access to the food bank for emergency food parcels.
- Access to our Next Steps project – for 1:1 coaching.
- Citizens Advice drop in during opening hours. (Appointments at other times are bookable too – call on Freephone 0808 278 7954)
- Monthly craft sessions with Fleet Arts
If you need an emergency food parcel:
Come to the Food and Community Hub and we will provide an initial food parcel. If ongoing help with food is required, we can arrange a referral via Citizens Advice. If necessary, they will issue a referral for further food parcels and can sign post you to further support/offer advice on a range of issues.
How can I find the Hub?
As you head North from the town centre, you will find the Hub inside the Baptist Church on Bridge Street (A6) in Belper, next door to the Devonshire Pub and opposite The Rifleman’s.
Contact Details:
Food Hub email foodhub@hopeforbelper.com or telephone 07798914048
Facebook http://facebook.com/hopeforbelper/
Instagram www.instagram.com/hopeforbelper/
Next Steps email nextsteps@hopeforbelper.com or telephone 07923370733
Donating food or money
Food Donations: If you would like to support us by donating food and/or toiletries you will find our most up to date needs on the Bank The Food App – download the App and search for Hope for Belper https://www.bankthefood.org
or via the updates on our Facebook page http://facebook.com/hopeforbelper/
There are several places you can donate food and toiletries:
- Directly to The Food & Community Hub on Tuesdays and Fridays between 9am and 11am.
- Belper Cooperative shops (Whitemoor Lane, Strutt Street, Sandbed Lane Openwoodgate.)
- Most churches in Belper
- Morrisons (the donation point is near the café – look for the crate with our name on it!
Monetary Donations:
- Via the Donate button on the Facebook page – includes a facility to gift aid, and monies donated this way will go to the Hope for Belper General Fund
- Just Giving https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/hopeatthehub
- If you would like to set up a one-off Bank Transfer/regular Standing Order, or have any questions about donating then please contact treasurer@hopeforbelper.com
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