Help with Food

Food banks
You need a voucher to use a food bank. You can get a voucher from your doctor, health visitor, social worker, local citizens advice or charity organisation. Your local food bank can provide emergency food for at least 3 days.

Here's a list of some of the foodbanks in Rochdale borough:

  • Rochdale Foodbank - located on South Parade, Rochdale OL16 1LR and Wesley Street, Smallbridge OL12 9RW.

  • Heywood Foodbank - located in Heywood Baptist Church, Rochdale Road, Heywood OL10 1LE.

  • Middleton Central Foodbank - located in Middleton Shopping Centre, Limetrees Road, Middleton M24 4EL.

RBC Household Fund
Access to supermarket vouchers and energy vouchers

Eligibility - Anyone who is in financial need is eligible to apply for this fund.

How to apply - ring the helpline on 01706 923685

RBH Pantries
Food clubs that provide several items for a set cost of £4

Smallbridge Pantry, 5 Stevenson Square, Smallbridge, OL12 9SA
Opening Times – Thursdays 9.30am – 12pm

Kirkholt Pantry, The Strand Community Hub, The Strand, Kirkholt, OL11 2JG
Opening Times - Thursdays 9.30am – 12pm

Freehold Pantry, Freehold Annex, Opposite Freehold TRA, Olney, OL11 4LQ
Opening Times - Thursdays 10am-12pm

Food clubs
It costs £1 to join a club for a year. You can then buy food bags which cost £3.50 but contain £15 of food and collect them from one of the following children's centres.

Auntie Irene's Pantry
Open: every Wednesday, 6pm-7pm and every Sunday, 12 noon-2pm
Phone: 07870 172142
Address: 8 St James Street, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JT

Kashmir Youth Project (KYP) Community Pantry
Visit the KYP website
Address: Belfield Road, Rochdale OL16 2UP

The Lighthouse Project 
Visit the Lighthouse Project website
Address: Unit S6b/c Middleton Shopping Centre, Limetrees Road, Middleton M24 4EL

Rochdale Association Football Club - Dale Food Pantry
Visit the Rochdale AFC website
Address: Crown Oil Arena, Sandy Lane, Rochdale OL11 5DR

That Bread and Butter Thing
Open: Every Thursday, 11.30am to 12pm
Address: Matthew Moss Youth Centre, Matthew Moss Lane, OL11 3LU
Website: The Bread and Butter Thing - Affordable Food Clubs

Food clubs at children's centres

·       Newbold Family Hub, Moss Street, Rochdale OL16 5NL
Opening times Monday–Friday: 9am–5pm

·       Littleborough Family Hub, L’boro Sports Centre, Calderbrook Rd, Littleborough OL15 9JN 
Opening times Tuesday–Thursday: 8.45am–3.45pm

·       Derby Street Family Hub, Derby Street, Heywood OL10 4QJ
Opening times Monday–Friday: 8am–6pm

Healthy Start Vouchers

How to apply – Get help to buy food and milk (Healthy Start)

Army of Kindness
Provides a weekly hot food kitchen to those that maybe homeless, needy or the vulnerable.
When: Every Thursday
Time: 5pm - 6.30pm
Where: St Andrews Methodist and United Reformed Church
Address 46 Entwisle Road, Rochdale, OL16 2HZ