Food
& Toiletries
Al-Ikhlas Centre
92 Broadway, Adamsdown, Cardiff. CF24 1NH
Tel: 07536 761723
Email: info@alikhlas.org.uk
Tuesday from 10:00am 12:00noon
Providing emergency food to those in crisis. Vouchers are given based on criteria checks. Asylum Seekers welcome.
Butetown Food Pantry
Butetown Community Association, Butetown Community Centre, Loudoun Square, Cardiff. CF10 5JA
Tel: 029 2048 7658
https://butetowncommunitycentre.mystrikingly.com/
Email: butetowncommunitycentre@gmail.com
Thursday from 12:30noon to 3:00pm
Butetown Food Pantry offers a range of fresh, frozen food, fruit, vegetables, halal meat and store cupboard favorites items at a much lower price.
Weekly fees are £3.00 for members or £4.00 for non members who can buy up to 10 items with the usual value of between £15.00 - £20.00
Dusty Forge (ACE - Action in Caerau & Ely)
460 Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff. CF5 5BZ
Tel: 029 2000 3132
Email: info@aceplace.org
Tuesday from 12:00noon to 2:00pm
Souper Tuesdays! Free hot meal every Tuesday, no need to book.
Dusty Forge also have a weekly free Food Cycle meal - see below.
Food Cycle - Free Community Meal
Dusty Forge (ACE), 460 Cowbridge Rd W, Cardiff CF5 5BZ
https://foodcycle.org.uk/location/foodcycle-cardiff-ely/
Email: cardiffely@foodcycle.org.uk
Monday at 6:30pm
Wyndham Street Centre, 3-5 Wyndham Street, Riverside, Cardiff, CF11 6DQ
https://foodcycle.org.uk/location/foodcycle-cardiff-riverside/
Email: cardiff@foodcycle.org.uk
Wednesday at 6:30pm
FoodCycle Cardiff welcome anyone to attend as a guest and enjoy a FREE hot meal. No need to book. Just turn up on the day! Enjoy company and conversation with others from your local area over a delicious meal, prepared with care by FoodCycle volunteers.
Food Pantry
https://www.yourlocalpantry.co.uk/
Llanrumney Hall Food Pantry
Llanrumney Hall, Ball Road, Cardiff. CF3 4JJ
Thursday from 9:30am to 3:00pm
Trowbridge Food Pantry
Trowbridge Community Centre, 91 Caernarvon Way, Trowbridge, Cardiff. CF3 1RU
Friday from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Wyndham Street Pantry
Wyndham Street Centre, 3-5 Wyndham Street, Riverside, Cardiff. CF11 6DQ
Tuesday from 1:00pm to 6:00pm and Wednesday from 10:00am to 2:00pm
For a small weekly subscription of £5-£7, members of the Food Pantry can choose from a wide selection of goods, including fresh fruit and vegetables and store cupboard favourites. You must reside in the same area as the Food Pantry.
Grangetown Baptist Church Food Market
129a Clive Street, Grangetown. CF11 7HP
Friday from 12:00noon to 1:00pm in term-time.
Free food market. Everyone welcome. No voucher needed, just come along for a bag of food, a cuppa and a chat in a warm welcoming space.
Local Welcome at Oasis
69B Splott Road, Splott, Cardiff.CF24 2BW
Sundays once a month at 12:30pm
Local Welcome runs community events where local people, refugees and asylum seekers get together to cook and eat a meal. The events run on a ticket basis and there are 15 free spaces for refugees and asylum seekers per meal. Under 18s don't need tickets and can attend as long as they're with an adult who has a ticket.
When someone signs up via the form they'll receive a text to confirm we've received their request, an SMS to confirm whether they've secured a place will then follow.
Tickets cost £7 each for local people to cover the cost of your meal and a meal for an asylum seeker or refugee. Local people can sign up on the Local Welcome website: https://www.localwelcome.org/get-involved
Oasis
69B Splott Road, Splott, Cardiff. CF24 2BW
Tel: 029 2046 0424
Email: info@oasiscardiff.org
Monday to Thursday from 9:30am to 4:00pm
Friday from 9:30am to 3:00pm
Oasis provide a FREE hot meal from Monday to Friday at 12:30pm.
Oasis can also provide Food Bank vouchers to those in severe need. Please note vouchers can only be given to those without funds and are limited to three every six months.
Toiletries also available to destitute asylum seekers or those staying in hotels. Sanitary products available to all refugee and asylum seeking women.
Rainbow of Hope - Welcome the Stranger
33-35 Broadway, Adamsdown, Cardiff. CF24 1QE
http://www.rainbowofhope.co.uk/
Email: info@rainbowofhope.co.uk
A Christian group providing social activities and support including meals and food parcels to the most vulnerable.
Thursday at 10:30am. Temporarily meeting a few doors down from their normal building.
Rainbow of Hope provide a food parcel for Asylum Seekers in need. Arrive early to get a number, ROH provide refreshments and have a short Christian service followed by distribution of the food parcels.
Sikh Gurdwara
212a Pearl Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff. CF24 1RD
Tel: 029 2046 5514
https://www.sikhgurdwaracardiff.com/
Email: info@sikhgurdwaracardiff.com
Sunday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm - drop-in for a free meal.
All welcome but you must cover your head and remove your shoes to enter and wash your hands before entering the main hall.
Space4U
St. German's Church Hall, Star Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff. CF24 0JY
Tel: 07561 648964
http://www.space4ucardiff.co.uk/
Email: cardiffspace4u@outlook.com
Mondays and Thursdays at 3pm - free hot meal for any asylum seeker or refugee.
Destitute clients can get a free food parcel between 2pm and 4pm on a Thursday afternoon. Please drop-in or contact to be assessed for this provision.
Splo-down Community Food Group
Back of the old STAR Centre, Marion Street, Splott, Cardiff. CF24 2DP
Email: ask@splo-down.org
Wednesday from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Free solidarity veg boxes available to anyone struggling to afford food. Asylum seekers welcome.
Purchase food and home products at a low cost, pre-order and collect a locally sourced mixed vegetable box.
Meet and swap stories with other community members over a hot or cold drink!
Splott Breakfast Club
Back of the STAR Centre, 2 Splott Rd, Cardiff. Wales. CF24 2BZ
ran by Splott Community Volunteers
http://splottcommunityvolunteers.co.uk/
Thursdays from 8:30am until 10:30am (Runs from 9am during school holidays)
£4 charge for those who are able to pay for a full breakfast and a bag of groceries.
The Breakfast Club offers a warm welcome to all, providing families with a place where children and parents/carers can have a hot, nutritious meal with their neighbours. It gives an opportunity to build social networks and enables people from different cultures and backgrounds, who may not otherwise meet, to come together and form solid connections and friendships, thus strengthening the community in which they live and bringing about ongoing positive impact.
St. Marks Church
206 North Rd, Gabalfa, Cardiff. CF14 3BL
Tel: 029 2061 9211
https://www.stmarks-cardiff.co.uk/
Email: office@stmarks-cardiff.co.uk
Free food market on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10am to 10:30am.
Free breakfast with church service from 8:30am.
St. Phillip's Church
Tweedsmuir Rd, Tremorfa, Cardiff. CF24 2QZ
Tel: 029 2061 9211
https://www.stmarks-cardiff.co.uk/
Email: office@stmarks-cardiff.co.uk
Free food market on Sundays from 3:30pm to 4:00pm.
St. Vincent's Centre
Mill Rd, Ely, Cardiff. CF5 4AG
Tel: 07500 170764
https://www.facebook.com/stvincentelybridge
Tuesday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm - Free Lunch & Laugh
St. Vincent's have a range of other activities and support available. Drop-in to find out more.
Tabernacle Chapel
The Hayes, Cardiff. CF10 1AJ
Tel: 029 2034 4391
Wednesday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Sunday from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Free hot meal - arrive early to ensure you don't miss out.
Tavs
Tavs, Tavistock Street, Roath,Cardiff. CF24 3BE
https://www.hopecardiff.org/tavs/whatson
Email: info@hopecardiff.org
Tuesday from 11:00am to 1:00pm - Brunch
Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:00pm - Food Co-op
Sunday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm - Burgers
Brunch - Brunch costs £2, but there is also the £1 supported price if you are struggling.
Food Co-op - For single adults and couples (families with children can go to The Gate Food Co-op). Members of the Co-op can come weekly on a Thursday, paying £3 for a shop. Items vary weekly but contain a variety of store cupboard ingredients including cereals, rice, pasta and tinned goods plus dairy produce, fresh fruit and vegetables.
Burgers - Free, just turn up, grab a seat and enjoy a burger!
The Gate Food Co-op (Families with children)
The Gate, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. CF24 3JW
https://www.restorecardiff.org/foodco-operative
Email: foodcoop@cardiffvineyard.org
Tuesday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm - TERM TIME ONLY.
For families with children. Members of the Co-op can come weekly on a Tuesday afternoon, paying £4 for a shop. Items vary weekly but contain a variety of store cupboard ingredients including cereals, rice, pasta and tinned goods plus dairy produce, fresh fruit and vegetables,.
UKIM Cardiff - Dar Ul-Isra Mosque
21-23 Wyeverne Rd, Cathays, Cardiff. CF24 4BG
Tel: 029 2034 4073
Email: info@darulisra.org.uk
Saturday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm - Free food distribution
Women Connect First - Wales World Cafe (women only)
7 Neville Street, Riverside, Cardiff. CF11 6LP
Tel: 029 2034 3154
https://womenconnectfirst.org.uk/our-projects/current-projects/world-cafe/
Email: admin@womenconnectfirst.org.uk
Friday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Women Connect First's mission is to empower and improve the lives of disadvantaged BME women and communities in South Wales. The weekly Wales World Cafe provides a safe space for women to meet & socialise and enjoy an authentic meal together.