Food Banks
A broad overview of foodbank and general food aid provision in Leeds.
See below for a document which has a broad overview of foodbank and more general food aid provision.
The rest of this page contains similar information on foodbank provision and links to various websites.
Food banks have seen a significant increase over the last decade, not just in Leeds, but across the United Kingdom. As with any definition it is subjective and open to interpretation as to how one defines a Food Bank. Two key characteristics that are often found at foodbanks are that the person who is receiving food has often been referred by another agency/group, using some kind of referral system. Secondly, the recipient receives a food parcel which they take back to their house/accommodation when accessing.
Leeds North and West and South and East Foodbanks
Many of the outlets of these Trussell Trust foodbanks have started to reopen since the height of the pandemic. Please see below for relevant opening times. To register as an agency for online referrals, please contact either of the foodbanks directly by email:
The new National Citizens Advice helpline freephone number – 0808 208 2138 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm) can also help people with getting a referral.
Leeds Food Aid & Homeless Provision Document
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Leeds North & West Food Bank
Feeding local people in crisis. 13 million people live below the poverty line in the UK. Our foodbank provides a minimum of 3 days emergency food and support to local people in crisis.
As well as providing food, our volunteers offer a listening ear, offer prayer if appropriate, and suggest where further help and support may be available. Whatever their situation, beliefs or background everyone is welcomed.
Open Outlets
Woodhouse Distribution Centre
Money BuddyGateway Church in St Marks Church, St Marks Road, LS2 9AF
Mondays 11am – 1pm
Burley Distribution Centre
Money BuddySt Matthias Church Centre, St Matthias Street, LS4 2DZ
Tuesdays 10am – 12noon
Bramley Distribution Centre
Money BuddySt Peter's Church, Hough Lane, LS13 3NF
Tuesdays 10:30am – 12:30pm
Moortown Distribution Centre
Money Buddy53-55 Cranmer Bank, Moortown, Leeds, LS17 5JD
Wednesdays 11am – 1pm
Farnley & Wortley Distribution Centre
St Johns Church, Dixon Lane Road, LS12 4RU
Wednesdays 12pm – 2pm
Ireland Wood Distribution Centre
Money BuddySt Pauls Church, Raynel Drive, LS16 6BS
Thursdays 10:30am – 12:30pm
Armley Distribution Centre
Money BuddyChrist Church Armley, Armley Ridge Road, LS12 3LE
Thursdays 12noon – 2pm
Leeds South & East Food Bank
Leeds South and East Foodbank is Part of the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network. We are one of over 400 Foodbanks, providing emergency food to people in crisis, nationwide.
We give food to people in a state of crisis who are living in the South Leeds area of the city. People access one of the foodbank outlets via a referral from a statutory or voluntary organisation such as doctors, health visitors, Citizen Advice Bureau, welfare offices etc... All food given out by the foodbank is donated often from schools, churches, businesses, individuals or through supermarket collections. Please follow the link to the website or Facebook page to find out more.
Open Outlets
Harehills Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesSt Cypriene's Church, Bellbrooke Ave, Harehills, LS9 6AU
Mondays 10:30am – 12:30pm
Beeston Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesSt Andrews Church, Cardinal Road, LS11 8AL
Mondays 11am – 1pm
Gipton Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesChurch of the Epiphany, Beech Lane, LS9 6SW
Tuesdays 10am – 12noon
Morley Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesMorley Central Methodist Church, 10a Wesley Street, LS27 9SL
Tuesdays 10:30am – 12:30pm
Hunslet Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesHunslet Methodist Church, Telford Terrace (Off Balm Road), LS10 2HR
Wednesdays 10am – 12noon
Halton Distribution Centre
St Wilfrid's Church, Selby Road, LS15 7NP
Wednesdays 11am – 1pm
Rothwell Distribution Centre
Rothwell Fire Station, 31a Carlton Lane, LS26 0DH
Thursdays 10am – 12noon
Osmondthorpe Distribution Centre
DIAL & Money BuddiesSt Philip's Church, 68 Osmondthorpe Lane, LS9 9EF
Thursdays 11am – 1pm
Middleton Distribution Centre
DIAL & Money BuddiesThe Ark Centre, 80 Throstle Lane, LS10 4EY
Thursdays 12noon – 2pm
Belle Isle Distribution Centre
Money BuddiesBelle Isle TMO, Aberfield Gate, LS10 3QH
Fridays 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Holbeck Food Bank
Holbeck Food Bank delivers crisis food parcels to clients living in Holbeck and Beeston following referrals from a professional agency. We are available Monday to Friday to do delivers to any addresses that are within LS11.
To make a referral please download the referral form by clicking the icon which will take you through to the Holbeck Foodbank.
Referrals can only be made by e-mail and you will receive a quick response with details of delivery.
All referrals received between 9am-4pm Monday-Friday will be delivered within 24 hours. Weekend referrals may take longer.
Right Choices Food Bank
Right Choices Food Bank is a city wide service, however, is based in Headingley Leeds and is run solely by volunteers.
We open the food bank on a Mondays between the hours of 11am to 1pm. We also provide a delivery service to the most vulnerable people within our community areas we deliver to LS 2,3,4,5 and 6.
Address: Right Choices Project, Heart Centre, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 3HN.
If you do have any enquiries or want to make a referral please either e-mail or telephone:
Mobile – 07505 865 317
Email – rightchoices1@yahoo.co.uk
Pudsey Foodbank
Foodbank provision for the people Pudsey and Calverley/Farsley council wards.
Referrals and self referrals can be made via phone 0755 350 4540 or their online referral form.
Otley Food Bank
Otley Food Bank opened in December 2013. We serve Otley and surrounding areas (interpreted flexibly, including Pool, Leathley, Farnley, Guiseley, Menston and Burley). Any voluntary or statutory agency can fill out a voucher for someone in crisis and collect 3 days’ food for a client in the locality during our opening hours or by arrangement. We have 2 helpline numbers which are on call during the day. If necessary we can usually deliver food parcels.
Referrals: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9am – 5pm
Mobile – 07464 974993 or 07776 079321
Email – otleyfoodbank@gmail.com
Wetherby District Foodbank
We are a Trussell Trust seeded Foodbank, opened in October 2014. We have a Distribution Centre in Barleyfields Road, Wetherby and a Warehouse on the Thorp Arch Industrial Estate. We are run entirely by volunteers, and seek to reach into the rural villages in the local area. At present we are collecting more food than we have Clients, and have therefore been able to assist other Foodbanks in Leeds and the surrounding area with provisions.
Open Outlets
Barleyfields Community Centre
Barleyfields Road, LS22 6PN
Tuesdays 10:00 – 12:00
Fridays 10:00 – 12:00
The Barn Community Centre
St Joseph’s Street, LS24 9HA
Fridays 10:00 – 12:00
Bradford North Foodbank
Trinity Rawdon Foodbank Centre
New Road Side, Rawdon, LS19 6AS
Mondays 11am – 1:30pm
Guiseley Foodbank Centre
Guiseley Baptist Church (the centre is in the building to the left of the main church), 24b Oxford Road, Guiseley, LS20 9AS
Fridays 10:30am – 12:30pm
Food Parcels (Added Service)
Salvation Army Sites
Salvation Army Hunslet and Morley – Food parcels are available from the two specific sites detailed below. Please contact the site nearest to you.
Salvation Army Morley
75 Ackroyd St, Morley, LS27 8PZ
Contact (LS27): 0113 2380422
Email: morley@salvationarmy.org.uk