Lidl Whiteley

The Food Centre is a church led, community focused project that enables individuals and families to be supported during financial crisis. We provide dried, tinned and, when available, fresh food which is donated by individuals, schools, churches and local businesses. Our passion is to provide food with love and encouragement to those struggling within our communities. OPENING HOURS It is open every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at King’s Community Church (KCC) from 10am to 1pm. It also opens a Food Pantry every Thursday at KCC from 10am to 12.30pm. The Food Centre is supported by “Churches Together ” in the Southern Parishes area and has various food collection points which are based at KCC, Aldi, Lidl, M &S and the Co Op in Hedge End and has collection points in a number of different churches. REFERRAL We have about 60 different referral agencies that include local church leaders, Doctors/GPs, children services, vulnerable adult services, CAB at Hedge End or Eastleigh offices and primarily Eastleigh B/C who are in contact with the local community. Their role is to contact the food centre to inform us of personal details and needs. This is done by electronic referrals or by phone to the designated mobile number. FOOD DONATIONS The food centre requires regular food donations and these can be brought to KCC from Monday to Friday 09.00-16.30 or on a Sunday morning from 09.30-12.00. Please put the food on the shelving at our donation point near the main entrance. For a list of all food types required, please click here but please remember that it must be non-perishables and in date.

Our message is ‘no space for waste’. Our mission is to reduce great food ending up in landfill. we run three days a week from a community centre where people can access the food and also stay for tea, coffee and company.

Waypoint Hub is a church and community project helping local households who are experiencing food insecurity. We provide emergency food parcels as a Trussell Food Bank and also support households on a weekly basis through a ""More 4 Less" Scheme. Our parcels contain a mixture of tinned, packet and fresh food to ensure a balanced healthy diet. Alongside the food parcels we get to know our guests and linking them where appropriate with other services to ensure a holistic approach. Citizens Advice run an outreach session with us twice a week. We gratefully accept donations of items and finances from our church congregation and wider community. There is a large black trunk outside our main entrance where donations can be left 24/7. An additional collection basket is located inside the church building. Waypoint Hub is now well known in our community and we have dedicated space within the church building to store food and run our twice-weekly drop-in sessions from.