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Food for Charities runs the Botley community pantry, Botley community larder, and Botley Bikers (bicycle deliveries of food etc. to homeless people). It also delivers emergency food parcels. The pantry and larder operate from 81 West Way OX2 9JY. The Bikers leave from west Oxford; do most of their deliveries at Bonn Square; and end up at the Gatehouse. Most of our clients are on benefits and/or self-defined as "in need". There is no charge for the pantry, Bikers or emergency parcels. The community larder runs on the SOFEA model: £14/month provides 14+ items of food per week. The food we collect from Neighbourly stores goes to all of the projects. We first take food for the Bikers (fruit, bread and some vegetables) and the rest goes to the other projects, where people use it directly (e.g. bread) or cook with it (e.g. most vegetables).

Abingdon Community Fridge was founded in July of 2019. We aim to help reduce food waste through education and collection/redistribution of surplus food from restaurants and other food businesses Please visit our Facebook page for more information/updates on our opening times.

Oxford Mutual Aid is a volunteer led organisation network. Formed in response to covid-19, our core focus is helping those who, for whatever reason, struggle to access help through existing agencies. We work with a range of charities, local government, and other community groups to get help to those who need it. Mutual Aid is about solidarity rather than charity - though we work alongside many wonderful charities. Many of our volunteers also receive aid through the organisation, and we work hard to reduce the stigma around asking for support. If we can safely offer people assistance, we do so, and without any means testing. We are currently supporting around 250 households per week. We also deliver around 700 reheatable meals to people who do not have access to cooking facilities, to food insecure families in and around oxford as well as to people who are homeless. We also provide support to existing organisations including Oxford Gatehouse, Oxford Community Action, Oxford Homeless Movement, Refugee Resource, African Families in the UK and others. We have also produced over 500 washable masks for key workers and care homes, as well as providing over 1500 meals to NHS workers.