Food support in Richmond upon Thames at Christmas

Throughout the festive period local organisations and community groups are helping to provide food support across the borough. Learn when and where you can find them. 

Richmond Foodbank

Richmond Foodbank is a project founded by local churches and community groups that is working towards stopping hunger in the local area. It is part of the Vineyard Community Centre and operates four foodbank distribution centres in the borough. 

Richmond Foodbank

The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10 6AQ

Christmas opening hours:

• Monday 25 December – Closed
• Thursday 28 December – 12.30pm to 4pm
• Monday 1 January – Closed

Find out how you can support Richmond Foodbank.

Barnes Foodbank

Operating from the sheds at rear of Castelnau Community Centre, 7 Stillingfleet Road, SW13 9AQ

Christmas opening hours:

• Friday 22 December 9.15am to 11.15am
• Friday 29 December 9.15am to 11.15am 

Whitton Foodbank

Whitton Community Centre, Percy Rd, TW2 6JL

Christmas opening hours:

• Friday 22 December 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Friday 29 December 9.30am to 12.30pm

Hampton Foodbank

YMCA White House, 45 The Avenue, TW12 3RN

Christmas opening hours:

• Tuesday 26 December - 9.30am to 3:15pm
• Tuesday 2 January - Closed

Ruils

Ruils services will close on Friday 22 December from 5pm and will reopen on Tuesday 2 January at 9am. They have collated their annual Christmas holiday resource list for those who need extra support.

View the Christmas Holiday Resources pack which includes details of food and activities available on Christmas Day.

The Real Junk Food Project

The Real Junk Food Project’s mission is to take food that was heading for the bin and to turn it into nutritious and tasty lunches for the community.
 
Find out how you can support The Real Junk Food Project.

Noble Green Wines

153- 155 High Street, Hampton Hill, TW12 1NL

Opening hours:

• Tuesday 26 December - Closed
• Tuesday 2 January - 11am to 12 noon

Linden Hall

Linden Road, Hampton, TW12 2JG

Opening hours:

• Thursday 21 December - 11.30am to 1.30pm
• Thursday 28 December - Closed 

Cambrian Community Centre

Caplan Court, 1 Grove Road, Richmond, TW10 6SN

Opening hours:

• Wednesday 27 December - Closed
• Wednesday 3 January - 11am to 1.30pm

ETNA Community Centre

13 Rosslyn Road, East Twickenham, TW1 2AR

Christmas opening hours:

• Monday 25 December - Closed
• Wednesday 27 December - 11.30am to 1.30pm
• Friday 29 December - 11.30am to 1.30pm
• Monday 1 January - Closed

Food for Thought Heathfield

Food for Thought is a not-for-profit project offering rescued surplus food to the community in Heathfield (Whitton) and will operate as normal over the Christmas period.
 
Heathfield Recreation Ground, Powdermill Lane, TW2 6EG

Christmas opening hours:

• Thursday 28 December - 2.30 to 4.30pm
• Saturday 30 December - 11.30am to 1.30pm

Richmond AID

Richmond AID offer surplus food including fruit and vegetables, tinned goods, cereals, toiletries and bread at their stall outside their offices in Teddington. The service is free for Richmond AID clients with no referrals necessary. 
 
The Disability Action and Advice Centre, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, TW11 8HT

Christmas opening hours:

• Wednesday 27 December - Closed
• Wednesday 3 January - 10.30 to 11.30am