Solidarity grocery & food parcels
A weekly grocery where people pay 10% of the shelf price, and emergency parcels for the weeks when even that is too much.
Hunger in our city is rarely spectacular. It looks like a parent skipping dinner so the children do not, or a pensioner living on bread by the 20th of the month.
The need
One household in seven around us regularly cuts meals for lack of money. Food banks help, but queuing for a handout costs people something no one budgets for: dignity.
What we do
- A solidarity grocery open every Wednesday and Saturday, where beneficiaries shop like anywhere else and pay 10% of the shelf price
- Emergency food parcels within 24 hours, no paperwork required for the first one
- Fresh produce bought from three local farms, not only long-life surplus
- A coffee corner staffed by volunteers, half the visits end with a conversation that matters more than the bag
The impact
1,240 food parcels handed out in 2025 and 96 households shopping weekly at the grocery. Two thirds of the families we meet leave the programme within a year, which is the point.
Two ways to carry this action
66%
of your donation comes back to you as an income-tax reduction.
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2 h
a month are enough to join the team behind this programme, tell us your availability below.
VolunteerBecome a volunteer
Tell us when you are free (evenings, weekends, school hours) and we will find the shift where your two hours change someone's week.
- No experience needed, every new volunteer is trained and paired with a regular
- Even two hours a month count, the rota is built around real lives
- You choose the mission: rounds, grocery, tutoring, sorting, help desk