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Hope for Food HOPE FOR FOOD

Is a local organisation based in Bournemouth, set up and run entirely by volunteers.

Local Soup Kitchen, now called Community meals, and Independent Food Bank in Bournemouth where referred families can come and receive food, bedding, clothes and other household items The organization was founded with the aim of providing life's basic essentials on a day to day basis to people in need of help due to the current economic climate. Covid-19 has increased that need dramatically and whilst our soup kitchens are now only twice a week, our work to provide for families and individuals in need has never been busier and more important. We have around 150 referrals for food hampers every week, together with toiletries and household items, clothes and white goods when we can. We are an independent charity & do not receive any supplies directly from the donation bins in supermarkets or receive any additional funds by central or local government or food banks. This said all the support we provide in the way of food hampers is via referrals from schools, social services and health care providers. We also aim to try and bring a little happiness back into the lives of people who perhaps, through no fault of their own, find themselves without things most of us take for granted, such as food and shelter. We have a list of foods we keep available. We also have a large range of clothes, shoes and bedding donated by our supporters. If you are in need of our help or know of someone who may need our help, please contact us. Email: [email protected]

Phone: 01202 570804

If you would like to donate to us via PayPal please use the link below. https://paypal.me/HopeForFood?locale.x=en_GB


If you would like to donate to HOPE FOR FOOD or join our team of volunteers, please contact us on the above. You can donate to us via our website hopeforfood.org.uk

Today we would like to give a huge shout out to the Pirates of Poole who adopted us as one of their three charities of t...
03/11/2026

Today we would like to give a huge shout out to the Pirates of Poole who adopted us as one of their three charities of the year. These amazing guys have been busy fundraising and on Friday two of our volunteers were presented with our share of the treasure - a cheque for an incredible sum of £2,750 - wow! Thank you so much for choosing Hope for Food and supporting those members of the community who need it the most. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all at the charity and our clients and supporters. 🫶🫶🫶




02/11/2026

What a fabulous afternoon we had with our great friends Sound of Soul at their concert yesterday afternoon! Amazing entertainment, a fabulous raffle and delicious cakes! Thank you so much to the choir, all the volunteers who came to help out and all who attended in support. The event raised an incredible £1753 for Hope for Food and will make a huge difference to those we help.🧡🧡🧡



Nothing on today? Why not join us for a fun and free concert by our good friends Sound of Soul in Southbourne. Music, ca...
01/11/2026

Nothing on today? Why not join us for a fun and free concert by our good friends Sound of Soul in Southbourne. Music, cake and a raffle with fabulous prizes…what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

We're really pleased to announce that this year's SOS concert will be held on Sunday 1st November at Immanuel Southbourne Church. (Doors open at 1:45pm)
"Soul Food" will bring an afternoon of wonderful music to feed your soul whilst raising much needed funds for our chosen charity, Hope for Food .
Entry is free and there will be refreshments and cake to purchase as well as our now famous luxury hamper raffle. Every penny raised goes to the charity. Everyone welcome! 💚💚💚

Good evening all.it's time to kick-off our annual appeal for selection boxes or sweet treats for Christmas. It's a big c...
28/10/2026

Good evening all.
it's time to kick-off our annual appeal for selection boxes or sweet treats for Christmas. It's a big challenge to collect 1500 of these but you, our wonderful supporters always rise to the occasion be it individually, as families, as clubs or work groups, so we're really hopeful about reaching our goal with your help. This makes such a difference to the children of families in need at Christmas and we really do appreciate any donation big or small.
THANK YOU.🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡





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Good morning all...it's that time of year again and we need your help more than ever this Christmas.Today sees the launc...
26/10/2026

Good morning all...it's that time of year again and we need your help more than ever this Christmas.

Today sees the launch of our 2026 Reverse Advent Calendar. The idea is simple – put an item of food into one box every day during November and donate the whole box to us at the end of the month (or earlier if you prefer). We distributed around 500 food parcels last year and all donations will go to make Christmas a little better for so many struggling families. We do appreciate how hard times are for many right now so why not join up with your family, friends, school, street or work colleagues to make up a box?

Printable posters can be downloaded here:https://www.hopeforfood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-reverse-advent-calendar-1.pdf
All donations are so very much appreciated. Thank you 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

A big thank you today to the pupils, parents and staff of all the schools who have donated their harvest festival collec...
24/10/2026

A big thank you today to the pupils, parents and staff of all the schools who have donated their harvest festival collections to us this week. Hillview School, St. Peter’s School and Kings Park Academy all did an amazing job.

Thanks also to Holy Family Parish, Christ the King for their donation and Oakdale Runners. All very much appreciated 🧡🧡🧡

Thanks also to our Trustee Mary who has been busy out and about at school assemblies talking about the work of the charity and inspiring volunteers of the future. 🫶




This is just a small selection of an amazing donation of household items and bedding recieved this week from Hartdene Ho...
16/10/2026

This is just a small selection of an amazing donation of household items and bedding recieved this week from Hartdene Homes. Huge thanks to Tristan and Ed for facilitating this, the donations will be very gratefully received by the families we support as they move into new accommodation.




Hope for Food volunteers come with all sorts of talents and skills which prove to be invaluable to the charity. Huge tha...
15/10/2026

Hope for Food volunteers come with all sorts of talents and skills which prove to be invaluable to the charity. Huge thanks today to regular volunteer Danny for coming to the rescue to instal a new water heater at our unit when the old one suddenly sprang a leak. Volunteers really do make a difference.



We were delighted to welcome Roberto Rocca, The Mayor of Bournemouth to out unit in West Howe yesterday. A long time sup...
14/10/2026

We were delighted to welcome Roberto Rocca, The Mayor of Bournemouth to out unit in West Howe yesterday. A long time supporter of the charity the Mayor was able to chat to volunteers about the work of the charity and the impact of the economic climate on the local community and see what we do first hand. There was also time to partake of coffee and cake made by one of our lovely volunteers..thank you Wendy! 😊




CAN YOU HELP PLEASE?We are very low on stocks of men's winter clothing at the moment so if you have any of the following...
06/10/2026

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE?
We are very low on stocks of men's winter clothing at the moment so if you have any of the following items you don't use and are able to donate we would be very grateful.
Thank you. 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

Address

Unit 13, West Howe Industrial Estate, Elliott Road
Bournemouth
BH118LZ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm

Telephone

+447391084807

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