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Monday 5:30pm - 6pm Tuesday 12:30pm - 1pm Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm Thursday 5:30pm - 5:45pm Friday 5:30pm - 6pm Sunday 11:30am - 11:45am

St Ives Community Foodshare

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Saving food from going to waste. Free food collection points in St Ives 6 days a week. Running Kevranna Social club on Wed 10 - 1. See website for details.

Regular community meals on Fri evenings. Based in shed behind St John's Church, St Ives.

03/11/2026

Come along to our Free for All at St John's in-the-Fields Church, St Ives.

📦 Bring along your unwanted items:
Monday 23rd November, 5–7pm
or Tuesday 24th November, 11am–1pm

🛍️ Free for All / Help yourself:
Tuesday 24th November, 1–7pm

The idea is simple: bring along unwanted items that are still in good, usable condition and leave them for others to take away and enjoy. Or simply come along and have a browse. You never know what useful things you might find!

It's a great way to pass things on, save people money, reduce waste and make better use of the things we already have. Everything is free and everyone is welcome.

🚫 Unfortunately, we cannot accept:
Broken or heavily worn items, paint, aerosols, chemicals, knives, large items, broken masonry or tiles, or electrical items.

❓ Is there a charge?

No! Everything is free. Have a browse and take whatever you can make use of. There's no obligation to bring anything yourself.

🙋 Can I help?

We'd love some extra help, particularly at the end of the day. If you can spare some time, please help us find new homes for any items left over, so that as little as possible goes to waste.

💚 Donations

The event is completely free, but monetary donations are very welcome and will help support our work.

Come along, pass something on, find a hidden treasure or simply help us make better use of the things we already have. Everyone welcome!

🙏 Thank you

A big thank you to all the volunteers helping with the setting up and sorting, St Ives Town Council Cornwall for taking away any leftovers at the end, and the church for providing the venue free of charge.

17/10/2026

Reminder: Tomorrow's and Monday's collection is at St John in the Fields at 1pm, not the Rugby Club.
We’ll be in the little shed behind the church hall.
See you there!

Our Foodshare collections are changing from next Sunday 18 October.

New collection arrangements:
Sunday: 1pm at St John’s Church Hall, at the shed next to the hall.
Monday: At St John’s Church Hall, at the shed next to the hall, instead of St Ives Rugby Club.

The Sunday time is changing from 11.30am to 1pm to avoid the church traffic.

We’ve been operating from both locations for a while, but we’re now ready to move all our fridges and freezers across so we can run everything from one place. This will make things much easier for everyone.

A big thank you to St John’s Church for providing the new space, and to St Ives Rugby Club for letting us use their facilities for so long. We really appreciate your support!

10/10/2026

30/09/2026

Huge thank you to Crowst for another wonderful donation thanks to their 'Bob's invisible tea' offer. Thanks to everyone who chose to order this invisible cup and to crowst for matchfunding it.
Crowst is a lovely coffee / bunch cafe on the Digey. Pop in & order Bob's tea.

24/09/2026

💚 We’d love to hear from you!
Please could you give us some feedback on our services, whether you come to our Foodshare collections, Kevranna Club or Friday Mealshare.
Also in particular, if you regularly receive fresh vegetables from us, we’d really appreciate you telling us how having access to these vegetables has impacted you and your household.
The wonderful Gleaning Cornwall team provide us with fresh vegetables picked from local farms on a regular basis, and they need feedback for their funders to continue their valuable work.

It only takes a few minutes to fill in the feedback form, and every response makes a difference.

👉 https://form.jotform.com/233093981404356

Thank you 💚

Please click the link to complete this form.

17/09/2026

Fantastic news!
Our community meals begin again tomorrow! We can’t wait to see you all ready for delicious food and great company.

We will update next week exactly what dates we are running between now and Christmas so everyone can stay up to date.

See you all tomorrow

02/09/2026

Reminder about our daily collections - all welcome.
Wednesday's collection is in the shed just behind St John in the Field church hall & the fridge is full to bursting. Lots of fruit, strawberries, blueberries, melons, bananas, apples and oranges & veg, courgettes potatoes some broccoli and cauliflower, some other bits and pieces. Plenty packs of sliced ham, chicken and a few beef packets. Also TONS of bread & frozen pasties.

Thanks to all the volunteers who collected this from the 3 local Co-ops, Asda, Sainsbury's, The Cornish bakery & Gleaning Cornwall. It takes them so much time and energy to do this, using their own vehicles and fuel.

Anybody is welcome to collect free food, if not for yourself, then for someone else who might need it.
We don’t have a traditional queuing system. Just rock up and everyone who arrives on time picks a spoon with a number to determine their space in the queue. This means there is no need to queue or come early. Those who arrive after the set time queue as normal. We are usually finished in 15 to 20 minutes.
Bring a normal shopping bag to fill up.

Address

Rugby Football Ground/Alexandra Road
Saint Ives
TR261ER

Opening Hours

Monday	5:30pm - 6pm
Tuesday	12:30pm - 1pm
Wednesday	10:30am - 12:30pm
Thursday	5:30pm - 5:45pm
Friday	5:30pm - 6pm
Sunday	11:30am - 11:45am

Website

https://www.stivesfoodshare.co.uk/

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