Wycombe Food Hub - helping the most vulnerable

Our current building has a limited life. it will be redeveloped in the near future

Our fundraising through gofundme will help us accrue funds to cover cost of rental of new premises and the fit out of the building in 2024

We are redistributing fresh and residual food to those in need. Wycombe Food Hub (WFH) came about at the start of lockdown. We collected residual food from leading supermarkets. Our products are often short dated ‘Best Before End’ (BBE) dates. These products are still usable. The range varies on what we source each week from our partners. We are collecting 500 green crates each week.

 We supply products to people unable to access or buy food, those that cannot get Government aid or are unable to survive on the Government’s benefit payments, those who are now suffering from loss of jobs and the self-employed who can’t get benefits, those who cannot access the traditional referral foodbanks.

The range of people coming to us for help is growing weekly. Considering what’s happening nationally the need for our food and services will continue to grow.

 We are now collecting from even more supermarkets, allotments and farms

We have a retail shop in the centre of High Wycombe. The shop is open 6 days a week 

The shop allows us to distribute not only residual food but also offer chilled and frozen food. 

Partner organisations are now working with us to signpost and help those needing more care and referral to statutory authorities.

Moving into a retail premises has now incurred us some long-term financial liabilities and we need to reach out for help 

We are constantly fundraising for building repairs, building insurance, equipment and software, electricity and utilities, print and collateral .

We started with a zero funding stream. We have managed to secure some small grants and donations from friendly benefactors, which has allowed us to deliver to the stage we are now .

We now need to fundraise to be able to grow and continue to deliver services. If residents and businesses are able to help we would be grateful

We secured a Multi Temperature van. This will allow us to reach out to a wider area to pick up food and also deliver food parcels to more people in need.

Our current building has a limited life. it will be redeveloped in the near future

Our fundraising through gofundme will help us accrue funds to cover cost of rental of new premises and the fit out of the building in 2024.