Peterborough Cost of Living Support Hubs

Hubs

Below are details about the Hubs including where, when, and what they are offering; this may change subject to demand. We update this page on a regular basis but rely on hubs telling us when their information changes, so we recommend you contact your local hub directly for specific information before visiting.

If you want to find out about other food aid available across Peterborough, please see our Food Aid page. We also have a page about local Debt and Money Management Support if you want more information about that.

Peterborough City Council also has lots of information about cost of living support on their website. Further information about getting help with help saving on energy bills, getting boilers repaired/replaced, help with essential other energy repairs or upgrades and more, see this page.

Afro Caribbean Group
Address: Millennium Centre, Dickens Street, Peterborough, PE1 5GD
Phone: 01733 562 663

Offer:

• Tuesday – goods collected from centre or delivered to residents in need, 10am to 2pm
• Wednesday – food (meal) provided at the centre, 11.30am to 2pm
• Thursday – goods collected from centre or delivered to residents in need, 10am to 2pm
• Friday – food (meal) provided at the centre, 11.30am to 2pm

Facilities: Disabled toilet, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Address: N/a – phone / web based service
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0300 666 9860, Monday to Sunday, 8am to 7pm, 365 days per year

Offer: Information and advice

Barnardo’s

Community Hub:
First Steps Child and Family Centre, 20 Scalford Drive, Welland, PE1 4TR
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01733 295 860 (use this number for any queries about opening times etc)

The Food Basket:
Open 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Monday: Orton Child and Family Centre, Herlington, PE2 5PW
Wednesday: East Child and Family Centre, Durham Road, PE1 5JU
Thursday: First Steps Child and Family Centre, 20 Scalford Drive, Welland, PE1 4TR
Visit the Peterborough Food Basket Facebook page

Community Cafés:

• Tuesday, 11.30am to 2pm at Honey Pot Café, Honeyhill Child and Family Centre, Honeyhill, Paston, PE4 7DR
• Wednesday, 12pm to 2pm at Buttercup Café, First Steps Child and Family Centre, 20 Scalford Drive, Welland, PE1 4TR

Facilities for all settings: Disability access – ramp / no step access at main door and disabled toilet
Support available to young families – changing facilities, breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Black History Month Committee Peterborough
Address: N/A – delivery only
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07392 953 665

Offer: Essentials only. Monday to Friday – available to place delivery. Saturday to Sunday – delivery in the evening.

Bretton Baptist Church Hub
Address: Copeland, South Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 6YJ
Phone: 0782 143 5426
Email: [email protected]

Opening times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am to 12 noon. Community Café serving tea, coffee and cake. From 11am to 12 noon, soup and rolls. Collecting food parcels and help with form filling.

Christ The Servant King (CSK) Church and Chimes Coffee Shop
Address: Silver Hill, PE7 8FF
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 248 236

Offer:

• Tuesdays – CommuniTEA (community café) open from 4pm to 6.30pm – available to referred families or individuals – please contact CSK by email to book a place for yourself and / or your family
• Chimes hot meal vouchers available to referred individuals – please contact CSK by email for further information
• Sundays – CSK Church service only

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet
Support available to young families – changing facilities, breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Compas Charity
Address: Gladstone Park Community Centre, 927 Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, PE1 2AN
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07842 244 535

Offer:

• Monday – advice provision and help with essentials, 10am to 5pm
• Tuesday – advice provision and help with essentials, 10am to 5pm
• Thursday – advice provision and help with essentials, 10am to 5pm
• Friday –  advice provision and help with essentials, 10am to 5pm, children’s breakfast club 8 – 9 am
• Saturday / Sunday – closed

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet, lift

Disability Peterborough (formerly Dial)
Address: N/a – delivery only
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 265 551

Offer: Outreach service of food and essentials to disabled people and their families across the city with food and essentials. Advice on the phone.

Faizan e Madina Mosque
Address: 51 Cobden Street, Peterborough, PE1 2HA
Email: [email protected]

Offer: Food bank on Thursdays, 11am to 1pm – essential non-perishable food parcels

Accessibility features: Ramp / no step access at main door

Family Action
Address: The Charteris Centre, PE1 4XE
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 893 361

Offer:

• Monday – emergency food parcels – 8.30am to 1.30pm
• Tuesday – food club – 8.30am to 12 noon, emergency food parcels – 8.30am to 1.30pm Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) – 9.30am to 2pm
• Thursday – emergency food parcels, 8.30am to 1.30pm
• Friday – food club – 8.30am to 12 noon, emergency food parcels – 8.30am to 1.30pm

Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) – during half term holidays (excluding bank holidays) operates four days per week (Easter, Summer, December)

Accessibility features: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet
Support available to young families: Changing facilities, breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Family Voice Peterborough
Address: The Goldhay Centre, 105 Paynels, PE2 5QP
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 685 510 or 07505 662 670

Offer:

• Tuesday – Craft Club – 12.45pm to 2.45pm – provides free tea and coffee
• Wednesday – Community Fridge and Community Café, 9.30am to 11.30am – £1 entry fee for adults, 50p for school age children, and free for under 5s to help with sustainability of provision.
• Thursday – MIND provide free mental health support fortnightly between 2pm and 3.30pm to anyone attending and provides free tea and coffee
• Friday – Community Fridge from 2.30pm to 4pm – providing food and toiletries to families from the local school at school pick-up time
• Saturday – Cooked meal and drinks for those joining monthly litter pick on the first Saturday of the month, 11am to 1.30pm. Possible provision of toiletries, food and / or vouchers if needed as well

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Good Neighbours Rural Roving Hub
Phone: 07735 810 139
Email: [email protected]

Offer: Signposting to food banks and hubs for rural parish residents. Please contact by phone or email for information.

iCare Peterborough
Address: UKIM Masjid Khadijah, 311 Cromwell Road, Peterborough, PE1 2HP
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07965 245 211

Offer: Food bank and non-perishable food parcels – Every Saturday 10am to 2pm
Facilities: Ramp, assistance

KingsGate Community Church
Address: Lime Academy Parnwell, Saltersgate, Parnwell, PE1 4YH
Email: [email protected]

Food pantry aims to help families facing food insecurity and who are struggling to feed their children and pay bills each month. Operates a membership scheme where members can come weekly if they want to and pay £4.50 each time, visit the food pantry and choose groceries worth more.

Open every Wednesday from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Open to families who are facing financial difficulties and have a child or children attending any of the Lime Academy Trust schools.

To find out more about becoming a member, please visit https://churchpoverty.my.site.com/s/member-sign-up and select ‘Peterborough KingsGate Food Pantry’ from the drop down list.

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door, lift
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Light Project Peterborough
Address: The Garden House, Gravel Walk, Peterborough, PE1 1YU
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 560 031

Offer:
People sleeping rough can come to The Garden House for food and drink, information and advice, as well as access to a wide range of support services.

The charity has linked up with service providers including Peterborough City Council housing officers, GPs, employment agencies, alcohol and drugs support specialists, mental health teams, Police, hairdressers, chiropodists, and arts therapists.

People sleeping rough can come to The Garden House between 10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm every weekday (closed on Wednesday afternoons) and Saturday and Sunday mornings 10am-12:30pm.

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door

Little Miracles Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Address: The Spinney, Hartwell Way, Peterborough, PE3 7LE
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 262 226

Offer:

• Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm – community fridge / food pantry / collection of food and essentials. Community café between 4pm and 5pm.
• Saturday, 10am to 4pm – community fridge / food pantry / collection of food and essentials

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Mary’s Child
Address: St Michaels Church, Mace Road, Peterborough, PE2 8RQ
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Phone: 07976 523 555

Offer:

• Monday – Family Support Worker carries out welfare checks on their existing clients
• Tuesday – Food parcels will be prepared and delivered as required
• Wednesday – Community cafe is open from 9am to 2pm and client drop-ins for legal advice or immigration advice
• Thursday – Food parcels prepared and delivered as required
• Friday – Family Support Worker carries out welfare checks on their existing clients. Emergency food parcels delivered.
• Saturday – Delivery of emergency food parcels. Community Cafe open every other week and provide hot / cold lunch between 12 noon and 2pm. Once a month, community workshop carried out, incorporates the serving of a choice of hot and cold lunch as well as an activity like cooking demonstrations, self defences classes for women and children’s activities. This will be open from 11am to 3pm.
• Sunday – Delivery of emergency food parcels

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Millfield Community Fridge
Address: Open Door Baptist Church Hall, Searjeant Street, Peterborough, PE1 2LY
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07443 653 710

Offer:

• Monday – closed
• Tuesday to Friday – Community Fridge and Hub, 10am to 12 noon
• Sunday – hot drinks and refreshments, 12 noon to 1pm

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Nigerian Community in Peterborough (NCP) and Life Money at The Fletton Centre Hub
Address: 139B Fletton Avenue, Peterborough, PE2 8BY
Email: [email protected]
Web: Nigerian Community in Peterborough website

Opening times: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 10am to 2pm.
NCP and its volunteers will help provide a welcoming environment for those who come to collect food. They will provide refreshments and an opportunity to chat, access the internet, printing and photocopying, and signposting to Life Money, Global Café and Life Tots.

Park Road Baptist Church
Address: Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2TF
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 347 709

Offer: Wednesdays – Welcome Wednesday Community Hub (Community Café), 10.30am to 1pm

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play (toys, books etc)

Paston Farm Community Foundation
Address: Paston Farm Centre, Freston, Peterborough, PE4 7XB
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 570 310

Offer: Wednesdays – Community Fridge – 11:30am to 1:30pm

Facilities: Disabled toilet, changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
Address: Unity Hall, Northfield Road, Peterborough, PE1 3QH
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 563 420
Web: https://www.parcaltd.org/

Offer: (Visit their website for specific information)

• Monday to Wednesday – drop-in from 10:30am to 4.30pm
• Thursday and Friday – Appointments from 10:30am to 2:30pm

Facilities: Disabled toilet, ramp / no step access to main door, changing facilities
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

RCCG Dominion Christian Connections
Address: 36 – 38 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2TG
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07733 450 555

Offer:

• Foodbank on call-to-order basis 07733 450 555
• Saturday – full English breakfast every Saturday from 8am – 10am as well signposting on housing issues

Facilities: Changing facilities, ramp / no step access at main door

St John’s Church
Address: Cathedral Square, Peterborough, PE1 1XB
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07957 292 111

Offer:

• Tuesday – community café and activities, music concert, health hub – winter opening times are 9.30am to 5pm
• Wednesday – at their sister church St Luke’s on Mayor’s Walk, they have a drop-in ‘Chill and Chat’ session from 10am to 12 noon offering friendship and refreshments weekly. At St John’s Church, they have a monthly café from 10am to 12 noon which they hope to offer on other weeks when possible.
• Friday – community café from 12 noon to 2pm, health hub sessions from 10.30am
• Saturday – some community café provision as part of their Saturday Café from 10am to 12 noon
  Possibility of partner working with Peterborough Homeless Helpers to support their provision of hot meals and enable meals to be provided inside along with hot drinks
• Sunday – Sunday service at 11am is open to all with refreshments afterwards. Additional events on Sundays will include afternoon concerts and services / events approximately once a month.

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet, changing facilities
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

St Mark’s Here to Help Hub and Safe Space
Address: St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2SN
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07724 003 677

Offer: hot meals

• Monday from 2pm to 4pm
• Thursday from 12 pm to 3pm

Facilities: Disabled toilet, ramp / no step access at main door, changing facilities

Wellspring Community Church
Address: The Alpha Centre, Adderley, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 8RA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 306 401

Offer:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – Community Café, 9.30am to 12 noon

Accessibility features: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet, changing facilities
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Westraven Community Café and Garden
Address: 24 – 28 Hampton Court, Westwood, Peterborough, PE3 7JA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01733 330 040

Offer – Monday to Friday, 8am to 3pm:

• Community Fridge
• Community Pantry
• Hot food – free children’s meals – up to age 11 with an adult
• Children’s breakfast – cereal, toast and drink – 50p

Facilities: Ramp / no step access at main door, disabled toilet, changing facilities, lift
Support available to young families: Breastfeeding friendly main space / dedicated space, children and toddler play facilities (toys, books etc)

Some of the venues have cafés with low cost food or ‘pay what you can.’ Please contact them directly for more information.