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A new way to help local households build financial resilience
Our Food Club provides practical support and access to essentials, helping families manage everyday challenges while staying connected and supported in their community.
For a small contribution, affordable food items are available up to six times a year, for eligible households.
Who is eligible?
Families who have reached the limit of foodbank use
Individuals receiving Universal Credit but whose children do not qualify for free school meals, and who are struggling financially
Students facing financial hardship. Proof of student status and evidence of financial difficulty must be provided
Pensioners experiencing financial difficulty meeting essential food needs
Asylum Seekers and Refugees with limited or no financial support who are experiencing hardship, including those whose Aspen cards have been blocked
Individuals that are homeless or have no fixed abode struggling financially to meet essential food needs
Families experiencing in-work poverty
The Food Club puts these contributions towards buying more food.
Food Club members also attend at least two of our six free Essential Skills workshops, to help them get back on their feet.
Our advisor will be on hand to help families build choice, dignity and independence.
A new way to help local households build financial resilience
Our Food Club provides practical support and access to essentials, helping families manage everyday challenges while staying connected and supported in their community.
For a small contribution, affordable food items are available up to six times a year, for eligible households.
Who is elegible?
- Families who have reached the limit of foodbank use
- Individuals receiving Universal Credit but whose children do not qualify for free school meals, and who are struggling financially
- Students facing financial hardship. Proof of student status and evidence of financial difficulty must be provided
- Pensioners experiencing financial difficulty meeting essential food needs
- Asylum Seekers and Refugees with limited or no financial support who are experiencing hardship, including those whose Aspen cards have been blocked
- Individuals that are homeless or have no fixed abode struggling financially to meet essential food needs
- Families experiencing in-work poverty
The Food Club puts these contributions towards buying more food.
Food Club members also attend at least two of our six free Essential Skills workshops, to help them get back on their feet.
Our advisor will be on hand to help families build choice, dignity and independence.
How it works.
- An adult-only household contributes £5, and choose up to 15 items.
- Households with one or more children under 18 contribute £10, and choose up to 30 items.
- Members can select up to two of each product, and use the Food Club up to six times a year.
- Members make their selections and payment during their referral process.
- Members also select their preferred collection point in advance. Our current collection points are High Town Sports Centre and The Dallow Centre.
- Members must select at least two of our free Essential Skills workshops, though we encourage them to attend all six.
These take place in local schools, and we plan to start online workshops soon.
Workshops cover managing money, smart shopping, cooking on a budget, growing your own food, staying warm and well through winter, and looking after health and wellbeing.
How it works
- An adult-only household contributes £5, and chooses up to 15 items.
- Households with one or more children under 18 contribute £10, and choose up to 30 items.
- Members can select up to two of each product, and use the Food Club up to six times a year.
- Members make their selections and payment during their referral process.
- Members also select their preferred collection point in advance. Our current collection points are High Town Sports Centre and The Dallow Centre.
- Members must select at least two of our free Essential Skills workshops, though we encourage them to attend all six.
These take place in local schools, and we plan to start online workshops soon.
Workshops cover managing money, smart shopping, cooking on a budget, growing your own food, staying warm and well through winter, and looking after health and wellbeing.
How to become a member
Our approved referral partners identify people in need of this service.
If you think you may qualify to become a member of Food Club, please email [email protected], or call 01582 725838.
How to become a member
Our approved referral partners identify people in need of this service.
If you think you may qualify to become a member of Food Club, please email [email protected], or call 01582 725838.
Referrers
To become a referral partner, please email [email protected].
Existing referrers can make a referral by using the button below.
Checklist
Please ensure you have this information to hand before opening the referral form.
Referrers
To become a referral partner, please email [email protected].
Existing referrers can make a referral by using the button below.
Checklist
Please ensure you have this information to hand before opening the referral form.
To avoid losing your progress through the referral form, please have this information ready before starting.
- Name of your organisation
- Your name and full contact details
- Reason for referral
To avoid losing your progress through the referral form, please check the client has this information ready before starting.
- Details of (changes in) circumstances
- Previous foodbank / Food Club use
- Full name, address, and contact details
- Full address
- Council Ward
(If unknown, you can check here.)
You will also need to consent Luton Foodbank using your information for administration, service delivery, and anonymised monitoring and reporting purposes. Read our Privacy Policy.
To avoid losing your progress through the referral form, please have this information ready before starting.
- Name of your organisation
- Your name and full contact details
- Reason for referral
To avoid losing your progress through the referral form, please check the client has this information ready before starting.
- Details of (changes in) circumstances
- Previous foodbank / Food Club use
- Full name, address, and contact details
- Full address
- Council Ward
(If unknown, you can check here.)
You will also need to consent Luton Foodbank using your information for administration, service delivery, and anonymised monitoring and reporting purposes. Read our Privacy Policy.
Managed by the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation, and supported by the New Horizons Fund.
Funded by Luton Rising