Social Things · England
Food
If you have no food today, these are the people to ring.
National helplines
Also worth knowing
Your council
Councils hold the emergency funds and know what runs locally. They are the right call when a national line is closed.
Find your council (opens in a new tab)Different help, but often needed too
Crisis and Resilience Fund
Covers England only.
They don't publish their opening hours — worth trying, but don't count on it being answered.
Help from your local council with essential costs — energy and water bills, food, essential items and housing costs. You do not have to be getting benefits to ask, and a payment will not affect any benefits you do get. Councils decide how to run their own scheme, so start with yours — find it below.
Go to Crisis and Resilience Fund (opens in a new tab)Checked on 23 August 2026 against their own page — Crisis and Resilience Fund (opens in a new tab).
What's nearby
Give us a postcode and we'll show you what's closest.
We know of food banks and free meals across the UK — but “nearby” isn't a question we can answer without knowing where, and handing you a list of the whole country would help nobody.