Food Banks and Community food initiatives

Food Banks across Gwynedd provide emergency food boxes for people and families in need.

You can get help from a food bank by receiving a voucher from a support worker who is helping you, or by going to the food bank. A food bank voucher allows you to get emergency food equivalent to 3 days for you and your family. Social Workers, Housing, Education and Benefits officers are all able to give you a food bank voucher. Having a voucher is not essential for all food banks.

If you need the service contact your local Food Bank:

Bangor Cathedral Foodbank

Bangor Cathedral Diocesan Centre, Cathedral Close, Bangor, LL57 1RL (behind the Cathedral). Further information
Please email referrers to lesley.beckton@yahoo.co.uk before 1.30pm on our opening days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).


Arfon Foodbank

Canolfan Gwyrfai, Lôn Cae Ffynnon, Cibyn, Caernarfon, LL55 2BD. 
For further information, contact info@arfon.foodbank.org.uk , telephone 01286 673355 or visit the Facebook page. 

 

Abermaw

King Edward St, Abermaw LL42 1AD 
For further information, contact 07973 914599 or info@southgwynedd.foodbank.org.uk Or visit Southgwynedd.foodbank.org.uk .


Porthmadog, Penrhyndeudraeth, Bala, Dolgellau and Tywyn

Emergency food parcels can be collected from Porthmadog, Penrhyndeudraeth, Bala, Dolgellau and Tywyn - for more information, contact:  

 

Ffestiniog Foodbank

Church Hall, Church Street, Blaenau Ffestiniog, LL41 3HB (opposite the Tan y Maen Centre). You will need to go to the Dref Werdd office to receive a referral to the Foodbank.
For further information, telephone 07435 290553 or visit the Facebook page.


Pwllheli Foodbank

St Peter’s Church, Pwllheli, LL53 5DS. 
For further information, contact  pwllhelifoodbank@gmail.com or telephone 07359356383 or visit the Facebook page.

 

Food pantries

A Food Pantry (also called a feeding scheme,fareshare scheme or other similar names) usually distributes leftover food from supermarkets and shops to local residents.

A Food Pantry is not known as 'emergency food', but it can be essential for some households as a way of having affordable food. Some of them package and deliver the food to homes, others invite residents to come andcollect food from a building in the community. Some give the food for free and otherscharge a small fee of £3-5 for a bag of food.

Food Pantries have been established to save residual food from going to waste, and prevent that food from going to landfill. 


  • Bwyd i Bawb, Fareshare Bangor
    07436530217 (Dim ond ar gael i ffonio Dydd Sul 10:00am-12:00pm)