If you need emergency food
Our Foodbank is open and we continue to provide food parcels to those who need them.
We can provide you with up to three emergency food parcels, each containing enough food for three days.
To receive these food parcels, you will need a Foodbank voucher to bring with you to the Foodbank.
How to RECEIVE a food parcel
To receive a food parcel, you will first need to contact one of our partner agencies, who will then refer you to the Foodbank. There are a large number of agencies who you can contact, including:
Help through Hardship: 0808 208 2138 to speak to a Citizens Advice Adviser.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Closed on public holidays.
South Hill Centre: 01442 234728, info@southhillcentre.co.uk
South Hill Centre, Cemetery Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JF.
Dacorum Community Trust: 01442 253216
Open Tuesday to Thursday 10am-4.30pm.
Do also ask your housing provider, GP or health worker.
Your Foodbank voucher will be issued over the phone and you’ll be given a voucher number to take with you to a food parcel distribution centre. Please give the person at the distribution centre your name, postcode, and the voucher number.
Distribution Centres
Hemel Hempstead
DENS Dacorum Foodbank, Dacre House, 19 Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4AA
Open Monday-Friday 10am-1pm. Additional hours on Wednesdays 4pm-6pm. (Closed on Bank Holidays)
South Hill Centre (SHC), Cemetery Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JF
Open Monday-Friday 9am-4.30pm
Liberty Tea Rooms, 12 Bank Court, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1BS
Open Tuesday-Friday 10am-12pm
Berkhamsted
Way Inn Christian Centre, 268 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AQ
Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm
Tring
St Peter & St Paul Church, High Street, Tring, HP23 5AE
Open Monday-Friday 10am-12pm
Please note that we cannot distribute food parcels without a Foodbank voucher number (please see above).