Chorley Council
If you are in need of emergency food support, we may be able to refer you to Living Waters our local food bank.
This is an emergency provision to support our most vulnerable residents in crisis. To ensure support can be given to those in need, you must satisfy the below criteria.
- you must demonstrate why you are in financial hardship and struggling
- you must demonstrate you are actively seeking support from other services for help
- no more than 6 referrals within 12 months, for repeat requests it is expected that you are accessing other forms of support to help your situation
- at least 1 month between referrals
- parcels are per household and should not be requested from more than 1 person who resides in the home. Evidence of proof of children residing in the home and proof of name/address may be requested
- food parcels must be collected within 1 week of referrals, this allows for 2 sessions available to collect either Tuesday or Friday
- Living Waters planned closures 2025: We will be closed on 25th August – 1st September and 22nd December – 5th January 2026.
If you would like to request support, please call us on 01257 515151.
There are other forms of support services listed below which you may also find helpful.
- Chorley Help the Homeless
- Chorley Buddies Good Food Club
- Chorley United Reform Church / The Hollinshead Centre
- St Laurence's Church
- Chorley Community Helpline
- Adlington Community Food Club
Chorley Help the Homeless
A drop in emergency food bank service is available.
Address: Matrix House, The Gateway, Friday Street, Chorley, PR6 0AA
Telephone: 01257 220077
Email: reception@chth.org.uk
Visit the Chorley Help the Homeless website.
On any emails, please include your name, the number of adults and children in your household and your telephone number.
Opening times:
- Monday 10am to 2pm
- Tuesday 10am to 2pm
- Thursday 10am to 2pm
- Friday 10am to 2pm
SVP Chorley Buddies Good Food Club
You can access up to £25 worth of food supplies per week to help support you and your household for £5 a week.
4 venues are available with set weekly times for collections. Clubs also have a social activity with free refreshments
Opening times:
| Day | Location | Times |
|---|---|---|
|
Tuesday |
St Joseph's Parish Centre, Harpers Lane, Chorley | 10.30am to 11.30am |
| Wednesday | St John the Divine Parish Hall, Hewlett Street, Coppull | 10.30am to 11.30am |
| Thursday | Buttermere Community Centre, Buttermere Avenue, Chorley | 10.30am to 11.30am |
| Friday | Clayton Brook Village Hall, Clayton-Le-Woods | 10.30am to 11.30am |
A £10 lifelong membership fee is required on sign up.
If you would like to know more about membership and register, please contact SVP Chorley Buddies by email to chorleybuddiesreferrals@svp.org.uk. Alternatively, you can call them on 01257 542367.
Chorley United Reform Church / The Hollinshead Centre
Free refreshments are available at The Meeting Place, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am to 2pm with a free hot lunch at 12pm.
The Meeting Place also distributes surplus food from local shops as when it is available, currently Thursday is the main day for this.
A free hot meal is available on Thursdays at 5pm. Access is from the porch at the end of Byron Street.
If you would like more information, please contact community.minister@chorleyurc.org or you can call 01257 760066.
St Laurence's Church
A range of support is available every week Monday to Friday
Open table - hot food provision
- every Monday 5pm till 5.30pm
- each Monday evening, join for a home-made main meal and pudding, served for you at the table
- tea, coffee and squash available.
Taste café
- every week - Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 1.30pm
- tea and coffee, squash, hot soup, rolls, a selection of cakes and fruit, all available inside St Laurence's Church
- 'pay what you can' basis, but donations not essential
- lego table and colouring stations available for children
- every Thursday join 'talking tables' from 11am.
Chorley Community Helpline
A number of voluntary, charity and faith groups in Chorley have come together to launch the Chorley Community Helpline.
This free phone helpline will allow you to access emergency food support and assistance with shopping and prescription collection.
Telephone: 0800 368 8452
Adlington Community Food Club
Adlington Community Food Club and is situated at St Pauls Church, Railway Road, Adlington and takes place on Mondays 9:45am till 12pm.
It is an environmentally friendly club, lead by friendly locally trained volunteers and it provides food provision support to local residents, and prevents large amounts of food from going to landfill.
Furthermore, the club offers space for residents to make new friends and socialise with other likeminded individuals.
Members pay £5 weekly subscriptions and have access to free refreshments and a raffle.
Contact : Bev Speers on 07939 003786 or email bev.speers@btinternet.com