Cost of Living Resources

A helpful resource of local organisations providing food and/or a warm place for people to meet.

If you have anything you’d like added or if anything needs to be changed please let us know.

Awestruck Academy – 0141 435 7116

awestruck-academy.org.uk/contact

Free Soup and Sandwiches Wednesday and Thursday 12-2pm

Ben View Centre – 01389 733 030

admin@benviewcentre.org.uk

Warm and Toasty – Breakfast from 9.15-10.45am on Tuesdays

Centre 81

2-16 Braes Avenue, Whitecrook, Clydebank

Homemade soup, tea and coffee – Friday 12-3pm (between November and March)

Dalmuir Barclay Food Pantry – 0141 941 3317

dalmuirbarclayfoodpantry@gmail.com

Pay £3 for up to 10 items from fresh, frozen, tins and toiletries

Open Thursday 6.30pm-8pm and Friday 11am-2pm

Drop in Cafe Thursday 6.30pm-8pm and Friday 11am-2pm

Drop in Tots to Teens – Clothing for Kids Friday 11am-1pm

Double L Centre 

Grounds of Linnvale Primary School Clydebank G81 2RL 

Warm space, Wednesday 10am-12pm, all welcome  

Faifley Foodshare

Community Pantry offering a selection of food for £2.50

Open Tuesday 1.30pm-2.30pm at Faifley Parish Church Hall

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Food for Thought – 01389 743 908

admin@foodforthoughtwestdun.co.uk

Office open:

Monday and Friday – 10am – 3pm

Tuesday and Thursday – 10am – 3.30pm

Wednesday – 10am – 2pm

Collection points (‘Outreach’):

Unit 14a Artizan Shopping Centre, Dumbarton   

Monday and Friday – 10am – 3pm

Tuesday and Thursday – 10am – 4pm

Wednesday – 10am – 2pm

St Stephens Chapel Hall, Park Road, Dalmuir – Monday 11am – 12 pm

CATRA Centre, 5 Alexander Street, Alexandria – Tuesday 11am – 12pm

Community Soup at St Augustines Church Hall – Wednesday 11am – 2.30pm

Golden Friendships – 0141 588 3070

Free Heating and Eating – Golden Friendships, 18 Nairn Place, Clydebank

Golden Friendships will be serving dinner on Tuesday from 5pm – 6pm (1st Oct – 31st Mar)

Every Wednesday they serve a 2-course lunch for £5 from 1pm-3.30pm (Book in advance)

Hope Community Church – 07745 393 649

Providing a warm hub, tea, coffee and a chat. Homemade soup, pie and beans.

Friday 12pm-2pm

Improving Lives – 0141 237 4560

contact@improvinglives.co.uk

627 Dumbarton Road, Dalmuir

Tea, Coffee and Warm Place – Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm Friday 9am-3pm

Kilbowie St Andrew’s Parish Church

Free Tea, Coffee, Cake, Soup and Sandwiches

Every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm

Lennox Evangelical Church

The Soup Spot – Tuesday 12-1.30pm

Lomond Food Pantry

At annex behind the Lennox Hall in Jamestown (the old Boys Brigade Hall)

Open Thursday 4pm – 8pm, Friday 10am – 4pm

£3 for 10 items for members – free membership

If you live in a G83 postcode and are in need of additional support with food, then please come along and register. No need for a referral.

Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels – 07368 496 836

oldkilpatrickfoodparcels@gmail.com

Napier Hall, 312 Dumbarton Road, Old Kilpatrick open Monday-Friday 12pm- 2pm

Phoenix Centre

Community Cafe Breakfast / Lunch Club. Hot rolls, cereals and drinks.

8am-10:30am on Wednesdays

12pm-1.30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

This is a donation-based pay-what-you-can cafe.

Renton Community Food Hub

Tea/coffee, food pantry, wifi and chat at Trinity Church Hall – Thursdays 11.30am-1.30pm

Salvation Army – 0141 941 1353

Community Cafe, Sylvania Way South, Clydebank

Wednesday and Thursday 11am-1.30pm

Soup Club

Tea, Coffee and Soup at St Augustines Church Hall – Fridays 11.30am-2pm

St Patrick’s Church Hall, Dumbarton

Free Lunch on Mondays 11am-2pm

The Chatty Café at Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels

Open Monday to Thursday 12pm-4pm Friday 12pm-3pm

Free hot drinks and selection of cakes and biscuits

The Recycle Room

137 Onslow Road, Clydebank – Open 7 days a week, check Facebook for times

Free recycled unwanted clothes, toys, household items and community laundry

therecycleroom1@gmail.com

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Waterfront Parish Church – Chill n Chat Cafe – 0141-952 3943

Whether it’s a quiet place to finish that assignment or simply a place to unwind and chat over a FREE tea, coffee, soft drink and snack… drop in and chill out at the ‘Chill n Chat Cafe’

Every Wednesday from 3:30pm – 5:00pm

West Bridgend Clothing Bank – 07742 866 069

Community Flat, 1 Lomond Court – Monday and Tuesday 11am-3pm

Clothes for people of all ages – everything is free

elaine_41@hotmail.com

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West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare – 01389 764 135 / 0800 345 7050

wdcommunityfoodshare@outlook.com

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Open Monday-Friday 10am-3.30pm

They will provide anyone affected by food insecurity with an emergency food parcel, delivered to your home address the next working day.

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