Help with access to food
There are various options available if you are struggling with access to food including:
- Food banks
- Fairshare providers
- Early Years Centres
- Community cafes
- Food larders
See our Food Conversations website for more details on accessing food support.
Support in your locality
Across the area's five localities there are a number of venues and organisations providing access to food. Please note that other services operate locally but require referrals.
- Abundant Borders Community Garden - Duns
- A Heart for Duns
- Abundant Borders Community Garden - Eyemouth
- Eyemouth Community Fridge
- Abundant Borders Community Garden - Ayton
- Reston & Auchencrow Larder
- Chirnside Community Larder
- Abundant Borders Community Garden - Foulden
- Coldstream Larder
- Eyemouth Larder with Community Fridge
- Splash Brunch Club
Cheviot
Eildon
- Café Recharge – Galashiels
- Langlee Early Years Centre – Galashiels
- Selkirk Early Years Centre
- Newtown Community Help
- Focus Centre, Galashiels
- Lauder Community Larder
- Philiphaugh Community Cook club
Teviot and Liddesdale
- Abundant Borders Community Garden – Hawick
- Burnfoot Community Futures – Hawick
- Burnfoot Early Years Centre – Hawick
Tweeddale
- Food Foundation - Peebles
- Kingsland Primary Share Shed
- Peeblesshire Foodbank
- Tweeddale Youth Action
- Swap and Share Shed - Innerleithen
- Food Hugs - Walkerburn (now located in HB Club)
- Peebles and District CAB in partnership with Peeblesshire Foodbank Coffee Club
Food support for school age children
Free school meals may be available depending on your personal circumstances.
Breakfast clubs also operate at a number of our schools. Please contact your school directly to find out more.