Community Food Cupboards/ Small Foodbanks
Some local community organisations provide food support for people living in the area or for their service users. Details of drop in times are listed below. These organisations are reliant on donations and are happy to also receive donations during their drop in times.
Coleraine
Building Ballysally Together (BBT)
101 Daneshill Road, Ballysally BT52 2QJ
Open Monday to Friday 9am to 2pm
Oasis, Ashes to Gold
35 Abbey Street, Coleraine BT52 1EX
Open Monday to Thursday 9am -4.30pm and Friday 9am – 2.30pm
Portrush
Reach Portrush
Parochial Hall, Holy Trinity CHurch of Ireland, 62 Main Street, Portrush BT56 8BN
Telephone 07929369228
Drop in Tuesdays 1-3pm
Limavady
Roe Valley Residents Association
13-14 Keady Way, Limavady, BT49 0AU
Available Tuesdays during daytime
The Glens Community Association (Limavady)
5 Glenlea Park, Limavady BT49 0RR
Open Tuesday 12.30 – 3pm (small fee applies per bag)
Community fridges are spaces where local people can share fresh food to save it from going to waste. This can be food which is surplus from supermarkets, local food businesses, producers, households and gardens. There are a number of community fridges operating in Causeway Coast and Glens and details are listed below. Opening days and times will vary depending on what food is available.
| Ballycastle | BCW Training Ltd (Unit 18), Moyle Enterprise Centre, 61 Leyland Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6EZ. | d.smyth@bcwtraining.co.uk | Facebook; Community Fridge Ballycastle |
| Bushmills | Bushmills Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Bushmills BT57 8QA | Facebook: Bushmills Co-Op Community Fridge | |
| Cloughmills | Cloughmills Community Action Team, The Old Mill, 60 Main Street, Cloughmills BT44 9LF | climatesmartcloughmills@gmail.com | Facebook: Cloughmills Foodshare |
| Dungiven | Dungiven Regeneration Club, 136 Main Street, Dungiven, BT47 4LG | dungivencommunityfridge@gmail.com | Facebook: Dungiven Regeneration Club |
| Magilligan | Magilligan Community Centre, 394 Seacoast Road, Magilligan BT49 0LA | magilligancommunity@hotmail.com | Facebook: Magilligan Community Fridge |
If you would like more information about setting up a community fridge or food share initiative in your community, please contact our Environmental Resources Team at recycle@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk or telephone 028 2766 0248.
You can also find useful information about how to set up a community fridge and the Community Fridge Network on Hubbub's website .