Good Food Barnsley Partnership

In Barnsley we want to make sure everyone can get affordable and nutritious food. We want this to be part of a diverse, inclusive and vibrant food economy.

Food security is our ability to access food, pay for it and prepare nutritious meals. Many people are having issues due to the cost of living, and sometimes food seems like the easiest way to budget.

The goal of the Good Food Barnsley Partnership is to make sure that everyone has access to the food they need to lead healthy and happy lives. You can read about our vision and priorities in our Food Plan.

Barnsley's food ladder

Our food ladder is a way to scale food provision in an area and build local resilience in the face of food insecurity.

Food ladder

The food ladder is made up of:

  • Premium supermarkets and farm shops
  • German discount supermarkets
  • Barnsley Markets
  • Good Food Pantries
  • Community Shop on the Go
  • Community Shop
  • Barnsley food banks

Barnsley Markets

Our markets are brimming with fruit, vegetables and fresh produce. Alongside traditional greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers, find delicatessens selling fresh olives and sweet pastries.

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Good Food Pantries

Barnsley’s Good Food Pantries provide sustainable and affordable food to local communities. Good Food Pantries are open to all - you simply pay a small fee each week which allows you access to the pantry and its produce.

Good Food Pantry

Royston

  • Provided by: Royston Friends Association
  • Address: Manor Court Community Centre, West End Avenue, Royston, S71 4LN
  • Opening times: Friday 10.30am to 12pm
Volunteers at the Good Food Pantry in Royston

Education, Learning Support Hub (ELSH)

Serving Barnsley's migrant community. 

  • Provided by: ELSH
  • Address: 8-10 Market Street, Barnsley, S70 1SL
  • Opening times: Wednesday 1pm to 3pm and Saturday 11am to 1pm
Education learning support hub

Crossroads

  • Provided by: Crossroads
  • Address: Crossroads Cafe, 18 Barugh Green Road, Highham, Barnsley, S75 1JT
  • Opening times: Wednesdays 10.30am to 3.30pm and Thursdays 11am to 3pm
Man And 2 Women Standing In Shop

St George's Church

  • Provided by: St Georges Church
  • Address: St Georges Church, York St, Barnsley S70 1BD
  • Opening times: Friday 12pm to 2pm
Good Food Pantry At St Georges Church

Community Shop on the Go

Community Shop on the Go launched on Tuesday 5 December 2023. This is our fantastic new mobile food provision, run in partnership with the Community Shop. It takes great food to locations where it’s needed and sells it at a fraction of the usual cost.

You can mix and match:

  • Small bag - six items for £3
  • Large bag - 12 items for £5

Visit Community Shop on the Go on Facebook for updates on the dates, times and venues.

Community shop on the go Community Shop On The Go

Community Shop

The Community Shop provides access to low-cost food for those in most need. It provides its members with access to deeply discounted food, as well as life-changing learning and development programmes.

Community Shop is a hand up, not a handout. Membership is free and open to those who live locally and receive a means-tested benefit.

Community Shop

Barnsley food banks

Working with Trussell Trust, Barnsley food banks provide emergency access to those in crisis.

Barnsley Foodbank

Find low cost food in your area

You can find local, low cost food places near you on our food map. These include community fridges, pantries and food banks. Select an icon on the map to find out more about each location.

Food provision in Barnsley map

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Vouchers for food

Heathy Start vouchers if you're pregnant or have a child under four

If you’re pregnant or have at least one child under four you could be entitled to a Healthy Start card. It will help you buy food, fresh milk and infant formula milk at your local shops. Each week, you could receive:

  • £4.25 during your pregnancy (from the 10th week of your pregnancy)
  • £8.50 for children from birth to one year old
  • £4.25 for children between one and four years old

Find out more about Healthy Start vouchers and apply.

Vouchers for fruit and vegetables

The Rose Vouchers scheme helps families on low incomes to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. It supports them to give their children the healthiest possible start.

A family can receive £3 of Rose Vouchers for each child, every week, or £6 if the child is under one year old. Vouchers are available from your local family hubs.

Find out more about Rose Vouchers.

 

 

Become a Good Food Pantry host

A food pantry is a place that sells heavily discounted, quality food items to the local community. These pantries don’t make a profit. Money from sales is used to cover the cost of buying food and running costs such as electricity and water.

Why become a Good Food Pantry?

By becoming a Good Food Pantry you can access help and support from Barnsley Council to get set up. All Good Food Pantries use the same brand, membership model and policies. This means members will enjoy the same great Good Food Pantry experience at each branch.

If you’re interested in being a Good Food Pantry host, please email goodfoodpartnership@barnsley.gov.uk.

Good Food Pantry Toolkit
Allotment

Sharing surplus - love food hate waste?

We'd like to encourage local growers to share their surplus produce with the Good Food Pantries.

So, if you grow your own in your garden or on an allotment and want to share your surplus, please email goodfoodpartnership@barnsley.gov.uk and a member of the team will be in touch.

Donations we've received

Cannon Hall Farm

Cannon Hall Farm was very proud to make a donation to Barnsley's Good Food Pantries, made up from generous donations from our staff. The pantries are located in areas where deprivation is high, and local residents may struggle to afford food. The donations from our team were shared amongst Worsbrough Community Pantry, Good Food Pantry Royston, Good Food Pantry Employment and Learning Support Hub and Good Food Pantry Honeywell.

If you'd like to make a food donation to our pantries please contact goodfoodbarnsleypartnership@barnsley.gov.uk.

People Stood With Trolleys

PHS

A big thank you to PHS for their donation of hygiene products. Items received were shared with Good Food Pantry Royston, Good Food Pantry Employment and Learning Support Hub and Good Food Pantry St George's Church.

Good Food Pantry ELSH