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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 have 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 Access 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. 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
Find low cost food in your area
You can find local, low cost food places near you on our food map, including community fridges, pantries and food banks. Select an icon on the map to find out more about each location.
Food provision in Barnsley map
Barnsley markets
Our markets are brimming with fruit, vegetables and fresh produce. Alongside traditional greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers, you can find delicatessens selling fresh olives and sweet pastries.
Good Food Pantries
Barnsley’s Good Food Pantries provide sustainable and affordable food to local communities. Good Food Pantries are open to everyone - you simply pay a small fee each week which allows you access to the pantry and its produce.
Royston
- Provided by: Royston Friends Association
- Address: Manor Court Community Centre, West End Avenue, Royston, S71 4LN
- Opening times: Friday 10am to 11:30pm
Education, Learning Support Hub (ELSH)
Serving Barnsley's migrant community.
- Provided by: ELSH
- Address: First Floor, 29 Wellington Street, Barnsley, S70 1SW
- Opening times: temporarily closed due to relocating to a new premises
Crossroads
Crossroads are a community café based down in Barugh Green. A warm welcome is offered to all.
- Provided by: Crossroads
- Address: Crossroads Cafe, 18 Barugh Green Road, Higham, Barnsley, S75 1JT
- Opening times: Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm. Open one weekend a month - dates will be advertised via the Crossroads Cafe Facebook page.
- The cafe accepts Healthy Start vouchers.
St George's Church
Pantry sessions are delivered from our warm and welcoming space, where the kettle is always on for free tea or coffee and there's even biscuits!
- Provided by: St Georges Church
- Address: St Georges Church, York Street, Barnsley, S70 1BD
- Opening times: Thursdays 12pm to 2pm
Priory Centre
- Provided by: BettaLives Priory Centre
- Address: Priory Campus, Pontefract Road, Barnsley, S71 5PN
- Opening times: Fridays 10:30am to 12:30pm
Darfield Community Centre
- Provided by: BettaLives
- Address: 157 Darfield Rd, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8RX
- Opening times: Mondays 1pm to 3pm
Barnsley Recovery Connections
Barnsley Recovery Connections is delivered by the recovery community at their local friendly recovery hub. Other free activities are also available to support people either experiencing, or affected by someone else's alcohol or substance use. Please ask for more information during your next visit.
- Provided by: Barnsley Recovery Steps, in partnership with Barnsley Recovery Connections
- Address: McLintocks Recovery Hub (Crookes Street entrance), off Summer Lane, Barnsley, S70 2NZ
- Opening times: Tuesday and Wednesday 12:30pm to 3:30pm
Honeywell Community Centre
- Provided by: North Area Council
- Address: Honeywell Community Centre, 59 Honeywell Street, Barnsley, S71 1PZ
- Opening times: Wednesday 12pm to 2pm
The community room is open throughout the pantry session offering a warm and welcoming space, members can enjoy free hot drinks and biscuits. Take a look at the Honeywell Pantry Facebook page.
St Helen's Church
- Provided by: St Helen's Church
- Address: St Helen's Church Hall, High Street, Rotherham, S63 0SE
- Opening times: Monday 10am to 12pm
Community Shop on the Go
Community Shop on the Go is a 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
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.
Barnsley food banks
Working with Trussell Trust, Barnsley food banks provide emergency access to those in crisis.
More ways to access food, advice and support
Healthy Start card
If you’re pregnant or have a child under four you could be eligible for a Healthy Start card to help you buy food and milk. Each week you could get:
- £4.25 during pregnancy (from week 10)
- £8.50 for children from birth to one
- £4.25 for children between one and four
Apply for a Healthy Start card or find out about payments and where to shop. The Healthy Start card is accepted at local shops, supermarkets and the Good Food Pantry Crossroads Cafe.
Rose 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 hub.
Free school meals
School meals are a good way to ensure your child eats well at lunchtime.
If you or your child receives a certain benefit, they could be eligible for free school meals. This could save you save you up to £400 a year.
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 the 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, email goodfoodpartnership@barnsley.gov.uk.
Donate to a Good Food Pantry
If you'd like to make a food donation to a Good Food Pantry, or if you grow food in your garden or on an allotment and want to share your surplus, please email us at goodfoodpartnership@barnsley.gov.uk.
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.
PHS
PHS donated a range of hygiene products which were shared with Good Food Pantry Royston, Good Food Pantry Employment and Learning Support Hub, and Good Food Pantry St George's Church.
