Support - Food, Clothing & Winter Warm Spaces
To find out more about support organisations that provide food and clothing please see below.
Organisations in Reading that can provide free food.
The following local organisations provide free food, no referral is needed to access their service. Please click here for more details.
To access the ReadiFood Food Parcels a referral needs to be made, please visit their website to find out more ReadiFood
Also visit www.reading.gov.uk/housing/money-matters/help-with-food-costs
Your Local Pantry
These are local membership discount shops part of a national franchise click here to find out more about the pantries in the Reading Borough area.
Organisations that can sometimes help with clothing, including school uniform
There are a number of local organisations that have also helped in the past with clothing including pre-used school uniforms please click here to find out more. Contact them directly for more details.
The following organisations provide school uniforms however families will need to be referred click here for their contact details.
Pre-owned clothing
There are many local charity shops that sell pre-owned clothes on the high street.
Local NCT(National Childbirth Trust) groups have nearly new sales, visit Reading NCT to find out about local sales https://www.nct.org.uk/local-activities-meet-ups/reading
Other second hand markets for children's clothes, toys etc such Mums 2 Mums Market visit https://www.mum2mummarket.co.uk/ to find out about markets taking place in the Reading area.
Warm Spaces
Reading Borough Council have details of Warm Hubs in Reading visit
www.reading.gov.uk/housing/money-matters/warm-spaces-in-reading