118 Kirkgate · Leeds · open three days a week
Five pounds. Ten items. Your choice.
A pantry, not a food bank. Members pay a weekly subscription and pick their own shopping off the shelf — no referral, no vouchers, and nobody asks why you came.
How it works
Membership, not charity
Everything on the shelf is donated or bought with the subscriptions. Paying for it is the point — it is your shop, not a handout.
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Join in five minutes
Fill in the form or come in on a Tuesday. We need a name and a rough idea of who is at home, so we know how much you can take.
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Pay £5 a week
Cash or card at the counter. Miss a week and nothing happens — pick up whenever you are next in.
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Choose your own shopping
Ten items for a single person, more for a family. What is on the shelf changes with what has been donated.
Running low today
If you are donating, these first
Updated as things come in and go out — this is the actual shelf, not a list somebody typed last month.
- Nappies, size 4 Toiletries 2 packs left
- Shampoo Toiletries 4 bottles left
- Washing powder Household 5 boxs left
- Butter Chilled 6 packs left
- Cheese Chilled 6 packs left
- Apples Fresh 12 bags left
Donations in during opening hours, or through the hatch on the Kirkgate side any time — it is emptied twice a day.
The old post office
21 things on the shelf, across 6 aisles
We took the old sorting office on a peppercorn rent in 2019 and put shelves where the counters were. The safe is still there — it is where we keep the nappies.
Eleven volunteers, two chest freezers, and a van that starts most mornings. Everything else came from people who live within a mile of the door.
Questions we get asked
Straight answers
- Do I need a referral?
- No. Anyone living in LS2, LS7 or LS9 can join, and we do not ask about your circumstances.
- What if I cannot pay one week?
- Come anyway. Nobody is turned away and nobody keeps a tally.
- Is it only tins?
- No — fresh produce, bread and chilled goods come in three times a week. They go quickly.
- Can I volunteer?
- Yes, and we always need drivers on a Monday. Ask at the counter or ring.
The door is open Tuesday
Join online and your card will be waiting, or just turn up — the form takes two minutes at the counter.
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