Liverpool Christmas Support Page 2025

We have compiled a list of Liverpool-based Christmas Food Support services and resources for the Christmas and New Year period.

Community Christmas Meals

The below organisations are providing a Christmas Meal/hosting an event on Christmas Day:

  • Team Oasis (12noon – 5pm at Parkhill Road, L8 4RN). You can find the contact details for the team here.
  • Squash CIC – (12noon – 2pm at 112-114 Windsor Street, L8 8EQ). The Christmas meal will operate as a drop-in so no booking is required. You can learn more here.
  • Baytree Cooking Academy CIC – (10am – 2:30pm at TheBlack E on Great George Street, L1 5EW). Presents, entertainment, music and food hampers will also be provided alongside a 2-course meal.

If you are hosting a Christmas meal in the run up to Christmas/on Christmas Day and would like it to be publicised, please email Antonia.

Emergency Food Providers

Please check this spreadsheet to see the opening and closing times of Emergency Food Providers over the Christmas and New Year period.

South Liverpool Foodbank

The opening dates and times for South Liverpool Foodbank’s initiatives can be found here.

Details for each location can be found here.

A voucher code or form is required from a supporting organisation to access these foodbanks. The pantries are open to those who live in the local area; people are required to bring proof of address on their first visit and pay £4 per shop.

To get in touch, please email Abi or Nicola (please note, these emails will not be monitored on Bank Holidays.)

North Liverpool Foodbank

The opening dates and times for North Liverpool Foodbank’s initiatives can be found here.

Details for each location can be found here.

A foodbank voucher will be required to access this support.

To get in touch, please email Charlotte (please note, these emails will not be monitored from Wednesday 24th December – Monday 5th January.)

Micah Liverpool

Micah Liverpool‘s foodbanks will be open at St Bride’s Church on Thursday 18th December from 10:30am – 12:30pm and at St Vincent de Paul’s Catholic Church on Tuesday 23rd December from 10:30am – 12:30pm.

No referral is required to access this support, with free 3-day emergency food parcels also being provided.

New Beginnings Improving Lives

New Beginnings Improving Lives‘s foodbank is open on Wednesday 24th December from 9am – 1pm and will re-open on Wednesday 7th January.

Service users must have been professionally referred to receive this support.

You can get in touch with the team over this period via email.

The Whitechapel Centre

The Whitechapel Centre will be open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm over this period, excluding weekends and bank holidays.

To get in touch with the outreach team at any time, call 0300 123 2041.

Community Food Spaces

Our Community Food Spaces Map is an interactive resource that shows community food spaces across the city.

Before visiting a community food space, please check this spreadsheet to see their opening and closing times over the Christmas and New Year period.

The Queen of Greens

The Queen of Greens is a mobile greengrocer that provides fresh fruit and vegetables to communities across Liverpool and Knowsley.

The service will operate a reduced service on Monday 22nd December and will then close until Monday 5th January.

On Monday 22nd December, the bus will attend:

  • Anfield Children’s Centre (10am – 11am) 
  • Matthew Arnold Primary School (11:30am – 12:30pm) 
  • St Anne’s Centre (1pm – 2pm)

You can view the Queen of Greens map here .

Squash Liverpool

Squash Liverpool are holding a Winter Solstice Weekender on:

  • Saturday 20th December (12noon – 4pm) 
  • Sunday 21st December (8am – 4pm) 

You can learn more here.

Other Food Spaces

Information about organisations providing various support over the Christmas and New Year period can be found via this spreadsheet.

Haven’t filled in our survey about your opening and closing hours?

Please fill in this survey if you operate one food space and this survey if you operate more than one.

Agencies and Other Support

The Winter Holiday Activities and Food Programme

The Winter HAF Programme will begin on Monday 22nd December. Children and young people from reception age to 16 years old who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half-term holiday at no cost.

Special provision will be available for children with SEND or additional needs.

Aside from the great range of activities available across the city, a range of free meals will also be provided each day.

Find out where your nearest scheme is and get more information here.

Help In A Crisis

Liverpool City Council has provided sources of support that could be of help to people across the city.

Crisis Merseyside

You can find information about their opening and closing dates and times here.

Local Councillors

You can find your local councillor using this tool.

Winter and Cost of Living Crisis Help

LCVS has compiled a list of services and resources for individuals affected by the Cost of Living Crisis over the winter period:

Warm Hubs:

Click here to find a Warm Welcome Space.

  • Warm and Cosy with the Archdiocese of Liverpool – various locations
  • Liverpool Carers Centre Warm Bank Community Living Room – 99 Edge Lane, L7 2PE
  • APLACE2B: A Place of Welcome – St Cuthbert’s Croxteth Park, L12 0NB
  • Winter Warm Welcome Days – Kensington Fields Community Centre, L7 8TQ
  • NBIL Warm Hub – Rocky Lane, L6 4BB
  • Kitty’s Launderette – 77 Grasmere Street, L5 6RH
  • BNENC Warm Hub – The Breckfield Centre, L5 4QT

Liverpool-Based Resources and Services:

General Resources: