St Bede’s Church | 598 Preston Road | Clayton Green | Chorley | Lancashire | PR6 7EB
For more information call 01257 460154 to arrange a visit.
The St Vincent De Paul Society is here to help you with friendly, sympathetic chats, home visits, independent advice, Christian prayer & sign-posting to other local support as shown below.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE IN NEED?
The St Vincent de Paul Society, also known as the SVP, for short, has existed internationally for 190 years and exists solely to provide practical help to people in need.
Our volunteers who live locally, are not social workers and have no affiliation with any public organisation. They visit people in their homes to provide a CONFIDENTIAL listening ear, advice and practical help for people who don’t know where to turn to when help elsewhere isn’t forthcoming.
Face to face visits can help someone get “something off their chest” that they feel they can’t share with anyone else or assist those who are isolated, ill, in debt, unemployed, struggling to make ends meet, recently out of prison, marginalised, disenfranchised, in crisis or just simply lonely.
Please use the contact form on this page to REQUEST HELP or send and email to help@svpstbedes.org.
Helpful Information
Other Support Services
Click on the images below to find out how to access these services.
Emergency Food Supply 
Free Furniture For Those In Need 
Budgeting & Debt Advice 
Savings & Loans Emergency Food Supplies
Christian Community Larder
Serving Bamber Bridge, Clayton-le-Woods, Lostock Hall and Walton-le-Dale
Monday and Friday 9.30-11.30
St Aidan’s Community Hub
Station Road
Bamber Bridge
PR5 6QL
Phone: 07762 905978
£2.50 a visit, no referral needed
Email: christiancommunitylarder@gmail.com
Penwortham Foodbank
Friday 9.30-12.00
Penwortham Community Centre
Kingsfold Drive
PR1 9EQ
Email: penworthamfoodbank@gmail.com
New Day Church Food Hub
Wednesday 10.00am – 15.00pm
Ward Street
Lostock Hall
PR5 5HR
Phone: 07928 335679
£2.50 a visit for up to 15 quality items, referral needed
Email: foodhub@newdaychurch.uk
In South Ribble there are lots of organisations providing support if you are struggling to access food.
There are many reasons why it can be difficult to get food on the table. It may be something you have experienced for a long time or it could be a short term issue because of a change in circumstances.
Everyone should have access to good food and no one should have to go to bed hungry.
See below details of local food banks and community food shops (where food can be purchased at a much reduced price.
Leyland Foodbank
Monday to Thursday 10.00-12.00
St Marys Community Centre
Broadfield Avenue
Leyland
PR25 1PD
Weekly FREE food parcels based on numbers in household. Referral required.
Email: leylandfoodbank@yahoo.com
The Base Community Shop
Wednesday 10.00-17.00
Bannister Drive
Leyland
PR25 2GD
Phone: 01772 422039
£2.50 a visit for up to 10 items
Email: andreaa@keycharity.org.uk
Wade Community Shop
Monday and Tuesday 14.30-18.30
Wade Hall Community Centre
73 Royal Avenue
PR25 1BX
£3.50 a visit – up to 10 items, one shop per member per week
Phone: 07565144157
Community Network and Outreach Service
Opening days and times:
Tue: 1-3.30pm
Thurs: 1-4pm
Sat: 12.30-3.30pm
Address: 203c Dunkirk Lane Leyland PR26 7SN
Community Shop with prices approximately £2 – £4.50 per bag depending on stock.
Contact: community.network.leyland@gmail.com
Emergency Food Support
Chorley Council
If you are in need of emergency food support, we may be able to refer you to a food bank. However, there are other support services listed below which you may also find helpful.
Telephone: 01257 515151
Chorley Help the Homeless
Opening times:
Monday 10am to 2pm
Tuesday 10am to 2pm
Thursday 10am to 2pm
Friday 10am to 1pm
A drop in emergency food bank service is available to people
Address: The Gateway, Friday St, Chorley
Telephone: 01257 220077
Email: reception@chth.org.uk
On any emails, please include your name, the number of adults and children in your household and your telephone number.
Chorley Buddies Good Food Club
Opening times:
Every Tuesday – St Joseph’s Parish Centre – 10.30am
Every Wednesday – Coppull Methodist Church – 10.30am
Every Thursday – Buttermere Community Centre – 10.30am
You can access up to £25 worth of food supplies per week to help support you and your household for a small membership fee.
Three venues are available with set weekly times for collections. Clubs also have a social activity with free refreshments.
If you would like to know more about membership and register, please contact Chorley Buddies:
Telephone: 01257 542367
Email: chorleybuddiesreferrals@svp.org.uk
Clayton Food Club – Emerging Futures
Help with food and essential items for people in Clayton Brook and the surrounding areas.
You could access up to £25 worth of food supplies per week to help support you and your household, as well as other non-food essential items Thursdays and Fridays between 11 and 2pm.
The café opens on Thursdays and Fridays, 10.30am until 3.30pm for food and drinks for a small donation.
Please drop in, or contact the Food Club:
Email: mags.burrett@emergingfutures.org.uk
Telephone: 07778 153708
Chorley United Reform Church / The Hollinshead Centre
Providing a mixture of hot meals, small food parcels and vouchers, with more information available on the Chorley United Reform Church website.
A free lunch is available at The Meeting Place, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am to 2pm.
A free hot take away meal is available on Thursdays, 5pm from the porch at the end of Byron Street
If you would like to receive support, please contact:
Telephone: 01257 760066 and select option 2
Email: community.minister@chorleyurc.org
St Laurence’s Church
Support available is:
Emergency food parcels
Evening and lunchtime meals Monday – Friday
Monday Open Table, 5:00 to 5:30pm, for a two course meal and refreshments
Taste Café, Thursday and Friday 11am to 2pm. Soup and refreshments are available for a voluntary donation.
Talking Tables, Thursday 11am.
If you cannot access support in the evening and weekends and are urgently in need of food, please contact St. Laurence’s Church using the contact details below:
Telephone: 07763 226275
Email: food@stlaurencechorley.co.uk
Chorley Community Helpline
A number of voluntary, charity and faith groups in Chorley have come together to launch the Chorley Community Helpline.
This free phone helpline will allow individuals to access emergency food support and assistance with shopping and prescription collection.
Telephone: 0800 368 8452
https://chorley.gov.uk/article/1576/Emergency-food-support
Cost Of Living & Debt Advice
CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY provide free professional debt help, job clubs, life skills groups and money education in the heart of communities like yours.
All their our services are delivered face-to-face through local churches, which means you’ll receive both the practical and emotional support you need on your journey.
To start your journey to be debt free, call Freephone 0800 3280006 or online at the website shown below.
Debt Help
https://capuk.org/get-help/help-with-money-and-debt
Cost Of Living
https://capuk.org/get-help/make-your-money-go-further
Budgeting
Debt Help General Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/ If you can’t pay your Non-Priority debts Write to your creditors if you’ve no money left each month after paying your essential bills and priority debts. Explain that you’re dealing with your debts and ask them to freeze interest and charges while you do this. This means that your debts won’t increase. CAB provide simple letters at https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/sample-letters-to-creditors/No-money-to-pay-creditors—letter/ Cost Of Living https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/get-help-with-the-cost-of-living/ |
Other Help
Progress Futures offers access to free training, apprenticeships and employment support to improve your job prospects and achieve your goals.
Who is it for?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to any of the questions below, then Progress Futures might be able to help you.
- Are you looking for a job?
- Do you already have a job but want to move on?
- Do you want to improve your skills or qualifications?
- Do you need extra training?
- Would some work experience improve your CV?
- Do you need help applying for a job or training course?
- Do you need someone to encourage you to take the next step or help to build your confidence?
How does Progress Futures work?
Our approach is to talk to you on a one-to-one basis to find out what your goals are so that we can help you work towards them.
Find out more