Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system. Find out more about how we work.
We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point for a number of different reasons.
From Monday 11th January 2021 our foodbank centres will be temporarily closed to visitors for the safety of everyone during the current Coronavirus lockdown. All food parcels will be provided by home delivery only. More information can be found here.
In order to provide the most appropriate help for the circumstances of your situation we work with local agencies. If they feel you are struggling to put food on the table, they will issue you with a foodbank voucher. The local agency can also provide long term support if needed to help address some of the issues behind the reasons for your crisis.
When you visit a referral agency they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher. This will help them to identify the cause of your crisis and offer practical guidance. It also means we are able to prepare suitable emergency food for the right number of people.
Due to current social distancing regulations we are now using paperless e-vouchers only.
Who can issue vouchers?
| Agency Name |
| Assessment and Home Treatment Team |
| Attendance and Behaviour Service HBC |
| Brennan Lodge Creative Support |
| British Red Cross Care in the Home Service |
| Change Grow Live |
| Changing Lives |
| Cheshire Police |
| Child in Need Widnes |
| Children in Care and Care Leavers |
| Christians Against Poverty |
| Citizens Advice Halton |
| Clarion Housing Group |
| Community Bridge Building Team |
| Crisis |
| Daisy Masies Appleton |
| Early Intervention Housing Solutions |
| Early Intervention in Psychosis Team |
| Emergency Duty Team Halton and St Helens Council |
| Fairfield Primary School |
| HBC 1419 Team |
| HBC Social Services Initial Assessment Team |
| Halton Family Nurse Partnership |
| Halton Health Improvement Team |
| Halton Housing Trust Tenancy Support Team |
| Halton Housing Trust Welfare Benefits Team |
| Halton People Into Jobs |
| Health Visitors Chapelfields Team |
| IDAT Integrated Domestic Abuse Team |
| Kingsway Health Visiting Team |
| Medaille Trust |
| Navigate |
| Nightstop Communities |
| Outreach Team Mental Health |
| Plus Dane Shap Ltd |
| Recovery Team Mental Health |
| Riverside College |
| Royal British Legion |
| St Thomas with St Michael CE School |
| Stroke Association |
| SVP St Vincent de Paul |
| Sure Start To Later Life |
| Think Wellbeing Halton |
| Transform Widnes |
| Umbrella Halton |
| Urgent Care Team at Widnes Walk in Centre |
| Warrington Road Childrens Centre |
| Warrington Road Health Visiting Team |
| Wellbeing Appleton Village Surgery |
| Wellbeing Beaconsfield Surgery |
| Wellbeing Enterprises |
| Wellbeing Hough Green Health Park Surgery |
| West Bank Medical Centre |
| Widnes Childrens Centre |
| Widnes Locality Help Team Early Help Family Support |
| Young Addaction Halton |
| Young Parents Midwife |
Once you have been issued with a voucher, you can exchange this for a minimum of three days of emergency food at your nearest foodbank centre.
If you are a referral agency and would like to become a registered voucher holder for our foodbank, please contact us to find out more.