Blacon Beacon offer food, advice, and support to the local community. If you need affordable food, live in Blacon and receive benefits, why not join the Blacon Beacon?

Food membership

With a family membership, you could receive approximately £30 worth of food per week for just £5 per week. Individual members pay £3 per week and receive approximately £17 worth of food. Blacon Beacon provide quality tinned and cupboard items as well as fresh produce, to be collected from Trinity Hall each Thursday.

To become a member, all you need to do is fill out a simple form, which will ensure you are put on the waiting list. When a space becomes available you will have a chat with one of the trustees who will ask you some questions about your circumstances to make sure you are eligible. You will then become a Blacon Beacon member for six months and will be expected to pick up food each Thursday.

When your membership ends, there are still lots of ways you can get help with nutritious food. For example, there is a monthly face-to-face cooking session for adults called 'Chat, Chop and Chew'. There are also regular family cooking sessions for adults, or you can get monthly slow cooker recipe bags, which come complete with most of the ingredients.

If you are still finding the cost of living difficult at the end of your six-moth membership, you can be put back on the waiting list again.

To get a membership form, or to find out about the cooking sessions or slow cooker recipe bags, contact Blacon Beacon by phone on 07851 870 078.

Or by email at lesleyblaconbeacongm@gmail.com.

Alternatively, you can pop into Blacon Beacon in Trinity Hall, Norris Road, Blacon, CH1 5DZ, at the times below to fill out a membership form.

• Tuesday and Wednesday 10am to 12noon
• Thursday 10am to 12.30pm, or 3pm to 4pm

Support getting online

If you know someone who's not online, you could help them access digital services by telling them about Blacon Beacon's free computer support. There is no booking required, so they can turn up at the times and places listed below.

• Trinity Hall - Tuesday 10am to 12noon
• Trinity Hall - Thursday 12noon to 4pm
• Holy Trinity Church café - Thursday 10am to 12noon

Emergency food support

If you haven't got enough food to feed your household, there is help available at the West Cheshire Foodbank Hub in Trinity Hall. You can get a referral voucher for a foodbank from the onsite Citizens Advice Financial Inclusion Advisers.

The West Cheshire Foodbank Hub opening times are:

• Tuesday 10am to 12noon
• Wednesday 10am to 12noon
• Thursday 1pm to 3pm

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