Food Parcels Project & Community Fridge

Welcome to the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project and Ash Vale Community Fridge

Food Parcels Contact and Referrals

To make a Food Parcel Referral please contact the Project Team by phone, text or WhatsApp on 07762 136542. We do not accept referrals by email.

(If you need to email us about something else you can reach us on foodparcels@ash-vale.org.uk this inbox is checked once a week.)

The Ash Vale Community Fridge …

…is open to all, 24/7 and you can find it at The Chapel project in our Community Shed in the car park. We are on Wharf Road, GU12 5AY. Give what you can, take what you need. It’s for everyone in the community, to reduce food waste. (more news in the blog posts below) #AshValeCommunityFridge

How To Donate

We operate under St Mary’s church charity number 1152717 and rely entirely on donations of food and funds to support local people in need. You can donate here to support this important work:

https://givealittle.co/campaigns/7a47190c-ad4e-4cf9-8662-da844101a41c

The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project started as a covid-19 support initiative but is now essentially a Community Food Bank covering Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham. You can be referred for a parcel by Citizens Advice, Schools, Social Services, Homestart, DWP and local churches etc. (more news in the blog posts below). #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject

The Ash Vale Community Fridge ……is open to all, 24/7 and you can find it at The Chapel project in our Community Shed in the car park. We are on Wharf Road, GU12 5AY. Give what you can, take what you need. It’s for everyone in the community, to reduce food waste. (more news in the blog posts below) #AshValeCommunityFridge

Both of these amazing initiatives are delivered by a wonderful team of local volunteers. The projects are jointly run by St Mary’s Church Ash Vale and Ash Villages Support Circle, and kindly hosted by The Chapel Project (former Methodist church) on Wharf Rd GU12 5AY #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject #AshVillagesSupportCircle #StMarysAshVale #AshValeChapel

Thank You!

The Community Fridge project was generously supported by Hubbub & Co-op, who enabled us to purchase the Community Fridge and the Community Shed and set everything up. Would you like to know more about the Hubbub network of community fridges? Have a look on their site here: https://hubbub.org.uk/community-fridge-network

Funding and donating for our food parcels: We are hugely grateful to all our supporters. This yeat in 2025 we have just been awarded funding by The National Lottery Community Fund, which will be a big help to us and the whole community to keep the project going. We are also very thank ful for all support we have received, including over the years, Surrey County Council Community Fund, SPARKS, Ash Parish Council charity of the year, Co-op Community Fund, Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund, private donors, generous neighbours, and amazing churches, businesses, schools and community groups who have all contributed funds or items, and made this very important work possible. We are hugely endebted to Co-op, Tesco and Bookers for their donations of fresh food items each week, Hallmark Vending who often donate treats and snacks, and our lovely army of awesome volunteers who make it all happen. (Scroll down in the news section below to see more about our news, supporters, the team and what we do, and a shout out for each club, school and company!). Please keep your support coming – we have more people in need than ever, and you are the ones who make this all possible, thank you!

Ash Villages Food Parcels & Community Fridge News: