Affordable food, support and advice open to all. No referral needed.

In October 2022 the county council launched a 6-month pilot project to encourage people to take advantage of surplus food rescue services, incorporating food waste prevention education sessions, which in turn works to reduce the amount of edible food that ends up in people’s household rubbish bins.

Since the full programme was launched in April 2023 the UKHarvest food waste minimisation project has prevented over 94 tonnes of food from going to waste!

Due to its success the programme is now being extended for a 4th year, running until April 2027.  

Each district and borough will host a UKHarvest community food hub once a month where, for a suggested small donation, people will be able to pick up a wide selection of surplus foods which would have otherwise ended up as waste from suppliers.

The community food hubs are:

• Adur: Shoreham
• Arun: Bognor Regis
• Chichester: Petworth
• Crawley: Broadfield
• Horsham: Storrington
• Mid Sussex: Haywards Heath
• Worthing: Worthing

For further waste saving information, tips and recipes visit UKHarvest's Fed and Nourished page.

For more information on food waste prevention across West Sussex visit our fight against food waste page.

The county council and UKHarvest are working together to host Multi-Agency Support Hubs over the next 12 months. These events will run alongside Community Food Hubs and bring together a variety of support services in one place.

Participating services include the West Sussex Waste Prevention  Team, Citizens Advice, the Fire and Rescue Service and community healthcare workers, among others.

Upcoming Multi-Agency Support Hubs

Shoreham:

• Location: Shoreham Fire Station, 2 Stoney Ln, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6LA
• Date: Monthly (see locations section below)

Worthing:

• Location: The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9HS
• Date: Monthly (see locations section below)

If your nearest Community Food Hub is not hosting a Multi-Agency Support Hub, don’t worry, supporting services will still visit individual hubs throughout the year.