Trusted routes to emergency food, free community meals, affordable groceries, warm spaces, homelessness help and crisis support across the UK. Use a postcode to tailor the statutory routes to your nation and council area.
Enter a UK postcode. Get Prepped Now uses it only to identify your nation, region and local-authority area, then returns the appropriate homelessness and crisis-support routes.
Your postcode is not stored by Get Prepped Now.
The lookup goes to the Get Prepped Now server and is resolved through Postcodes.io. External support websites receive information only if you choose to open them.
Enter a postcode to tailor statutory services to your nation and council area.
The correct statutory homelessness and emergency-accommodation starting point for your part of the UK.
The relevant council or national welfare route for urgent help with essentials.
Your outward postcode and council-area context, without returning precise coordinates to the browser.
Emergency food, no-cost community food and lower-cost surplus options are different services. Start with the route that matches what you need today.
Search the Trussell network for emergency food support. Some locations use vouchers or referrals, so check the local instructions before travelling.
OPEN TRUSSELL FINDER ↗IFAN represents independent food-aid organisations around the UK and provides postcode search for member organisations and local cash-first support.
OPEN IFAN FINDER ↗FoodCycle community meals are free and designed to bring people together around a cooked meal. Search by location or postcode for nearby projects.
FIND A FOODCYCLE MEAL ↗Hubbub's Community Fridge Network redistributes surplus food through local shared spaces. Fridges are generally open to everyone and are not means tested.
FIND A COMMUNITY FRIDGE ↗Your Local Pantry uses the first half of a postcode to find membership-based pantries where people can choose groceries for a small weekly contribution.
FIND A LOCAL PANTRY ↗Feeding Britain supports affordable food clubs including pantries, social supermarkets, larders and food buses that sell groceries below normal retail prices.
EXPLORE AFFORDABLE FOOD CLUBS ↗Too Good To Go lists surplus food from participating shops, bakeries, cafés and restaurants, commonly at half price or less. Availability changes throughout the day.
FIND SURPLUS FOOD ↗Olio connects people with free surplus food shared locally and also lists discounted groceries. It is a community sharing service, not an emergency food provider.
OPEN OLIO ↗Use the postcode finder above for nation-specific emergency housing and crisis-fund routes, then use these UK-wide directories for additional local support.
Warm Welcome maps free community spaces around the UK that provide warmth, a welcome and often refreshments, Wi-Fi or signposting to other services.
FIND A WARM SPACE ↗Turn2us AdviceFinder searches local and national organisations for benefits, debt, disability, foodbanks, housing, homelessness, mental health and other support.
OPEN ADVICEFINDER ↗For England and many local support routes, the council website is where crisis payments, local food support, homelessness teams and other emergency assistance are published.
FIND YOUR COUNCIL ↗Turn2us maintains UK guidance for people who cannot afford essentials, including food, housing costs, emergency grants and nation-specific welfare assistance.
OPEN EMERGENCY INFORMATION ↗Food banks, community meals, pantries and shelters can have restricted opening times, referral requirements, catchment areas or limited capacity.
Directories are incomplete. Your council, Citizens Advice or another local adviser may know about services that are not listed nationally.
If somebody is in immediate danger, seriously unwell or at risk of violence, use the appropriate emergency service rather than waiting for a directory response.