Manchester Central Foodbank Festive Opening Hours

Manchester Central Foodbank are making some changes to opening hours during the festive period (23 December – 10 January). This applies to all three of our sites – in Openshaw, Harpurhey and Ardwick.

St Clement’s Church – Tuesday afternoon, Openshaw
The foodbank will be open on Tuesday 24 December (Christmas Eve), but will open with slightly earlier opening hours of 12pm-2pm.

The foodbank will be open on Tuesday 31 December (New Year‘s Eve), and will also be open earlier from 12pm-2pm.

Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project – Thursday morning, Harpurhey
Due to the bank holiday and the Neighbourhood Project being closed, the foodbank will be closed on Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day).

The foodbank will be open on Thursday 2 January, with regular hours of 10:30am-12:30pm.

Brunswick Parish Church – Friday morning, Ardwick
The foodbank will be open on Friday 27 December, with regular hours of 10:30am-12:30pm.

The foodbank will be open on Friday 3 January, with regular hours of 10:30am-12:30pm.

Week commencing 6th January
In the first week of the New Year, we are moving our warehouse and offices to a new base in Ancoats, meaning that for the duration of our move we will have no access to stock.

As a result of this, we have made the decision to close our foodbank for w/c 6 January, including the sessions on Tuesday 7, Thursday 9 and Friday 10 January.

We anticipate the sessions before and after these dates will be busier than usual as a result.

If you are working with anyone who needs support while we are closed, or you yourself need support during this time, we would recommend having a look at the list of alternative food providers on this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L3WQBoS4t9uMQDKDANByfabig7pNDBMD?usp=sharing.

Please be aware some of those may have different operating hours during the festive period.

Our session times will return to normal from Monday 13 January.