Food Aid
Granville Community Kitchen (GCK), after much thought and discussion, took the tough decision to end our no borders food aid service in June 2022.
We are proud and honoured to have served the community over the last nearly 10 years and especially during the 2 years of the pandemic crisis. However the pandemic has highlighted that the social problems we set about addressing in 2014 have worsened.
More charity is not the solution to hunger and poverty. The issue is not food but access to food caused mainly by poverty.. Charitable food aid does not allow access to good food, dignity or choice. It is dependent on supermarket waste, donations and volunteers. It is not free food and it is unsustainable. It is costing our lives, our health and our environment.
Therefore GCK is committed to decreasing reliance on temporary charitable food provision and re-building healthy local food systems for South Kilburn and beyond.
GCK no longer has a food aid collection service.
We will still work with our partners City Harvest 
to deliver food aid support on Fridays to those who are seeking asylum and/or have No Access to Public Funds, to those who are housebound due to chronic illness and to those fleeing domestic violence on a referral basis only in Postcodes W9, W10, W11, NW2, NW6, NW8, and NW10.
If you think you are in one of these categories and need to receive food aid please fill in the form here.
The Good Food Box
We offer a fresh and local weekly veg box scheme called the Good Food Box, a lower cost option for getting locally grown and tasty fruit and veg.
What you get:
The bags come in different sizes (small, standard and family) with vegetable options appropriate to your culture, currently either Northern European or African Caribbean and an optional fruit addition bag. In a small bag for example you get 6 different types of veg which can range from leeks to c salad changing according to the season.
Cost and Paying:
The small bag starts at £3.90 per week.
You can pay with cash, and we also accept Healthy Start Vouchers.
You can sign up for a bag every fortnight or every week. We pack the bags at St Luke’s Church very Wednesday morning and offer a workshare system where you can volunteer with us on the pack in exchange for your bag.
We will continue to support the community:
By building a healthy food system, creating jobs with living wages, and providing health and well being activities we are building a more connected and stronger South Kilburn community: We are doing this now through the weekly Good Food Box solidarity fruit and veg box, community meals, community food growing spaces, exercise classes, and education
By fighting for real food justice: We are doing this now campaigning for a Brent food strategy and the right to food here in Brent and nationally.
By campaigning for cash first solutions to end poverty: We are doing this now by supporting you to access support to help you ensure you have enough money to live on.
We do hope you continue to be a part of GCK and thank you for your trust in us and believing in our vision and work.
Please fill in Our Stay in Touch form to be kept up to date with our activities.
Thank you for your understanding, The GCK Directors, Staff and Volunteers