Looking for Help?


  • Lambeth Larder has an excellent directory of support groups including a lot of very local groups in Brixton, Tulse Hill, Gipsy Hill and more, plus links to advice pages and money-saving tips.
  • Connect Lambeth also has a directory of support groups – click on the Covid link, then Covid Community Links, then choose from the menu of food, advice, and practical support. 
  • Citizens Advice work nationally and locally, and have helpful advice on energy supply issues.

General support

  • Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth help with everything from vouchers for food banks to contacting energy suppliers and dealing with debt issues. Free phone: 0800 254 0298
  • Centre 70 gives debt advice and issues food bank vouchers, and offers counselling. Phone: 020 8670 0070
  • Brixton Advice Centre support with energy issues, food banks vouchers, have a legal clinic, and can point towards other help. Phone: 0207 733 7554

Costs of living

  • Shine gives free advice for Londoners to reduce utility bills and tackle energy debt, and can refer you on for other services such as benefits checks and housing support. Phone: 0300 555 0195
  • Be Enriched have advice on lowering bills, as well as delivering food via their Food Bus which comes to Lambeth on Wednesdays.
  • Lambeth Household Support Scheme can help with meeting some living costs.
  • Thames Water’s Waterhelp scheme reduces water bills by 50%. 
  • Lambeth Larder has a list of places to get free food in an emergency, including food banks, and places to buy food at very low cost.
  • The Healthy Living Platform have four community pantries – including in Myatt’s Field, Coldharbour and Stockwell – where you can choose the food you want for £5.

Food

Soup Kitchens

Monday

  • Tooting Streets Kitchen – 18:45 to 19:15 Evening outreach outside the Iceland by Tooting Market. Hot food, desert snacks, hot and cold drinks, some clothing where possible. 25-27 Tooting High St, Tooting, London SW17 0SN

Tuesday

  • Clapham Common Streets Kitchen – 19:30 Evening outreach on the grass next to Joe’s Pizza/ opposite Waitrose. 8-1, The Pavement, London SW4 0HY

Wednesday

  • Stockwell Streets Kitchen 7 pm – Located on the pavement adjacent to Sainsbury’s local – opposite the tube entrance SW4 6TA

Thursday

  • Clapham Common Streets Kitchen – 19:30 Evening outreach on the grass next to Joe’s Pizza/ opposite Waitrose. 8-1, The Pavement, London SW4 0HY

Housing crisis

For children

  • Little Village gives clothes, toys and equipment for children aged 0-5.

For older people

For refugees

Para falantes de português / hispanohablantes

Domestic violence

  • The Gaia Centre is a Lambeth-based project run by the national charity Refuge and supports anyone experiencing gender-based violence. Phone: 020 7733 8724.

Mental health

Lambeth Mutual Aid

Solidarity, not charity!