Food Co-ops & Box Schemes
Through the Buywell project, London Food Link helped six groups to set up new food co-ops in Well London areas:
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White City Food Co-op, Phoenix School, Hammersmith & Fulham.
Run by Phoenix School Farm and Learning Zone. -
Woodbery Down Food Co-op, Woodberry Down Community School, Hackney.
Run by East London Food Access. -
Bellingham Food Co-op, St Augustines Primary School, Lewisham
Run by Sage Education Trust and Downham Nutrition Partnership. -
South Acton Food Co-op, Oaktree Community Centre, South Acton estate, Ealing
Run by Action Acton. - Larkhall Food Co-op, 110 Union Road, Lambeth
- Run by Aardvark Recyling Ltd.
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Hounslow West Box Scheme, SureStart Hub, Cranford, Hounslow
Run by SureStart Hounslow.
The food co-ops are run by volunteers and open to everyone to buy their weekly supply of fresh, affordable fruit and vegetables. Buywell also supported existing food co-ops in Queens Park, Hind Grove and Canning Town North to market their services and improve their operations.
Timetable for Buywell Food Co-ops:
N.B. This timetable was correct while the Buywell project was running but is likely to have changed since then.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 9-10am | Aardvark Box Scheme, Lambeth | ||||
| 10-11am |
Hind Grove Food Co-op, Hind Grove Community Centre, Tower Hamlets 10:00-12:00 |
White City Food Co-op, Phoenix High School, Hammersmith & Fulham Larkhall Food Co-op, 110 Union Road, Lambeth 11:00 - 13:00 |
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| 11-12pm | |||||
| 12-1pm | |||||
| 1-2pm |
Queens Park Food Co-op, Beethoven Centre, Westminster 13:00-16:00 |
South Acton Food Co-op, Oaktree Community Centre, Ealing 13:00-16:00 |
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| 2-3pm | |||||
| 3-4pm |
Woodberry Down Food Co-op, Woodberry Down Community Shool, Hackney 15:00-16:00 |
Bellingham Food Co-op, St Augustines School, Lewisham 15:00-16:30 |
Star School Food Co-op, Canning Town North, Newham 15:00-16:00 |
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| 4-5pm |
Help for groups setting up food co-ops:
For new and exisiting co-ops practical advice and information can be found at https://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/ the home of food co-ops on the web. The website includes the food co-op finder and toolkit.
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