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:

• 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.
• 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 10:00-12:00 Larkhall Food Co-op, 110 Union Road, Lambeth 11:00 - 13:00
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
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
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.