Second Helpings - Stamford

Second Helpings - Stamford Saving food. Serving people. Strengthening the community. We're open every Saturday from 12-3 behind Barn Hill Methodist Church.

Second Helpings are dedicated to ensuring that no food is wasted within our local area and that every member of our community has access to both nourishment and dignity. Inspired by Adam Smith's 'Junk Food Cafe' in Leeds, and frustrated at the amount of good food wasted whilst people go hungry, Second Helping Stamford opened in October 2015. We take perfectly edible raw materials from a number of

supporters around Stamford and create delicious and wholesome meals. We have a great volunteer network, but we could always do with more! Please email us if you'd like to help.

It's National Volunteers’ Week.And a huge thank you to every volunteer at Second Helpings, you are the reason this works...
01/06/2026

It's National Volunteers’ Week.

And a huge thank you to every volunteer at Second Helpings, you are the reason this works.

From collecting surplus food, to sorting, cooking, serving, and stocking the Community Fridge… you give your time to make sure good food doesn’t go to waste, and reaches people in our community with dignity.

It’s not just support. It’s the engine behind everything we do.

We see it every week. But this week, we’re saying it clearly.

Thank you.

This is where it starts.Every week, we collect surplus food from local suppliers, food that would otherwise go to waste....
30/05/2026

This is where it starts.

Every week, we collect surplus food from local suppliers, food that would otherwise go to waste.

We sort it. We store it safely. And we make sure it gets used.
Nothing is wasted if it can still do good.

Good morning Stamford!🍲 Our Community Café cooks Caroline and Giles are busy preparing a delicious menu to tempt your ta...
30/05/2026

Good morning Stamford!

🍲 Our Community Café cooks Caroline and Giles are busy preparing a delicious menu to tempt your taste buds today.

😋 Come and join us at Stamford's Barn Hill Methodist Church between 12-1.30pm for a healthy, home-cooked, 3-course meal. There's a soup, a fish dish and a veggie meal, then something sweet for afters – if you've still got room!

🍅 As always the ingredients are donated from local shops and supermarkets from their surplus food supplies, so it's a great way to have a positive impact on the planet by reducing food waste, while at the same time enjoying a nutritious and delicious Saturday lunch.

🍏 It's all available on a pay-as-you-feel basis. Your donations mean we can carry on our work of getting perfectly good to use food out into the community.

We welcome new faces too! Our volunteers are looking forward to hosting you, so grab a friend or come alone and make some new ones 🤗

28/05/2026

Three spaces. One mission.

At Second Helpings, everything we do sits within three spaces:
• The Saturday Community Cafe
• The Pantry
• The Community Fridge

All working together to make sure good food is never wasted and always shared.

Why we’re changing how we tell our story.Second Helpings isn’t new – we've been rescuing surplus food and feeding Stamfo...
26/05/2026

Why we’re changing how we tell our story.

Second Helpings isn’t new – we've been rescuing surplus food and feeding Stamford residents for more than 10 years.

But how we share what we do is evolving.

We wanted to make things clearer:

What we do. How we do it. And how you can be part of it.

Same story, more clearly told.

More soon....

🌞Morning Stamford 🌞🏖 Beat the heat and head down to the Community Cafe at Barn Hill Methodist Church. Volunteer cooks He...
23/05/2026

🌞Morning Stamford 🌞

🏖 Beat the heat and head down to the Community Cafe at Barn Hill Methodist Church. Volunteer cooks Helen and Richard are preparing a fantastic home-cooked 3-course lunch created from food saved from local suppliers.

🍍We're celebrating the early arrival of summer with fabulous Hummingbird cake. It's basically a carrot cake turned tropical with a blend of pineapple, bananana and passionfruit! Yum.

🍏 As always our lunch is based on surplus ingredients collected from our Stamford suppliers last night, ensuring food that's perfectly good to use feeds the community, instead of landfill.

🍽 So let our cooks sort your big meal for today so you can enjoy a chilled Saturday in the glorious sunshine. We serve from 12-1.30pm. Get there early so you don't miss out

👋 See you there!

Food with dignity.Whether it’s a 3-course meal in our Saturday Café, a bag of shopping from the Pantry, or something fre...
22/05/2026

Food with dignity.

Whether it’s a 3-course meal in our Saturday Café, a bag of shopping from the Pantry, or something fresh from the Community Fridge, everyone is welcome.

Pay what you can. Take what you need.

Making good food available for all the community.

That’s how it should be.

Pop by the Barn Hill Methodist Church this week to see how it works and take home something tasty.

This is what “behind the scenes” looks like for us.Collecting. Sorting. Cooking. Sharing.Everything you see at Second He...
20/05/2026

This is what “behind the scenes” looks like for us.

Collecting. Sorting. Cooking. Sharing.

Everything you see at Second Helpings starts long before it reaches our Pantry, Community Fridge or Saturday Cafe.

This is the work that happens quietly, but makes everything else possible.

Saving Food. Serving People. Strengthening the Community.

Every day, good food is thrown away!Every single day, perfectly good food is wasted while people in our community go wit...
18/05/2026

Every day, good food is thrown away!

Every single day, perfectly good food is wasted while people in our community go without.

At Second Helpings, we work with local suppliers to rescue that food and put it back where it belongs on plates, in homes and in our community.

🌞 Morning Stamford 🌞🍏 Ready for a full roast and all the trimmings? That's what Julie, Richard and the rest of the fanta...
16/05/2026

🌞 Morning Stamford 🌞

🍏 Ready for a full roast and all the trimmings? That's what Julie, Richard and the rest of the fantastic Second Helpings team are busy prepping for you to enjoy from 12pm.

🥦 Alongside, as always, will be a soup, veggie option and plentiful puddings. It's all available on a pay as you feel basis, making this the best value 3-course meal you can get in Stamford!

🍊Your donations keep our operation running so give whatever you can afford and enjoy a healthy and fuss-free feed that will set you up for the day.

🥕 We couldn't do this without the generous contributions from Stamford businesses - and an hugely grateful shout out to Stamford for the legs of lamb! A real treat for our diners. Many thanks.

We serve 12pm-1.30pm in the Barn Hill Methodist Church.

See you there 👋

Address

Second Helpings/Stamford Methodist Church
Stamford
PE92AE

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 12:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2:30pm
Friday 10am - 2pm
5pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 2pm

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