Edinburgh Food Project

Edinburgh Food Project are an independent charity and was established in 2012 to provide an emergency food provision, we now also work to break the cycle of food poverty through our More Than Food (MTF) programme.

Our charitable objects are the prevention or relief of poverty in Edinburgh and surrounding areas through the provision of emergency food supplies and other aligned activities, and the advancement of citizenship and community development through volunteering.

Since 2017, we have expanded our focus from the provision of emergency food supplies to implementing a ‘foodbank plus’ model by developing our foodbank centres in to ‘More Than Food’ hubs. We seek to address the underlying causes of and help break the cycle of food poverty through the provision of appropriate advice and signposting support by partner agencies at our community-based hubs. Our goal is reduce the number of people who need the foodbank’s support, and ultimately to help reduce food poverty.

We operate 8 foodbanks across the north west, central and east of Edinburgh.

We provide emergency food supplies and support to people in crisis. We do this by operating our foodbank centres which provide emergency food supplies and our More Than Food Service, Money Advice Service and Mental Health Project to help address the underlying causes of food poverty.

Our mission is to provide emergency food supplies and support to people in crisis, while working with people, communities, and our partner agencies to address the underlying causes of food poverty.

Edinburgh Food Project is a member of the Trussell Trust and Community Money Advice.​

Our foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local communities, as well as across the UK.