Lunch Clubs 2024
10 July 2024
Leeds Community Foundation works in partnership with Leeds City Council’s Public Health team on the Lunch Clubs programme. Established in 2016 and now in its 9th year, the programme supports the vital work of lunch clubs, food provision and ongoing support for older people in Leeds.
This year, 91 Lunch Clubs were funded and they will support more than 6,000 older people across Leeds. The organisations that were awarded funding are below. Some organisations were awarded funding for more than one Lunch Club.
| Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly | MHA Communities South Leeds |
| Al-Khidmat Centre | Middleton Elderly Aid |
| Alwoodley Methodist Church | Moorside Tara Community Centre |
| Armley Helping Hands | Moortown Baptist Church |
| Association of Blind Asians | Morley Elderly Action |
| Beetey Din | Namaste |
| Brackenwood Community Association | Neighbourhood Elders Team |
| Bramley Elderly Action | New Wortley Community Association |
| Burmantofts Community Friends | Next Stop Cafe |
| Chapel Allerton Town Street Lunch Club | Oakwood Luncheon Club |
| Christ Church Halton Luncheon Club | Older People’s Action in the Locality (OPAL) |
| Community Unity | Older Wiser Local Seniors (OWLS) |
| Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours’ Scheme | Old Farnley Community Association |
| Drighlington Methodist Church | Otley Action for Older People |
| Greenside Methodist Church | Polish Day Centre |
| Hamara Healthy Living Centre | Pudsey Community Project |
| Headingley Methodist Luncheon Club | Richmond Hill Elderly Action |
| Holbeck Together | RVS St James Lunch Club |
| HOPS – Hawksworth Older People’s Services | Sawan Vihar |
| Involve | Seacroft Friends and Neighbours |
| Kirkstall Valley Development Trust | Shantona Women’s & Family Services Ltd |
| Leeds Black Elders Association | Silver Lining Luncheon Club |
| Leeds Irish Health and Homes | St Chads |
| Leeds West Hunslet Salvation Army Lunch Club | St John’s Lunch Club (Stanningley) |
| Lychee Red | Sumangal Group |
| MHA Communities Farsley | Swarcliffe Good Neighbours Scheme |
| MHA Communities Horsforth | The Conservation Volunteers |
| MHA Communities Pudsey | Wetherby In Support of the Elderly |
| MHA Communities – Rothwell & District | |
Each of these Lunch Clubs will support older people in their communities, providing hot midday meals and, in some cases, additional wellbeing and social activities, for their members. These activities will help to improve nutrition and reduce loneliness.
Leeds Community Foundation is proud to have worked with Leeds City Council’s Public Health team to support local lunch clubs through this programme over the past 9 years. During this time, more than 725 grants have been made to Community Organisations running lunch clubs across the city.
For more information on grants awarded, visit the What We’ve Funded page.