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Helping our members to save money and prioritise their outgoings.
Many households are facing increasing pressure from rising living costs, and finding reliable support for food and essentials can be challenging. Wave Community Bank is here to help, connecting members and local residents with trusted partners, practical advice, and ethical financial solutions.
From community food support to guidance on managing household costs, we aim to provide clear, accessible information to help you build financial resilience.
A list of supporting agencies
Brighton & Hove
Brighton & Hove City Council Carer Support Page
Services provided: For adults caring for adults
Part of The Carers Centre. 
Opening Times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Phone number: 01273 295555
Website: brighton-hove.gov.uk/adult-social-care-hub/support-carers/where-get-support-carers
Brighton & Hove City Council Cost of Living
Services provided: Brighton & Hove residents struggling with the cost of living.
Opening Times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Phone number: 01273 295555
Website: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/cost-living-support
Community Base
Services provided: Resources for local people
Opening Times: Mondays 10:00-16:30
Tuesdays 08:30-16:30
Wednesdays 08:30-16:30
Thursdays 08:30-16:30
Fridays 08:30-16:30
Closed weekends and bank holidays.
Phone number: 01273 234000
Website: communitybase.org
East Sussex
East Sussex County Council
Services provided: Cost of living support
Opening Times: 8.30am to 5pm (4.30pm on Fridays)
Phone number: 0345 608 0190
Website: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/cost-of-living-support
East Sussex Community Information Service
Services provided: Community Information Services 
Opening Times: the Tourist Information Centre is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, while various nurseries and other services such as a nursery open Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.
Phone number: 0333 344 0681
Website: www.escis.org.uk
Lewes and Eastbourne Borough Councils
Services provided: Cost of living help
Opening Times: 9am-5pm
Phone number: 01323 410000
Website: https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/article/1277/Help-with-the-rising-costs-of-living
Hastings Borough Council
Services provided: Household Support Fund
Opening Times: 9am-5pm (4.30pm on Firdays)
Phone number: 01424 451066
Website: www.hastings.gov.uk/benefits/hsfund
Rother District Council
Services provided: Cost of Living help
Opening Times: 9am-4.30pm
Phone number: 01424 787000
Website: www.rother.gov.uk/benefits-grants-and-funding/cost-of-living
Wealden District Council
Services provided: Cost of Living support
Opening Times: 8.30am-5pm and 9am-5pm (Wednesdays and Fridays)
Phone number: 01323 443322
Website: www.wealden.gov.uk/cost-of-living-support/cost-of-living-for-residents/
Kent
Ashford Borough Council
Services provided: Cost of living help
Opening Times: 8.30am-4pm
Phone number: 01233 331111
Website: ashford.gov.uk/cost-of-living-help/
Canterbury City Council
Services provided: Cost of living help, help for families and children 
Opening Times: 10am-2pm
Phone number: 01227 862518
Website: canterbury.gov.uk/benefits-and-support/help-cost-living
Dartford Borough Council
Services provided: Cost of living help, help for families and children
Opening Times: Monday–Thursday from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm and Friday from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm
Phone number: 01322 343434
Website: www.dartford.gov.uk/support-advice-2/cost-living-support
Dover District Council
Services provided: Cost of living help, help for families and children 
Opening Times: Monday – Friday 9am-4pm
Phone number: 01304 821199
Website: dover.gov.uk/Community/Cost-of-Living-Webpages/Home.aspx
Gravesham Borough Council
Services provided: Cost of living help, help for families and children
Opening Times: Wednesday 9 am–5 pm
Thursday 9 am–5 pm
Friday 9 am–5 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 9 am–5 pm
Tuesday 9 am–5 pm
Phone number: 01474 337000
Website: gravesham.gov.uk/cost-living
Kent City Council
Services provided: Cost of living help, food bank 
Opening Times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Phone number: 0300 041 4141
Website: www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/cost-of-living-support/urgent-financial-help-and-extra-support/food-or-energy-in-a-crisis/find-a-food-bank
Maidstone Borough Council
Services provided: Cost of living advice 
Opening Times: Monday to Thursday from 9am to 4.30pm and Friday from 9am to 4pm
Phone number: 01622 60200
Website: https://maidstone.gov.uk/home/other-services/cost-of-living-advice
Sevenoaks District Council
Services provided: Help with the cost of living
Opening Times: Wednesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Thursday 8:45 am–5 pm
Friday 8:45 am–4:45 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 8:45 am–5 pm
Tuesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Phone number: 01732 227000
Website: www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/homepage/97/help_with_the_cost_of_living
Swale Borough Council
Services provided: Help for Households, Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance, Southern Water
Opening Times: Wednesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Thursday 8:45 am–5 pm
Friday 8:45 am–5 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 8:45 am–5 pm
Tuesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Suggest new hours
Phone number: 01843 577000
Website: news.swale.gov.uk/news/find-a-food-bank
Thanet District Council
Services provided: Help for Households, Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance, Southern Water 
Opening Times: Wednesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Thursday 8:45 am–5 pm
Friday 8:45 am–5 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 8:45 am–5 pm
Tuesday 8:45 am–5 pm
Suggest new hours
Phone number: 01843 577000
Website: news.swale.gov.uk/news/find-a-food-bank
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Services provided: Help for Households, Housing and Accomodation Supporr, Energy Bills Support, Employment Support, Health and Wellbeing Support, Debt and Money Advice 
Opening Times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Phone number: 01892 526 121
Website: tunbridgewells.gov.uk/
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Services provided: Help paying bills
Help with food
Help with housing and heating
Help saving energy
Help for households
Opening Times: 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm Friday
Phone number: 01732 844522
Website: tmbc.gov.uk/cost-of-living
Other Supporting Agencies
Amaze
Services provided: For Parents caring for a child with a disability under 18
Opening Times: 9-5pm
Phone number: 01273 772289
Website: amazesussex.org.uk
Community Pantries
St Peter and St Paul’s Pantry
Services: A space where people can top up their food supplies – no referral needed. Fresh, frozen and long life – a mixture of donations and surplus from businesses.
Opening times:
First Wednesday of the month: 4pm to 6pm
Second Wednesday of the month: 8.30am to 10am
Third Wednesday of the month: 4pm to 6pm
Fourth and fifth Wednesday of the month: 10am to 12pm
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Bognor Community Pantry
Services: The Community Pantry, a friendly space that helps to stop food waste.
Provides non-perishable and fresh produce, essentials, frozen and chilled items.
No referral necessary.
Opening Times:
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Website: ecoswap.org.uk
Outreach
Services provided: Homeless
Opening Times:Monday–Friday from 9:00–10:30 and 11:00–12:30, with the office open 8:30–4:3
Phone number: 0746492654
Website: changegrowlive.org/service/brighton-hove-street-outreach/info
Safe in Sussex
Services provided: Providing help and support for women affected by domestic abuse 
Opening Times:9:30AM-2:30PM
Phone number: 0330 333 7416
Website: www.safeinsussex.co.uk
Step Change
Services provided: Debt management/advice 
Opening Times: Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm
Phone number: 0800 138 1111
Website: stepchange.org/
Trussel Trust
Food Banks: 
Lancing & Sompting Churches Food Bank
Services provided: Food, Energy costs, Benefits, Free meals, UK harvest (reduced/donation food)
Phone number: 01273 772289
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The Community House – Dominion Road, Worthing
Services provided: Food, Energy costs, Benefits, Free meals, UK harvest (reduced/donation food)
Phone number: 01903 215799
Website: worthing-homes.org.uk
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Worthing Vegan Foodbank
Services: Foodbank
Website: worthingveganfoodbank.co.uk
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Fishersgate Foodbank
Opening: Tuesday AM only
Website: Fishersgatefoodbank@gmail.com
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Adur Community Gateway The Gateway Hub
Services: Food/support/new mums
Website: thegatewayhub.org
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Shoreham & Adur Community Food Bank
Services: Meals/warm spacer
Phone number: 07591 076738
Website: shorehamandadur@food-bank.org.uk
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Southwick Methodist Church Hall
The Tussle Trust-Thursday
Adur West Family Hub (Lancing) – formerly Lancing Children & Family Centre
42 North Road,
Lancing
BN15 9AB.
Website: https://communitybase.org
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Littlehampton Community Fridge
Services: Anyone may take five items per adult per day (plus bread). It costs nothing, all the food is rescued and needs a home to stop it being wasted.
Opening times: Monday: 11am to 12pm
Opening times: 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Thursday: 10.30am to 11.30am
Friday: 11am to 12pm
Saturday: 10.30am to 12pm
Phone 0300 030 9376
Email littlehamptoncommunityfridge@faredivide.org.uk
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St Peter and St Paul’s Pantry
Services: A space where people can top up their food supplies – no referral needed. Fresh, frozen and long life – a mixture of donations and surplus from businesses.
Opening times:
First Wednesday of the month: 4pm to 6pm
Second Wednesday of the month: 8.30am to 10am
Third Wednesday of the month: 4pm to 6pm
Fourth and fifth Wednesday of the month: 10am to 12pm
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Bognor Community Pantry
Services: A friendly space that helps to stop food waste.
Provides non-perishable and fresh produce, essentials, frozen and chilled items.
No referral necessary.
Opening Times:
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Contact details:
Phone Number: 07561 379988
Website: hello@ecoswap.org.uk
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Bognor Regis Foodbank
Argyle Hall, Argyle Road, Bognor, PO21 1DY
Services: Bognor Regis Foodbank provides food parcels and support to anyone who is facing a financial crisis and has little or no money. A referral is needed to access the foodbank.
They are going to trial a new food distribution session to help accommodate their rising number of clients, especially people who are working during our normal opening hours. These will be 5.30pm-7.30pm on Fridays, starting on 3rd February and running through until 28th April 2023.
Opening times: 10am to 2.30pm
Phone number: 0344 4771171
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Jeneses Food Bank, Bognor Regis
Services: Provides non-perishable and fresh produce, essentials, frozen and chilled items including meat and fish, and pastries, cakes and bread.
No referral is necessary.
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm
Website: Facebook.com/jenesescommunitycentre
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Littlehampton District Foodbank
Services: Works with local agencies that can issue you with the required foodbank voucher. They include Citizens Advice, Turning Tides, Mind, Safe InSussex, HomeStart, SSAFA, housing support officers, children’s centres, health visitors and social services.
Opening times: Tuesdays and Fridays 1pm to 3pm for those with appointments to collect a parcel.
Phone: 07925 862289
Website: littlehamptondistrict.foodbank.org.uk
Young Carers
Services provided: For Young People caring for someone. Part of The Carers Centre 
Opening Times: Monday–Friday from 9:00–10:30 and 11:00–12:30, with the office open 8:30–4:30
Phone number: 7464926546
Website: carers.org/support-us/being-there-matters
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Phone: 0300 303 3188
Email: info@wavecb.org.uk
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Addresses:
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove:
Tisbury Road Offices, Hove Town Hall, Tisbury Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
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39-48 Marsham Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1HH
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