Who can benefit from Food for Queers?

The main goal with this program is to help make sure any Queer folks who may be experiencing barriers to food security in the city of London have access to nutritious food solutions.

So whether support from Food for Queers is beneficial to you because your cupboards are looking a little thin, you can’t make it to the grocery store, feeling overwhelmed or perhaps you are one of the dedicated essential workers holding things together for everyone else but could use a little help, Food for Queers is here to make sure everyone feels a little extra love and support with a Grocery Kit dropped off to your door at no cost to you.

It doesn’t matter why you'd benefit from the support, it just matters that you do!

About the Grocery Kits & Meals

What's in a Grocery Kit?

Each grocery kit provides essential food staples such as pantry items, canned goods, fresh produce and personal care items, as long as we have the resources we aim to ensure kits provide enough food to help with meal preparation for a week.

Where are the meals coming from?

Queer Events has secured fully prepared meals from a number of London based community initiative. The majority of our meals will be provide by a community partnership between the London Food Bank and the RBC Convention Centre. Meals are prepared and packaged by culinary staff at the convention center, these meals include a fresh sandwich or wrap, a piece of fruit, small snack or two and a drink.

Queer Events will collect meals on designated days and with the help of community volunteers, meals will be delivered to door steps or lobbies in locations within the City of London. The first round of Food for Queers deliveries started in early May 2020.

UPDATE: The availability of prepared meals ended on December 18th, 2020 due to an unfortunate change in the community program which was providing our meals, however, Food for Queers will continue to provide Grocery Kits to folks who are in need of food solutions.

What if I have a food allergy or other dietary needs?

There are vegetarian friendly kits available, we can include items to accommodate food allergies.

We'll reach out directly if we need any further information about your specific allergy or dietary needs when assembling your kit. Please make sure to review each item yourself to ensure it is safe for you and or your family member to consume.

What’s Queer Events Role

QE connected with local London community initiatives with the intention of connecting members of the 2SLGBTQ+ Community with regular food or meal solutions.

We are here to assist with logistics of the program which relies on existing Queer Events volunteers to help complete meal / kit deliveries.

Volunteers & Kindness

Food for Queers operates because of the generosity and support of volunteers who are committed to ensuring people have access to food and that no one in our Queer community goes hungry.

UPDATE: We want to thank everyone who has reached out to support this program! We currently have enough volunteers to ensure all deliveries can be completed. We are in need of a space to store and pack kits if your company or organization can help, please connect via food4queers@queerevents.ca

Community Support & Contributions

Financial contributions to Food for Queers ensures the program can continue to provide prepared meals and grocery kits to as many folks in our community as possible. Learn more about the different ways you can Support Food for Queers