Are you struggling to purchase basic food items?

We can help!

Graduate College can help you with basic food items in a number of ways:

• Emergency Food Bags containing staples such as rice, instant noodles, pasta, breakfast bars, tinned vegetables, etc, and basic toiletries.
• Supermarket Vouchers to help you re-stock your cupboards and to see you through a gap while you are awaiting funds from a longer term solution such as a grant/loan/bursary/other award.
• The Community Cupboard is a space for the postgraduate community (and staff) to donate unopened food items and toiletries which they do not want for the benefit of anyone who can use them. The cupboard is located in the Graduate College Reception/Foyer and is accessible 24 hours. It operates on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you are coming from off campus to access the cupboard we would recommend emailing us first so you don't arrive to find the cupboard is bare.

Elsewhere on campus you can find:

• LUSU are operating a pantry service from their building on central campus, and also offering free food events - so check out their instagram and website for more details.
• The Chaplaincy Centre are also offering soup every Wednesday lunchtime for just £1
• Free Sanitary Product vending machines are available around campus for both students and staff in the following accessible washrooms: Bowland North - B077, Health Innovation One - D15d5, LEC - C22, LUMS West Pav - WP C037, InfoLab21 - C09

We do not offer bursaries or long-term support ourselves – we would direct you to the university’s central funding team for this https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/ask/funding. The LOAF fund is a particularly good one to look at in the first instance.

If you are looking for more long term solutions, there are many opportunities for short-term work and paid roles on the ERS page https://temps.lancaster-university.co.uk/vacancies/vacancy-search-results.aspx – these roles are added to each week, so we recommend checking back regularly.

If you would like to have a conversation regarding your situation and the support available - either in person or via Teams – please get in touch at graduatecollege@lancaster.ac.uk or Call/Message via Teams