Community Grocery stories

02 Sep 2025

Salvations in South Bank

The team at South Bank Community Grocery (Middlesbrough) have been running an Alpha course over the last eight weeks. We caught up with store manager, Anne, to hear what God has been doing.

15 Jul 2025

‘My favourite thing is sharing the gospel’

Jennifer is one of our incredible Community Grocery volunteers in Ilford (London). After God did a miracle in her family, Jennifer’s faith skyrocketed and she started going along to church and then volunteering in the grocery. This is her story.

27 May 2025

‘I came to get food and left with Jesus’

We recently had the privilege of having Rev Kate Bottley and the team from Songs of Praise with us as they discovered more about our work, explored the new Greater Manchester Prayer Hut and chatted to members of the community who have had their lives transformed by God.

15 Apr 2025

‘I’ve never felt so much warmth and love’

Our newest Community Grocery is one week old today and already has over 300 members, with over 116 new Community Grocery members signing up in just one day – our biggest launch ever!

14 Jan 2025

Only Jesus

When he first stepped into the Community Grocery, Andy couldn’t have imagined how the store would change not only his life, but his whole family. From not speaking to his son for five years, today they are a family with Jesus at their heart. This is their story.

07 Jan 2025

Starting the year with Jesus

Over Christmas, we gave out 2,500 hampers for free and ran gospel events where we saw over 200 people respond to the good news of Jesus!

17 Dec 2024

‘Jesus has given me a whole new family’

Having just separated from her husband, she was struggling financially and looking for ways to help her mental health. Stepping inside the grocery, Christine noticed everyone was full of joy and she immediately felt welcome. Wanting some of that for herself, she signed up to volunteer in the store and ‘it’s been life changing’ for her.