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Halal Food & Grocery Help in Leeds

Last updated 21 May 2026

Leeds halal food help splits between long-established mosque food projects in Harehills and Beeston, and student-led drives around the universities. This page covers both routes.

About Leeds's Muslim community

Leeds has around 75,000 Muslims (around 9% of the city, 2021 census), with the community concentrated in inner-east and inner-south wards.

Leeds combines a long-standing British-Pakistani community in Harehills and Beeston with a fast-growing Muslim student population at Leeds University and Leeds Beckett, plus significant Somali, Yemeni and Iraqi Kurdish communities.

How Food & Grocery Help UK works in Leeds

Most LS8 and LS11 halal food help runs through mosques and Muslim community centres. The student community around Hyde Park and the universities coordinates additional drives during Ramadan and at term-end. The platform connects requests to the right route.

Local resources in Leeds

Leeds Grand Mosque (Woodsley Road) and Makkah Masjid (Brudenell Road) both run welfare food projects. Iqra Centre Beeston has a community kitchen. Leeds Trinity Foodbank network has halal-aware sites. LASSN coordinates refugee food cases with mosques.

  • Known mosques and centres: Leeds Grand Mosque (Woodsley Road); Makkah Masjid (Brudenell Road); Jamia Masjid Bilal (Harehills); Iqra Centre Beeston
  • Muslim-served areas: Harehills, Beeston, Hyde Park, Burley, Chapeltown
  • Local council: Leeds City Council
  • Community-relevant organisations: Leeds Muslim Women's Group; Leeds Trinity Foodbank network; MEND Leeds regional team; Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN)

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