GroceryAid, supporting your wellbeing: info and guidance

Supporting industry colleagues 24/7 and providing emotional, practical and financial support to everyone who needs us, since 1857.

GroceryAid supports people who work or have worked in the grocery industry. This includes anyone who works for a supermarket, wholesaler, manufacturer, convenience store, independent grocer, petrol forecourt store or service provider to the grocery trade. We also support businesses in the foodservice wholesale sector.

Any colleague working in the grocery industry can access our emotional and practical support, plus financial advice, from the first day of their employment. After six months of continuous employment, colleagues may be eligible for one of our non-repayable financial grants.

Colleagues can call the FREE and confidential Helpline on 08088 021 122, which is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and can provide immediate support. More than 200 languages are also supported through the Helpline, on request. To find out what happens when you call the GroceryAid Helpline, read this article.

Support is also available through the GroceryAid website, which is where you can read about all the services on offer and the eligibility of each one. Here, you can also apply for a financial grant online and find out if you are eligible for up to six counselling sessions with Relate. Colleagues can also find out how to access Woebot, which is an emotional wellbeing app for people over 18 and Kooth, an online wellbeing community for 11–25-year-olds.

Following GroceryAid on Facebook or Instagram will help you keep up to date on all our latest welfare services and financial grants.