Author Archives: janifranck
What’s on September 2021
Wednesday 1 SeptemberKerbside pantry 2 – 4pmEvening cafe drop-in 7 – 9pmBook club 7pm Thursday 2 SeptemberCommunity cafe and pantry 11am – 3pmDrinks, cakes, snacks, pay-as-you feel groceries, toiletries and clothing Saturday 4 September & Sunday 5 SeptemberCommunity cafe and … Continue reading
What’s changed? 2021 update
In early 2020, before the pandemic, we held a fundraiser to allow us to step back, repurpose and redesign how we ran The Art House. You can watch us talking about this here We raised £25K at the end of … Continue reading
Happy birthday to our Community Pantry!
One year ago, we had our first delivery of surplus food diverted from waste and set up a stall outside our space, which was still closed due to the first lockdown. Since then we have redistributed more than 12 tonnes of … Continue reading
Can you support our pantry and help us make a difference?
Our community pantry makes a difference every week during these difficult times. Since last summer, we’ve been sourcing good quality, in-date food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it to our local community via our pantry. The pantry … Continue reading
Transition Tales online Saturday 15 May
Being a (at least partly) trans-run venue, we were very excited to hear that our regular performer The Travelling Talesman had been commissioned for an LGBTQ+ event to tell a set of stories featuring Genderfluid Gods! Needless to say persuasion … Continue reading
Covid / Lockdown update January 2020
We have been in this week reassessing and rearranging the space and are reopening the Community Pantry at #Bunker178 on Thursday 14 January! We’ll be open for walk-in collection: Thursday 12.30-4pmFriday 12.30-4pmSaturday 12.30-4pm The pantry features vegan and veggie groceries, … Continue reading
Ready, steady VACCINATE
We have been asked to help find volunteer marshals to assist with the vaccination programme in the SO16 area for a period of at least three months.PPE will be supplied and a full health risk assessment. Tea and coffee provided, … Continue reading
Covid update – Christmas and New Year
We will be closing our community pantry and meal service for 2 weeks from Monday 21 December to Wednesday 6 January, so that our crew can take a much needed break.Our current plan is to reopen the pantry on Wednesdays, … Continue reading
About our Community Pantry
Our community pantry is open to all and provides by-donation vegan (and occasionally veggie) food each week. We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right and our pantry is an act of solidarity, not charity. 🧺 … Continue reading
