Category Archives: Behind the scenes

Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!

Bunkerfest 2024 was a huge success, raising over £1200 for the Community Pantry – and we couldn’t have done it without you! The money raised (after event costs have been taken out) will go to funding our regular pop-up pantry … Continue reading

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Kindness is a blessing – update from Gill (and Speedy)

Gill here with a report on Friday’s pantry – with gratitude to donors and volunteers. Today’s offerings included giant peppers, chocolate biscuits, and soup. Volunteers Ziggy, Abby, and others helped distribute groceries, and new visitors were welcomed. Appreciation was extended to Board in the City CIC for their work. The pantry welcomes visitors next week from 11am to 1pm. Continue reading

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Pantry update by Gill – Friday 24 May ’24 at Board in the City

Gill here on Friday May 24th. Before even arriving at BitC I had pantry users approaching to ask if we open today . Today we had a warm colour theme going on, big juicy oranges, bright red beef steak tomatoes, shiny … Continue reading

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Pantry update by Gill – Friday 17/5/24 at Board in the City

Gill here …Hi everyone! After an unexpected break last week due to a bereavement & unavailability of volunteers to cover (more about that later), we made it back to run the Pantry at Board in the City CIC this week! … Continue reading

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Pantry update – Friday 26 April ’24

Gill here! Todays pantry we had a lovely selection of goodies saved from supermarket waste. Huge beefsteak tomatoes, lovely ripe bananas, satsumas by the few dozen, swede, butternut squash, a huge variety of breads, cakes and pastries, vegan milk, coconut … Continue reading

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