Category Archives: community pantry
A little taster of last night’s gig
Last night we had a wonderful night of live music with local acoustic fingerstyle guitarists (and singers) Colin MacPhail, Jonathan Vernam and Mark T Newman The gig was to launch our summer fundraiser – find out more here Thanks to … Continue reading
Summer Fundraiser launched with beautiful music!
Our community pantry redistributes food that would be wasted, offering it to the community on a pay-as-you-feel basis, informally and with no questions asked and no need for a referral – filling a vital gap in provision of food for those in need. … Continue reading
Rainy day update from the community pantry
We hope you’re staying cosy today in this wind and rain! Here at The Art House, we have offered out many soups and hot drinks to people visiting the pantry. It’s been lovely here today, knowing that folks were able … Continue reading
A new way to ‘pay it forward’
Jani here! I’ve been spending an extra admin day this week setting up a new, super easy way for people to ‘pay forward‘ hot drinks for folks using our community pantry. For just £3, you can gift a hot drink … Continue reading
The pantry is free/pay as you feel – our bills are not!
Our community pantry and fridge are stocked up! This service costs us money to run – from collecting deliveries or paying a food waste charity to bring us supermarket surplus, to admin, bills and other running costs, these costs are … Continue reading
The Wheel of Kindness – paying it forward
Paying it forward – our wheel of kindness and what it means. We’re so pleased that our ‘Wheel on Kindness’ is now in regular use. Folks dropping in are either paying forward a hot drink or soup for somebody else, … Continue reading
Yes, we have some bananas
Yes, we have some bananas, we have some bananas today 🎶 Our local co-op had quite a few bananas wot had gone squishy, which they passed to us. The bananas were over ripe and not ok to go in the … Continue reading
Cake Island – will the casters hold up?!
Cake Island is filled ready for our community cafe events this week, vegan sweet and savoury treats including banana muffins, colourful cupcakes, gluten free ‘cheeze’cake, gluten free choc orange brownies, chocolate crunch, pineapple upside down cake, lemon cake, ‘cheeze’ and … Continue reading
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Community Pantry and cafe report for today!
Community cafe and pantry are so busy today! There was still time for volunteer Sarah (who is a professional contortionist, don’t try this at home kids) to do some cat balancing with Greebo. A couple of pantry users in first … Continue reading →