Category Archives: Getting involved

Summer Fundraiser – £1635 to go before the end of June! Here’s how you can help

As the end of June approaches, along with the usual slew of end-of-month bills (and the next quarter’s rent is due next week, too – which is a fair chunk of cashola), we’re appealing to our community to help us … Continue reading

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Summer Fundraiser for our community pantry

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

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Tales of the Pantry – A rich life that took a turn

One thing about running our pantry is that many users want, for a host of reasons, to stay anonymous. This can make it hard to share their stories with you, our supporters, to show just what a difference the project … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Comedy Clinic – fundraiser for Mobile Herbal Clinic (Calais)

We are pleased to welcome Natalie Carey, CuppaJoey and Duncan White with compere beyond compare Nicola Beck for a night of comedy to raise funds for the Mobile Herbal Clinic, Calais. Delivering laughter as a tonic for these troubled times. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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