Category Archives: Outreach & community events

Help us to rescue food from the bin!

Every week, we collect surplus food from a local food waste charity and local co-ops for our community pantry and redistribute the food. We love taking perfectly good, nutritious food that would become waste and sharing it, or making it … Continue reading

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A Southampton Summer Night – tonight!

Join us tonight for a Southampton Summer Night at Turner Sims, University of Southampton Highfield Campus. With Spitdust, Babsie Brown and the Miniature Orchestra, Pip Summers and the Wandering Waterbears and DJ Hubert Carpet & introducing Albert de Lyon. The … 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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Southampton Vigil for Brianna Ghey – Friday 17 Feb 2023

Last night the people of Southampton held a vigil for Brianna Ghey, a transgender girl who was murdered on 11 February in Cheshire. You can watch the livestream here on People’s Pride Southampton Facebook page (thanks Bik for setting up … Continue reading

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Event announcement: Southampton Seed Swap, Sun 12 March 2023

Over the past century we have lost 97% of our vegetable varieties in the UK alone. A handful of corporations now control a quarter of the world’s entire seed market – the very same corporations that are pushing their GM … Continue reading

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Regular drop-ins and events at The Art House

Wednesday 2 – 4pmOur pantry will be in the entryway, drop by and pick up groceries and make a donation if you can. Reduce food waste, save money and support The Art House! Wednesday 6 – 9pmCommunity cafe drop-in, groups … Continue reading

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Daisy Harvest for Herbalists Without Borders

We will be meeting up between 6 & 9pm on Wednesday 8 June 2022 for a daisy harvest! Register here to let us know you’re coming We need help harvesting daisies to make daisy oil for bruise ointment to be … Continue reading

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Transgender Day of Remembrance 20 November 2021

Local groups have arranged a vigil at the Queens peace fountain on the evening of 20 November 2021 from 7pm They will be holding space at the Peace Fountain and reading the names of those we have lost this year … Continue reading

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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

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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

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