Who is it for?

Everyone in EH23. One application per household. Community Pantries are popping up all over, in fact they have been around globally for a while. Community Pantries are unique in that they are accessible to everyone, membership is free, they are perfectly placed to reduce the cost of food bills, stopping food too good to waste reaching landfill, and offer our community volunteering opportunities and a chance to come together.

The Pantry ethos is 'all inclusive' - it doesn't matter who you are, your background or circumstances - we can all use a Pantry.

Why Give?

People who use the pantry say it helps ...

*Helping immensely with money. *An opportunity to save on essentials. Cheap basics help with household budget, the best part is the fresh veg. *Saves a lot of money every week. *Really helping keep the budgeting under control, plus it’s such a lovely group of volunteers - it’s a nice weekly socialisation. * Spend less get more. *Great help. *Was here last week and found a big difference in my weekly finances. *It has helped to reduce weekly food costs and helped me to pay for extra things for my children. *Great idea helps so much weekly *Helping us out with our cost of food *Love reducing waste primarily but also helps us keep our weekly shooping costs down * Relieving some expenses. We get a lot of good food for a small price and fruit and vegetables * Its great for budgeting * Feeding the family at this time * Helping feed myself and my family *helping with a few essentials to keep us going, plus the free fruit and veg really helps * Helps provide food for my family which we can’t afford * Really need the pantry, it is so much help * Making things more manageable, thank you *Excellent service with the present cost of living, helping a lot of people * Household budget * Helping save on essentials week to week in this cost of living crisis *Putting down our cost of shopping *Helps with weekly food bill * Keeps meals going through the week when food is low *Help when we are low on food *The community pantry has hugely helped my family by helping to boost a very tight budget in the face of the rising costs. The free fruit and veg enables me to make my family friendly meals and provide nutrients and vitamins to my family that I otherwise couldn’t afford"