Everybody should have access to good food. Everybody values community.
A local pantry provides both – and more.
Research shows that Pantries save members £21 a week and improve health and wellbeing!
Member-run
Pantries operate along cooperative lines, and many volunteers are members too.
Open to all
You don’t need a referral – anyone who lives in an area served by a Pantry can join.
Long-lasting
You can join for as long as you want, and can choose to go every week or just occasionally.
Pantries stock a wide range of top-quality food including fresh fruit and veg, frozen and chilled food, meat and dairy products, and long-life tinned and packaged food.
Members pay £5 per visit and in return can choose groceries worth many times more, often saving up to £1,000 a year on shopping bills. We can only take cash as we don’t have card machines.
Pantries are just like a shop, in that you choose the food you want from the shelves.
Pantries are run by uniformed staff and volunteers who manage the stores with hand-held technology.
Pantries have been shown to:
- Strengthen communities
- Improve health and wellbeing
- Improve household finances
- Prevent waste
- Prevent hunger
- Build dignity and agency
