We’re helping local partners to reclaim dignity, choice and hope in Nottingham. The first Your Local Pantry in Nottingham has opened to members. Meadows Pantry opened in Bridgeway Hall Methodist Mission in The Meadows on September 28th. There are just over
Your Local Pantry began in one neighbourhood but now brings communities together across the UK. How did it grow so far and fast? For Kirsty in the Midlands, it’s a fantastic place to meet people and save a little money.
Food and cookery bring us together. and unleash our potential – just like SRGs. Julia Turshen, the American author and food equity advocate, describes cooking as a “constant reminder of transformation and possibility”. In her book, Feed The Resistance, she writes: “Cooking
Church Action on Poverty and Co-op are today (Wednesday 16 November 2022) launching an exciting new partnership that will enable 150 neighbourhoods around the UK to open their own Your Local Pantry stores. The partnership seeks to treble the existing
Church Action on Poverty has entered a major new partnership with Co-op which will help improve household finances, whilst bringing people together around food.
James Henderson, the Development Coordinator for the Your Local Pantry network, celebrated our 40th anniversary at a Pantry on 6 July. Birmingham Yardley Wood Pantry was set up in November 2019 but this was my first visit. The Pantry is
Throughout 2022, we are telling the stories from the Dignity, Agency, Power calendar. May’s page features Your Local Pantry, so we caught up with James Henderson, who became network development coordinator for Your Local Pantry at the end of last
Niall Cooper, director of Church Action on Poverty, asks: How do we build dignity, agency and power together as a society? Introduction Church Action on Poverty’s vision is that the UK can and must be transformed into a country where
How do we safeguard food access without compromising on dignity? Charities and community groups have wrestled with this for years. Firstly, through a decade of austerity, then most recently and acutely during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Now, we do have one
The 2021 report on the social impact of Your Local Pantry
