The pantry
A weekly pantry where neighbours choose dry goods, tins and fresh produce. Volunteers keep the shelves stocked and help at the table.
Our work
Fresh food, moved quickly, within a few streets.
We are a small neighbourhood operation. The work is physical, local and mostly done by people who live nearby.
Three places the work happens
The packing bench
Households who cannot come in receive a packed box. Volunteers work from a printed list, weigh and bag the items, then label and stack the boxes.
The delivery route
Two short routes on weekday afternoons and one on Saturday. A driver leads and a second person carries bags to the doorsteps on the sheet.
How food moves through the hub
Step 1
Arrives
Crates come in from market traders and neighbourhood collections, usually before ten in the morning.
Step 2
Checked
Volunteers check condition and dates, and set aside anything that cannot be used.
Step 3
Sorted
Good produce is trimmed, washed and repacked into pantry portions or box portions.
Step 4
Leaves
Boxes go onto the pantry shelves, and route bags go into vans for the afternoon deliveries.
Neighbours
Working with the neighbourhood
We work alongside street-level groups, local shops and neighbours who organise collections. We do not publish a partner list, and we do not use another organisation's name to promote our own work.
If you run a shop or a community group nearby and want to talk about a collection, speak to a coordinator on a shift day.
What we can and cannot do
We can
- Accept fresh produce, tins, dry goods and household basics
- Take a delivery to a doorstep within our route area
- Arrange a lighter task or a seat for a shift
- Answer questions before you commit to a shift
We cannot
- Cook or serve hot meals on site
- Collect furniture, clothing or electrical items
- Promise a specific delivery time on a route
- Store donations outside opening hours
Most of this work is done by volunteers.
Sorting, packing and delivery all start with a two hour shift and a short briefing.