- Urban Wild on the Common 2026
- Punk Poetry, Protest & Pantry news (August newsletter & Autumn what’s on)
- A Warm Welcome at Bitterne Station – Our First Friday Pantry at our new home!
- The Art House pop-up pantry at Bitterne Station open day!
- Event announcement: Valentine Noire with Jason Buck
- Gig Announcement: Grant Sharkey’s 24th Album Launch
- Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!
- Special guest for this month’s Moving Voices
Category Archives: Getting involved
Kindness is a blessing – update from Gill (and Speedy)
Gill here with a report on Friday’s pantry – with gratitude to donors and volunteers. Today’s offerings included giant peppers, chocolate biscuits, and soup. Volunteers Ziggy, Abby, and others helped distribute groceries, and new visitors were welcomed. Appreciation was extended to Board in the City CIC for their work. The pantry welcomes visitors next week from 11am to 1pm. Continue reading
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Moving Voices at Trans Pride Southampton 29.6.24
What a beautiful event – thanks to our special guests Nicola Beck debuting as ‘Great Aunt Tranni’, Percy Ford and Jez Franck, our host RKP and our open mic’ers. Moving Voices, Southampton’s longest running open mic and our flagship event, … Continue reading
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Pantry update by Gill – Friday 17/5/24 at Board in the City
Gill here …Hi everyone! After an unexpected break last week due to a bereavement & unavailability of volunteers to cover (more about that later), we made it back to run the Pantry at Board in the City CIC this week! … Continue reading
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Event Announcement: SoGreenFest! 1 June 2024
This event was ACE and Fossilheads are up for doing it again so watch this space for SoGreenFest 2025 BUNKER178 are delighted to announce the first SoGreenFest – a gathering of likeminded local people to network, share information, enjoy food … Continue reading
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Pantry update – Friday 26 April ’24
Gill here! Todays pantry we had a lovely selection of goodies saved from supermarket waste. Huge beefsteak tomatoes, lovely ripe bananas, satsumas by the few dozen, swede, butternut squash, a huge variety of breads, cakes and pastries, vegan milk, coconut … Continue reading
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The Shed!
In February, when we were planning ahead to become a pop-up, we asked our community to fund a lockable storage box at Board in the City for our pop-up community pantry which we’ll be holding there every Friday 11am – … Continue reading
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First pop-up pantry at Board in the City
Our first pop up pantry at Board in the City CIC was lovely, we had SO much food from The Big Difference and Co-op! Thank you Board in the City team for making us feel really at home. Nic and … Continue reading
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On our last day at Above Bar – a cautionary poem
It’s sad seeing that we’re not the only place having our last day open today. These are hard times for little places. I felt compelled to write this cautionary poem.. Don’t just sit at home and thinkHow nice indie places … Continue reading
Silent Auction!
We are auctioning off some of the artwork around The Art House! You are invited to bid the amount you are willing to pay for an item, and the highest bid wins. You can’t see the other bids, so just … Continue reading
Silent Auction, wrapping the House and wishlist
Three ways to support our community pantry this month…. Mark your calendar for our Silent Auction launch night, with drinks, nibbles, music from Savage Brickwork and a chance to bid on Art House memorabilia! Wednesday 21 Feb, 6.30 – 9pmBook … Continue reading