- 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
‘It’s a wrap’ in six weeks for this location …. join the collective
In March 2009 we moved here and you can see what we started with in image one. We made a makeshift sign and moved in! In 2013 we gave the empty building next door a facelift with the ‘Show off … Continue reading
Uh-oh! We ran out of paid forward drinks and soups!
January is often said to be 1000 days long and, even being less dramatic, this was a long month for our community pantry. The Pantry opened 11 times in January, and had around 200 visits from people accessing food, toiletries … Continue reading
Good news for our pantry – and some bad news
First of all the good news! Our friends at Board in the City CIC have agreed that we can host our community pantry there from April! This means we can continue this vital project after we leave our current premises. … Continue reading
Rumble in the Jumble
An ongoing fundraising jumble for our community pantry! We have transformed our first floor ‘Grove’ into a pop up shop filled with treasures and goodies from our attic, until 9 March. * Books* Art & Craft materials* Art prints* Kitchen … Continue reading
Missed the posting dates? Pay forward a hot drink!
If you’ve left your shopping (or card sending) a bit late this year, we have an idea for you that sends greetings to your loved one and puts a little kindness out into your local community. This year, we have … Continue reading
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Sponsor a collection – save food from the bin!
A huge thank you to Stella, Duncan, Alistair, Bruce and Douglas who have sponsored food collections this month so far. Each week, Graham does 5 collections from local co-ops and from our partner charity, The Big Difference. Each collection costs … Continue reading
What’s on – November 2023
As the nights draw in, we have a lovely selection of events to entice you out for an evening. Grant Sharkey launches his 21st (we think! album of his 20 year project to make 40 albums – 2 per year. … Continue reading
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Help us to provide a warm space this winter
We can’t thank you enough for supporting our summer fundraising efforts, which helped with the cost of keeping our indoor community pantry and cafe running during the warmer months. As winter draws near, we are looking forward to being able … Continue reading
We had a glitch in our payment system – can you help us catch up?
Thanks so much if you tried to donate last time we sent this email and apologies if you had issues – our payment account and Buy me a Coffee account had a falling out! We are assured it is all … Continue reading
Help us to rescue food from the bin!
Every week, we collect surplus food from a local food waste charity and local co-ops for our community pantry and redistribute the food. We love taking perfectly good, nutritious food that would become waste and sharing it, or making it … Continue reading