Lidl Kelso

Initiated by residents and supported by Kelso Community Council, Kelso Community Larder is being set up to reduce food waste. Kelso Community Larder takes surplus food from food retailers in and around Kelso and make it available to the public free of charge. The Kelso Community Larder is run entirely by volunteers and will soon be a registered charity (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation). We operate from 42 Bowmont Street, Kelso TD5 7JH. The larder is open to absolutely anyone and everyone and the food is available free of charge. Of course, donations are always extremely welcome but they are certainly not required. We plan to collect from all the supermarkets in Kelso and surrounding areas who support our aim of distributing surplus, edible food to our community. Our launch date is planned for 27 February 2023 when we hope to have good media coverage.

We are a non-profit organisation who aim to reduce food waste by encouraging the community to share food items they won't use and pick up items they can, to create healthy balanced meals for their families. By reducing food going to landfill we also give others less fortunate the opportunity to benefit from surplus food. We regularly update our Facebook page with the food we have on offer, particularly if it is fresh and has a short shelf life. We post simple recipes and family meals to hopefully inspire people to try something different. The Larder has close links with the local foodbanks in Eyemouth and Duns and we work with Reston and Auchencrow resilient group to assist us with food distribution during Covid with people in self-isolation and shielding.

We are a food larder who are based at Gavinton church hall we are open every Tuesday from 11am til 2pm and every Thursday 4-6pm our mission is to intercept food waste and combat food poverty we work with the local community and usually see anywhere between 50-100 people a week who come to the larder we work with elderly, young and old groups of individuals and families in the community at the larder we also aim to combat social isolation too