The Salisbury Pantry
Salisbury, UK
This local food project has grown out of the response set up to food poverty during the pandemic. During 2020 the communities team from Salisbury City Council, along with volunteers, began delivering food parcels. This grew into an online shopping service run out of the City Community Centres. It became clear that this source of support needed to continue, and expand, so in April 2021 the project reopened in a City Centre shop and is part of the Your Local Panty franchise run by Church Action on Poverty. The shop is a membership scheme for people living in Salisbury City, who are struggling to balance the demands on their household income, leading to difficult decisions between paying essential bills and buying food. Members can shop at the Salisbury Pantry for £5 and select a range of foods averaging £25 to £35 in value. Surplus food is sourced from local retailers and via Fareshare. The shop itself is in its infancy and the team has hopes to expand the provision from one day a week to two and to respond to the clearly visible need as much as is possible.
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