Epsom Pantry

🧡 Donations 🧡😍
Thank you so much for helping us again with students generous donations.. These are much needed items to help us maintain our stocks so that we are able to offer good quality affordable food to the members in our community. We are so grateful for all you do to support us. THANK YOU 🙏

🧡Banstead Pantry News 🧡

Exciting news, Banstead Pantry will be opening soon!!! In the meantime we are holding a volunteer information session tomorrow, details below. Please come along and see us if you are interested in volunteering or would like to know more. and meet Ashley the new Pantry Manager. Otherwise you can following the link in our bio for further information

🧡Slow Cooker Workshop 🧡
Another fantastic workshop all thanks to Chef Renu B . Thank you so much for giving up your time to share your skills with our members. We made a delicious meal on a budget with ingredients from the Pantry and members are now saying they will batch cook in their slow cooker and then freeze some of the portions. What do you like to make in your slow cooker?

🧡Exciting News 🧡
We are very pleased to welcome one of our new volunteers, Corynne. She was fabulous on her very first day and got to meet some of our lovely members. Corynne said that she has been looking for volunteering opportunities for a while and when passing the Pantry one day, saw it was open and came in to find out more. 'I knew immediately that this was something I wanted to do as it felt like a great community space and had a nice vibe' We are happy you have come to join us and look forward to seeing you again 😀
If you would like to know more about what we do or to donate please see the link in our bio

🧡 Community Activities 🧡
Thank you so much to for the most amazing and interesting workshop on digestive health. It is such a minefield to understand but you helped us understand a little bit more and to take away strategies to try and put into place. There was lots of discussion and questions make it a lively but fabulous session. Thank you for sharing your knowledge we really appreciate it!!! If you would like to know more about what we do please see the link in our bio
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🧡Donations 🧡
This month we are looking for donations of tea and biscuits. After all who doesn't like a cuppa with a biscuit while watching all the current sport or your favourite show or sitting in the garden or just putting your feet up! We are very grateful for all donations we receive however small. A big thank you to all of you who have donated before we really do appreciate it.

🧡Pantry Impact Report 🧡
It is important to check that you are going in the direction you want to and to know what you still need to do or improve upon. Our second impact report shows that we are making great strides forwards. If you would like to know more about what we do or to get involved please see the link in our bio!

🧡Pantry News 🧡
Another successful workshop for our members run by Christians Against Poverty. Thank you so much to Julie for a great session where we all learnt so much about budgeting and how to make the most of our money. In these high cost times it is helpful to all of us to think about how we can save on different aspects of life. We are very lucky to have such wonderful people who give up their valuable time to help others. What helpful hints have you got?

🧡Pantry Flowers 🧡
Now that summer finally seems to be approaching we can't wait to see some lovely flowers as well as fruit and vegetables from the allotments. Here's hoping it won't be too long now! If you would like to find out more about what we do or to make a donation please see the link in our bio

🧡Epsom Pantry Talent 🧡
Thank you so much to our talented member Alison who kindly did this amazing painting of the front of our shop. We absolutely love it and will definitely find the perfect spot to display it! We are very lucky to have such talented members who give their time freely.
If you would like to know more about what we do or how you can help please see the link in our bio

🧡Epsom Pantry Stock 🧡
We have lots and lots of tinned sardines in the Pantry at the moment! Do you like sardines and what would you do with them? Sardines on toast for a quick nutritious snack? Spicy sardine dip or pasta with sardines and broccoli? Look out for some recipes in the Pantry. If you would like to know more about what we do or to donate please see the link in our bio

🧡PANTRY DONATIONS🧡
This month we are particularly looking for the following items, tinned tuna and peanut butter but as always we really appreciate any donations you can make. We are so grateful for all your donations which make a huge difference to our members and cannot thank you enough. If you are able to pop one of these items in your shopping trolley and then in the foodbank/Pantry box after the till that would be amazing! 🙏
If you would like to find out more about us or to donate please see the link in our bio.

🧡Volunteers Week 🧡
We are celebrating all this week the fact that we have so many amazing volunteers who help bring the Pantry to life with their kindness, good humour and tireless energy. We thank you all and are so grateful for all that you do. We most definitely could not do what we do without all of you! Thank You 😍🥰

🧡Volunteers 🧡
All this week we have been celebrating 🎉the fact that we have so many amazing volunteers who give up so much of their time to help us at the Pantry. We also had a returning volunteer, Lucas, who came back to help out this week. We are so grateful to our very wonderful team who add so much to the daily running of the Pantry, plus fundraising and helping to organise events. You are Amazing thank you!

🧡Volunteer Week 🧡
We are celebrating our wonderful volunteers at the Pantry. Thank You so much for all your hard work, patience, tremendous sense of fun, compassion and time! We really appreciate you and couldn't do what we do without you 🙏👏

🧡More Amazing Volunteers 🧡
Two more of our amazing volunteers, Karlene and David who can turn their hand to anything! Thank you so much for all you do for us and for the kindness and laughter you bring to the Pantry. We really appreciate you 🤩 If you would like to know more about us and what we do please see the link in our bio

🧡Neil and the Amazing Pumpkin 🧡
You may have heard of 'James and the Giant Peach' but this beats them all. Our wonderful volunteer Neil brought in a very large pumpkin, is this a record in the Pantry world? Thank you Neil for always allowing us to be creative and challenging us not waste anything!!!

🧡VOLUNTEERS WEEK 🧡
We are celebrating Volunteers week from 3 - 9 June and showing you our amazing volunteers at the Pantry. We are so lucky to have such dedicated, talented, amazing volunteers who also have a great sense of humour. Thank You for all you do for us, we couldn't do it without you 🥰
Coming this week, snippets of how truly talented our volunteers are 🤩
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🧡Unofficial 2nd birthday 🧡
Last week we celebrated two years since the soft launch of our Pantry before the official opening in July. We can hardly believe where the time has gone and are proud to have developed the Pantry into a lovely community space where members say they feel valued and listened to. 🎉🎉🎈If you would like to know more or find out what we do please see the link in our bio

🧡Grow your own 🧡
A fabulous workshop learning how to grow veg, herbs and flowers! Thank you so much Maggie Rowell from Epsom rotary allotment! We all had a wonderful time which you can see from the before and after photos! 😜We love running our community sessions at the Pantry and are very grateful to all our generous supporters.

🧡Asda Drive 🧡
Thank you so much to the wonderful Jules and Neil who helped out the the Asda food drive on Sunday for Epsom and Ewell Foodbank and Epsom Pantry! Thank you also to all the wonderful people who donated food by adding a small amount to their shopping. We are truly grateful 🙏🥰 If you would like to know more about us and what we do please see the link in our bio!

🧡Epsom Pantry 🧡
As a quote here from one of our members shows, 'it feels good to talk'. This Mental Health Awareness week, talking to others is important and essential for us all! How many people can you talk to this week? Even if it is just saying Hello, it may make their day 🥰

🧡Mental Health 🧡
This mental health awareness week make yours a priority. What do you like to do? What helps you to feel better? Here are a few ideas but there are plenty more and definitely talking to others can really help. Having fun ad laughter in the Pantry helps us! If you would like to support us or find out more please see the link in our bio
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🧡Pantry Winner 🧡
We have another very happy winner of the Pantry Treasure Hunt along with a very happy volunteer! Is that because he thinks he might get some of the proceeds 😉 Congratulations to Tim, hope they don't all go at once. If you would like to know more about what we do or to get involved please see the link in our bio

🧡More than food 🧡
One of our members Chris doing his weekly shop. He said 'I look forward to coming to the Pantry for the social interactions, not just the food' . Everyone involved with the Pantry, be it members, volunteers or staff all enjoy time spent together chatting, laughing and putting the world to rights, but also lending an ear if someone's week is not going so well.

🧡Winner 🧡
Our first Treasure hunt winner collecting their prize. Why are the children not looking happier I wonder? Congratulations to all of you who won and we really hope you enjoyed taking part and had a fun time. Thank you also to our fabulous fundraising team who spent a lot of time organising the treasure hunt as well as the prizes 🥰

🧡 Donations 🧡
This month we would love to have these items for our members and really appreciate any help we can get. You can donate at any Foodbank point in supermarkets, Epsom Library or to the Pantry during opening hours. Thank you in advance for all your support we couldn't do it without you! If you would like to find out more about what we do or to donate please see the link in our bio

🧡Exciting News 🧡
Our recent treasure Hunt is now completed. A Huge shout out to Park view cafe for supporting us and helping us to raise vital and much needed funds. Our winners have been chosen so if you entered please look out for an email confirming that you have won a prize! If you would like to know more about us or to help please see the link in our bio