Pantry Oasis:Pantry opened in September 2020, to fulfil a growing need for long term access to low cost, high quality food. This need had been identified through a number of different channels, including the long term holiday hunger project run by Oasis (Make Lunch), and the emergency Covid-19 food parcel project which delivered weekly food parcels for 19 weeks in mid-2020. The pantry model has been adopted nationally to complement the crisis response offered by foodbank, and to offer people a way to stay out of crisis situations. Oasis:Pantry is a community membership model – people choose to become members, which then means they can access a range of chilled foods, fruit and vegetables, storecupboard foods and toiletries each week for a small membership fee. We offer two membership levels, one at £2 each week and one at £3.
Our key principles We believe that everyone should be able to access high quality, nutritious food at a price that is affordable, and that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. We follow “Dignity in Practice” principles to ensure that people who are experiencing food inequality feel welcomed, valued and involved, and feel that they have choice and control over the food they eat.
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