{"id":76392,"date":"2022-11-18T15:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=76392"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T14:36:03","slug":"tremorfa-community-pantry-a-food-bank-a-craft-hub-and-a-haven-of-self-funded-positivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/tremorfa-community-pantry-a-food-bank-a-craft-hub-and-a-haven-of-self-funded-positivity","title":{"rendered":"Helping to build a community, self-confidence and craft skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tremorfa\u2019s volunteer run community pantry is holding a series of craft workshops to help locals in the run up to Christmas.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/jenny-candles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76410\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/jenny-candles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76410\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenny Ashton (Pantry Lead) and Michelle Williams (Deputy Lead) held a candle making workshop this Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tremorfa Community Pantry are running a series of fundraiser events for their food bank, in the run up to Christmas, that will offer a focal point for local people to meet and socialise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past Thursday, the Pantry, which feeds up to 130 households per week, held a candle making session, open to anyone in the community interested in attending. The purposes of these sessions go far beyond a free candle, a chat and a social outlet being more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a bit of a play around with stuff, but really it\u2019s just a social space to give people an excuse to get out of the house, come down, have a coffee and meet people, we\u2019re not very formal\u2026or organized,\u201d joked Pantry Lead Jenny Ashton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of people get stuck in a rut and with covid, lockdowns and everything else, a lot of people don\u2019t have the confidence to go out and socialise, there\u2019s lots of people who are very shy when they come here first, we want to try and help them come out of their shell,\u201d said  Jenny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Pantry has been running craft days, food shares, toy exchanges as well as many other events on a weekly basis to help local people in a historically deprived part of Cardiff. This coming Saturday there will be a Christmas Wreath workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/xmas-decorations-displayed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76414\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/xmas-decorations-displayed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76414\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pantry hosts craft events sourced from cheap items found around the house every Thursday <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pantry is entirely self-funded and organises events weekly on a Thursday morning that act as fundraisers. However, the Pantry\u2019s main focus is on serving the wider community, as it functions as a food bank on Wednesday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pantry has been in operation as a food bank since 2019, initially starting out as a fridge and two shelves, feeding about 20 people per week with reclaimed food that would otherwise be destined for the landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Pantry feeds between 120 to 130 households per week, which is about 350 people from the local community. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you are, the queen could walk through that door, and she\u2019d leave with the same bag of food as a homeless person, our view is that it shouldn\u2019t go in the bin, it\u2019d be better in someone\u2019s belly,\u201d said Jenny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;We try our hardest to make the Pantry free for everyone, these events go a long way to letting us keep it that way,\u201d said Michelle Williams, Pantry Deputy Lead <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emphasis within the Pantry is entirely based on positivity and giving back to the local community. \u201cWe just want to get people down, give them help, build their confidence, share our skills, keep food away from landfills, and make things more affordable for people,\u201d Jenny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/jenny-thumbs-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76413\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/jenny-thumbs-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76413\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pantry operates thanks to the devotion of a team of volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the good work being done by the community volunteers in the Pantry, the broad vision is clear. To sum it up, Jenny said that, \u201cTremorfa gets a bad rep I think we just get forgotten about, over this way, east Cardiff has always had a bad rep, we just want to make it nicer around here, raise our profile and make it a friendlier place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep up to date with other events being held please the Pantry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tremorfapantry\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tremorfapantry?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tremorfa\u2019s volunteer run community Pantry is holding a series of craft workshops to help locals in the run up to 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