Image shows three volunteers from Dukinfield Pantry standing outside the front of the building

Dukinfield Pantry : Preventing Food Poverty & Reducing Food Waste

Image shows the logo of Dukinfield PantryDukinfield Pantry is a community pantry providing essential food items for the general public in need.

With the motto : ‘Prevent Food Poverty & Reduce Food Waste’, the pantry supplies chilled, fresh, frozen and dried goods to those needing support through tough times and beyond. Dukinfield Pantry is one of our Community Food Members and has been for almost a decade.

Customers are charged £4.50 for one full bag of food with the possibility to upgrade with add-ons for 50p, £1 or £2. Clients walk away with great value as they get in the region of £20-30 worth of food.

Internal photo of Dukinfield Pantry showing food on the shelves and tableYou can find Dukinfield Pantry at 2 Wellington Parade in Dukinfield, it is open to anyone including working people, OAPs and those claiming benefits. The pantry operates each Tuesday from 9:30am as all of the volunteers who run it are mums of school-aged children and they need to do the school run first. The doors stay open until 12 noon or until the food for that week has nearly gone.

If you are a community organisation serving your local community with food and are interested in finding out more about what FareShare Greater Manchester can offer, please get in touch with us at membership@emergemanchester.co.uk or check out our web page: https://www.faresharegm.org.uk/get-food/

food poverty

Over 600,000 people in Greater Manchester live in households that are struggling to get by.

That includes 180,000 children and young people.