Free food for all at Seaton’s new Community Larder

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Community Larder in Seaton.

The larder will be open above the Natural Worx shop 1, Vintage Court, The Square, Seaton, from 10.30am to 1.30pm every Wednesday and Saturday, starting from Wednesday 10 March.

Come and visit our new Community Larder at Natural Worx.

The initiative is a result of a collaboration between us and Natural Worx and was made possible by a generous grant from Seaton Town Council. It’s part of a growing effort nationwide to reduce the 5 million tonnes of edible food currently being wasted in Britain each year. Perfectly good food from local stores is saved from going to waste and shared with the local community. 

At Seaton Community Larder, people will be able to get free food without the need to have a smartphone or use an app. Aileen Heal, Trustee for SAVE food hub, said, “We will have fresh bread, eggs, fruit and vegetables & have been stocking our freezers for weeks. We also have pasta and tinned goods.

Aileen encourages everyone to use the Community Larder: “What’s unique about us is we collect all types of food, with nothing left to waste. We need people to take all the food from us the food banks can’t use. You’re not taking food from someone’s table nor making anyone go hungry. You’re saving good food, and the energy and water used to grow, manufacture and transport it is not being wasted. People say to me, ‘We don’t need it, thank you. We can afford to buy food”. What I say is: if you care about people and our planet - can you afford not to?”

Grace Hagget from Natural Worx says: "We are very pleased to be working with SAVE food hub to offer a space for a community larder. They have achieved so much in the last 7 months and we are glad to be a part of this next chapter, bringing free food to more local people and preventing it from becoming waste."

There’s no need to use an app or smart phone to access the food from the Community Larder, just come to Natural Worx and head upstairs. We aim to reach more people, including those who can’t access food through our existing evening collections, due to lack of technology, access to the internet or not being able to go out at night. Thus making free food more accessible to all.

Since SAVE food hub got started seven months ago, it has shared 21,200 items of food with the local community, saving 27,000 meals and 8.54 million litres of water. In addition it has also given over 280 crates of food to local food banks and community food projects.

We are always looking for more volunteers to help save food. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact us via our form here.