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Insights & Research

Insights & Research

Over the many years that we have been developing our work we have come across a lot of useful information and resources from other groups and organisations who are on a similar journey, or who have gone ahead of us.

Some of these insights are research into areas and topics that benefit and relate to the things that we too are interested in, or want to achieve.

Rather than keep these insights and research to ourselves we want it to be of help to other groups as well. So, feel free to take away what you need below. 

This Insights and Research section will be progressively expanded as we come across other useful information, and it will be updated to allow us to share some of our own learning with a wider audience – Enjoy and be inspired!

We are community led

  • Local people are involved in our project at all different levels, and our community focus helps build relationships, and develop cohesion and resilience within our work
  • Our trustees are local people living in the area with their local knowledge, and lived experience.
  • Our volunteers are recruited from local people making use of the wealth of existing and dormant skills within our community.
  • Our ‘plant-pot’ approach to community development means that the needs and voices of the people we serve shape and influence the services we provide. 
  • Most of our activities and groups are peer-led, or have been initiated/inspired by local people who we have supported to develop and grow their ideas. e.g. our Pantry, Foodbank, the Ramblers Wellbeing walking group, photography club, Better Health-4-Middleton, and knitting and Art Classes have all come from community ideas.

Testimonials from some people we have been journeying with...

Links to Insights and Research

Pantry’s: Places of Hope 2024

In the last year alone, Your Local Pantries have collectively saved members a whopping £5.76 million on shopping, alongside many other non-financial benefits.

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CAP UK – Client Report May 2023

2023 CAP UK client report: in summary In 2022, the cost of living continued to rise, while household incomes fell behind. Rates of priority debt went up, and more people struggled...

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Creating Health & Wealth by stealth

Creating health and wealth by stealth explores the role of large, well established community organisations in promoting good health and preventing disease in their neighbourhoods.

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More than a full tummy

Food poverty is a reality as incomes stagnate with little prospect of increasing. The Pantry model is an effective way to make sure that people’s budgets go further.

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Emergency Use Only Update 2017

Our driving concern was that, in the twenty-first century, with a social security system designed to prevent poverty, no one should be going hungry.

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