In Lambeth, parents can buy fruit, vegetables and store cupboard staples in specially designated ‘pantries’ in community and children’s centres for a nominal sum. The initiative comes from a health and wellbeing-focused charity called Healthy Living Platform, which aims to promote affordable healthy food in children’s centre communities. It also aims to provide training and leadership opportunities for parents, who volunteer at the pantries and are part of collaborative-working groups for their closest children’s centres.
Julia Escobar is mum to Benjamin and volunteers at the pantry. She said: ‘It feels good to do something nice for others. I feel useful. I’m doing something different from being a mother, or wife.’
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