SDG 2

Half of children eligible for free school meals could not access the scheme in April 2020.

When they could access free school meal packs, they often were of low nutritional value and sometimes inedible.

Food prices increased by 19.1 per cent in the 12 months to March 2023, the sharpest jump since August 1977. As food prices soar millions are being pushed below the breadline, with many struggling to feed themselves and their families.

Pantry Parcels works to both reduce food waste and provide essential nutritional support to those in society who need it most.

Pantry Parcels repurposes surplus food (combined with supplemented dry food) through partnerships with community cafes that receive surplus food from supermarkets. They turn this into meal kits with recipes helping people in the community make cheap and healthy meals.

Pantry Parcels also helps people reduce their spending by running slow-cooker cooking sessions. These sessions upskill people to cook healthier and lower-energy meals. At the end of a course of cooking sessions, a slow-cooker gets donated to every person in attendance.

They are soon to launch a ‘Community Cookbook’ of student, budget-friendly recipes.

Pantry Parcels have saved over 400kg of food waste and provided 6,000 meals for those in need!

20 families are provided with 4 servings meal kits every week

880 meals have been provided for beneficiaires over the course of 11 weeks.

They also upskilled and provided 12 beneficiaries with slow cooker cooking lessons and gifted 12 slow cookers!