The Community Grocery

Inside the large, spacious area is the Community Grocery; where you can select fresh fruit and vegetables, bakery items, fridge freezer, and shelf items – everything you would need for your weekly shop.

As well as providing affordable produce, the grocery aims to provide opportunities for everyone to feel connected to their community and reduce isolation.

The grocery is run in partnership by The Message Trust and Life Church Lancashire.

To sign up to be a member at one of the Community Groceries, all you need to do is visit your nearest store and let one of the team know it’s your first time. They will then get you a form to fill in and explain all about how the groceries work.

There is an initial £5 annual membership fee. Once you’re a member, you can go along to the Community Grocery multiple times a week and fill up your basket.

There is also a Pay it Forward board whereby you can pay for someone else’s groceries.

Down Town Cookery School

Burnley Leisure and Culture offer cooking lessons, giving people the knowledge and skills to make things themselves and reduce food waste where possible.They will come away knowing how to create healthy and delicious soups, bread, and there will be cake making lessons too!

There will be full day courses available to book onto. The facility will also host the ‘first ever Young MasterChef Cookery School’, funded by the holiday activities and food programme and open to children who receive free school meals.