Today was another fairly quiet day at the All Saints foodbank. Midway saw Richard do a bit of housekeeping with the Henry Hoover (photo opportunity missed unfortunately!) . Today's cake of the day was Banana and Coconut (sampled 😋) . The unloved cans of Bamboo Shoots (sliced) , and Tofu Chunks (in water) made an appearance on the swaps table again. It's a mystery why nobody wants them. 🤔🤭 Anyone got any recipes?

The PAWARA Environment Group were up early this Sunday to plant 30 metres if hedging in their programme of work for the season. I joined them to slot plant a total of 225 whips of nine native species in just under two hours. These will provide a dense hedge to maximise food and habitat for wildlife. It will also provide an attractive feature throughout the year with flowers at different times, a range of berries and coloured leaves.

Church doors closed ✅ Food cupboard swaps returned and shelves re-stocked ✅ Chairs and tables packed away ✅ Washing up done ✅ A quick floor sweep ✅

See you next week! 👋

The food crates were well prepared early on by Richard this morning in what turned out to be a fairly chilled morning at the foodbank. Rob and myself were making up the toiletry packs and Lucy covered the weigh in table. We missed Pat today as she is out of action with a broken bone, hopefully she is back on the mend now, get well soon Pat! x

Fiona was on the front desk processing the tickets and, in separate news, was sporting a sign with Ramsay Street on it to promote awareness that the TV series neighbours is tragically drawing to a close, and that there is a petition to sign if you are fan! Who knew? Not me! Fiona has the details..

Our gardening sessions at Southbourne Age Concern usually attract the attention of passers-by who congratulate us on our hard work. Today a local resident told us which classroom he'd been in; the teachers' names; and the unusual cellar he and his playmates had discovered, when the Age Concern building was the local primary school.

We carried on the history lesson with the discovery of a piece of pottery from an old ginger beer bottle, to join the clay pipe we had dug up on our previous visit.

But in between the history lessons we cleared the remaining section of overgrown grass and old weed membrane, ready for the garden's new landscaping.

It was lovely to have Lisa joining Val and me at our Southbourne task - thank you, Lisa - come again!