P&J Article June 2023

‘Devastating blow to the community’: Stonehaven food larder to close amid cost of living pressures The Haven community food larder has been helping those most vulnerable since 2020. by Denny Andonova June 1 2023, 12.01am Share The Haven community food larder in Stonehaven was set up during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pictured from left are director Julia Morton and...

  The Haven Community Food Larder (The Larder) will be closing on 30 June 2023. The Larder closing will come as a devastating blow to the community especially families and individuals working hard to make ends meet. With increasing numbers of people in work experiencing poverty compared to those in unemployment and benefits, the Stonehaven...

Stonehaven’s Haven to host fifth annual Wellbeing Festival

The annual Haven Wellbeing Festival is returning for its fifth year this month, bringing a mix of online and in-person events to Stonehaven. The Haven was set up in 2017 as a community wellbeing space in the Market Square and has a fully-equipped yoga studio, healing room and mindful room. Click here to read more.

Youngsters inspired by community larder set up their own Haven at nursery school

The Haven Community Larder in Stonehaven is bracing itself – it now has a competitor. After being impressed by the work going on at The Haven’s community larder, youngsters at Mill O’ Forest Nursery have set up their own “Mini Haven”. Attendees at the nursery in the town’s Woodview Place created their own larder which became an...

Putting our young people first with The Haven

There has seldom been so much upheaval for our children and young people, missed school, separation from friends and family and exam and employment worries. Nora McElhone spoke to Julia Morton of The Haven about how best to support our next generation through the pandemic and beyond. Julia Morton, yoga teacher and founder of Stonehaven-based...

Community larder: Now is the time to ‘challenge and change’ stigma

A community leader says now is the time to “challenge and change” attitudes and stigma surrounding poverty to make the biggest difference as Scotland exits lockdown. The Haven Community Larder in Stonehaven has experienced a “massive increase” in demand over recent months and is now assisting hundreds of people every week. This has included people furloughed...

Press and Journal: Teddy bear hugs for the youngsters at Orkney’s Papdale Nursery

The youngsters of Orkney’s Papdale Nursery were certainly in for a big surprise as they were gifted 94 cuddly knitted teddy bears. And picnics will be on the agenda in the weeks to come according to nursery manager Caroline Easton, who orchestrated their arrival. Caroline said the children have found the most recent lockdown more...

Evening Express: North-east community larder feeding 300 households every month

Volunteers at a north-east community larder have helped to feed around 300 households every month since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The Haven, based in Stonehaven’s Market Square, opened as a not-for-profit well being centre in January 2018. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, founder Julia Morton transformed the yoga studio into a community larder to...

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The Haven saw 425 visitors in its first month as a larder, and a 50% increase in its second month, when volunteers saw 675 people come through its doors. However we’re looking to raise money to enable us to keep our doors open. There is funding for food and funding for PPE and volunteer training,...

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