Soul Kitchen - Berwick

04/06/2026

Pop up Share Shop open today! Plenty of bakery & lots and lots of gorgeous apples 🍎

04/06/2026

We knew we wouldn't be able to keep up on the high street with *only* surplus food as truthfully - we just don't have enough of it these days to stock a super busy café!

So we are trialling some house prepared baguettes where the bread may have been surplus but we have purchased local ingredients for the fillings - we hope you like them 😊

Today we have;

- bacon, chilli jam & rocket
- toasted cheese & kimchi
- chilli houmous with rainbow veggies *vegan*

04/06/2026

June Events 🙌

We have a few things going on from our space here at 103 Marygate so we thought it would be best to pop them all together for you folks.

The only event here that requires booking is the Northside Coffee Tasting on 14th June so please email us if you're interested on [email protected]

03/06/2026

🎉 National Volunteers Week 🎉

Our volunteers are the backbone of the organisation - truly. Without our volunteers, we would have never had the people power to start, let alone be here 10 years later!

Firstly, our collections, this team collects heavy surplus food donations, sorts it, weighs it, and stores it. In fact, our pick-up team includes 2 of our longest standing volunteers who deserve a big mention - Jason & Caroline - you've been with us since the beginning! HUGE thanks and gratitude for such hard work and loyalty to the cause.

David who not only collects grub every single Wednesday but makes sure the returnable cardboard is sent back to Lidl and all crates are redistributed to the correct supermarkets - which is sometimes a really big job & a physically demanding one too! A big thanks also for Graham for joining the Wednesday crew 🙌

Newbies Phil, Madeleine & Claire, also for the pick ups, super grateful to you folks for getting stuck in and sticking with us during our transitional time in the new space. Plus, we cannot forget team Mum & Dad here, always ready to step in and collect when needed 💚

As for servers, coffee makers, and front of housers we have had so many, and we genuinely love you all! To all the amazing Duke of Edinburgh young'uns that have learned with us, grown in confidence and skills - it is amazing to see, and we are so grateful that you chose us for your DofE journey.

Big love to our Friday crew, Ann & Cathy, both long-standing volunteers who have consistently shown up for us for years & years each week providing us with reliability, laughs and support. Fridays would be boring with you pair!

Happy National Volunteers Week to all of our selfless, helpful, and incredible volunteers. It takes a special type of person to give up time and to get involved in something, especially during our move and upheaval. Thank you so much Soul Kitchen Crew - you are awesome.

31/05/2026

The first was AMAZING 🙌 thank you so much to everyone that made it so - Lucy, Tracy and Meg you have created something incredible and we are so glad to be able to give you the space to do it.

Please follow their page for news on the next date 🌿

30/05/2026

We are super excited to be announcing our first coffee event here on Marygate!

Join us and for a journey through Columbian coffee. A word from Arran from Northside;

"At Northside Coffee, we work with various exporters and farms in Colombia, and we’d like to share some of the things we've learnt with you.

The aim of this cupping is to give you an understanding of the various grades of coffee that are available from the country. From commercial to competition. You’ll get to understand what drives the market and will be able to try some advanced processing methods, as Colombia has helped lead innovation here for the last ten years.

We look forward to seeing you."

Arrive for 10am and spend the morning tasting and learning with Arran, nibbles by us provided and included too!

£25pp // spaces are limited so please be quick to book to avoid disappointment - book via email [email protected]

28/05/2026

Morning everyone!

We are crying out for more folks to come along to the Pop Up Share Shop at 103 Marygate - lots of surplus that needs to be saved including fruit & veg and loads of bakery which smells amazing.

We have noticed a huge drop of Share Shop visitors here on Marygate and we understand that now it is inside rather than outside folks are put off but we cannot put this food out here as the gulls will definitely notice and steal it for themselves!

So please do pop in and fill a bag, donate if you can but no worries if you can't

Open today from 9:30am

27/05/2026

Fellow CIC and good friends at The Straw Yard are looking for volunteers 🙋‍♀️

Join their fantastic team and get involved in the arts, events and culture in the town at a proper grassroots venue ❤️

📣
WE NEED YOU! 🎉🎉🎉
Our Summer programming calendar is looking really exciting and we need some more volunteers to help us run our incredible events!
The roles range from running our guest list, serving behind the bar & generally bringing joy to our beautiful rustic-chic venue!
We are a CIC!
A Community Interest Company (CIC) is a specialized type of limited company in the UK designed specifically for social enterprises that want to conduct business for community benefit rather than private profit.
If you are friendly, love people and have some customer service experience send an e-mail to:
[email protected]
Please use the subject: VOLUNTEER
WE CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Thanks,
The Straw Yard Team
P.s. we have a real laugh!