Pulse & Pickle operates a cafe and community hub in Walthamstow east London, which promotes values of sourcing locally produced food, connecting local communities and providing them with healthy food a space to gather, whenever possible collaborate with local communities, projects or people, and to bring together individuals with diverse skills, experiences, and abilities in an inclusive and caring place. Our project has opened in January 2025, during the financial year, the project’s activities have benefited the community in the following ways: - The project has provided full-time or part-time employment for 15 people from diverse backgrounds. - We do not rely on unpaid labour for our core operations. All staff involved in delivery, coordination and facilitation are paid for their work. - 20-25 households were receiving a weekly healthy food box through the food co-op that was operated from the premises and supported by the project. - Hundreds of people were using our free accessible toilets every week, and enjoying free cold water and herbal tea.. - Over 20 local groups were using the space for their meetings / activities regularly during the year. - We are supporting more than 10 local businesses, growers and cooperatives which we buy from or use their services. - We have set up an independent delivery structure in collaboration with the local bike delivery co-op, which allows us to lower our carbon emissions substantially. - We have supported many artists throughout the year, accommodating them with space, technical and artistic support and have hosted more than 100 music shows, exhibitions, film screenings and workshops. - During the winter we were providing a warm space for people to sit in, without judgment or need to buy anything from us.

Pulse & Pickle’s stakeholders are the members who work in the project, residents of and visitors to Walthamstow, the local producers we work with and the different organisations or people we collaborate with. We have regular team meetings which allows us to discuss operations, but we also encourage our team members to develop creative practices, helping build our project further and learning from the experience we gather. We also talk on a daily basis to visitors who come to our space, and all our projects have been built through those talks, meetings and consultations with the local people who arrive to our space. We are holding yearly open meetings, inviting the community to hear about our work and respond. We also have monthly meetings with other organisations we are collaborating with, or the producers we are working with, to learn how we can communicate and grow better, with trust, respect and care. All our activities and projects have been developed and delivered through this practice of encounters and consultations.

Directors’ remuneration received in the year was £55,436.69. It is included in the Administrative expenses.

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