A SOCIAL enterprise in Salisbury has high hopes for the future as it launched its new kitchen facility to bring the community together and cut down on food waste.

The Pantry Partnership makes meals from surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and are able to cater for functions and events. It also holds cooking workshops and courses.

The new kitchen facilities at the former bowls club in Victoria Park are now fully operational.

Fiona Ollerhead, the director of The Pantry Partnership, said: "This gives us more opportunities to do more. That is what we exist to do, to bring the community together, save food waste and help people learn to cook."

"There is more space for people to come and learn with us in a safe space and also more storage space for food and more time to prep," added Fiona.

The Pantry Partnership, which has been operating in Salisbury for about five years, has spent "some time" looking for their own site until the venue at Victoria Park became available.

A special opening day was held on May 10 to celebrate the milestone.

"We have spent quite a bit of time refurbishing it and getting it all ready," said Fiona.

Fiona hopes to continue building on the work The Pantry Partnership has already done and get more people involved.

She said: "We would like more of the community to be involved and be able to feel part of something. It is not about working with a specific group it's about working with lots of different groups. I think people do feel that when they come. It is broadening those opportunities for everyone as well as for the charities to be able to send people to us where we can support them and for us all to be able to save more food and showing people surplus food isn't just destined for the bin it can be amazing and delicious and do more of that really.

"It is about trying to reach out more and do more stuff for the community and save more food waste."

For more information about The Pantry Partnership go to thepantrypartnership.org