Join Us for a Community Paint Date
As you know, we’ve started to develop the premises on Stoneham Road into our very own bakehouse. We want to build a bakery which the community can be proud of, and we need your help. One of the jobs we can start, and one which we can get your help with, is the painting. So, we’re going to have a Community Paint Date. And the date is Saturday 4th February.
If you are able to come along for a bit and help, please get in contact (email, or call Simon 07786927110). We’ll aim to start at 9:00am and will keep going until midday or so. We will also be carrying out preparatory work on the Thursday (2nd Feb) morning and Friday (3rd Feb), so if you want to come down and help with the sanding and filling, let us know. If you’re not a painter, or can’t help on that day, please do come along anyway during the morning and say hello.
Big News!
We’re very excited to announce the news today that we have secured our very own premises, which we will be working to convert into a permanent home. Stoneham Bakehouse has been operating for just over two years; with our bread being baked in a number of ovens across the Poets’ Corner area, and this move is big news. Situated on Stoneham Road, right next to our friends The Hive, the space is ideally located to fulfil our dream of bringing a bread oven to the heart of the area, and enable us to continue our mission to use breadmaking to nourish the community.
Getting a space is the first step on this journey, and for the next step we’re asking for your help. Do you have a skill which may assist our refit? Perhaps you’re able to volunteer time to paint? Or maybe you know a local tradesman who might be able to help? We’d like to hear from you. Get in contact through this site, email, Facebook or Twitter, or by phoning 07786927110 and talk to Simon.
It’s important at this point to say a big thank you to everyone who have helped us get this far. You are all stars; and make it possible to launch into this next chapter of Stoneham Bakehouse knowing that we are doing something which will grow and nourish the community for years to come.
Resolved to Learn to Bake?
With the start of a new year, people like to make resolutions. If you’ve resolved to learn to bake, why not check out our list of workshops happening in the next few months. You may have received one of our vouchers at Christmas, or just fancy a new challenge. Have a look below, or click on the workshops tab above.
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
With the recent cold weather, last weekend’s Winter Market, and a Festive Bread workshop on Monday at The Hive; it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This time of the year is a time to be with loved ones, to reconnect with friends, to spend time with neighbours. It is with this in mind that the Bakehouse is closing for the festive period.
So, Friday 16th will be our last Friday bake of the year. We’ll also do a special extra bake on Tuesday 20th December, with collection from The Hive between 3-4pm. This will coincide with the Hive’s Festive Film event, and will mark the end of 2016 for the Bakehouse. We’ll be reopening early in the New Year, and are looking forward to an exciting 2017.
Bread Means All Things to All People
I was lucky enough to got to a Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference the other day. One of the speakers was a poet, Dean Atta, who read his fabulous heartfelt poems on mental health issues. We got talking, and he told me about the performance poet Simon Mole, and his poem Making Bread.
Simon loves making bread, it means a lot to him.
Making bread allows me to do nothing at all for large chunks of time when the dough is resting or rising, but for once this lack of activity doesn’t worry me. I am doing something vital and necessary. I am making bread.
Bread means a lot to me too. Making it has been one way I’ve worked out can help me to manage my own depression and anxiety. Bread (and making it) nourishes us in so many different ways. It means many things to many different people. What does it mean to you?
