Cafe and Gallery Now Open

We are delighted to tell you that we are beginning to re-open The Pound. It has been a long time and we have missed you all.

Our much-missed Cafe and Exhibition space will be open to the public from Tuesday 7 July. This is very much the beginning and we look forward to being able to open up the rest of The Pound as soon as it is safe to do so. 

Customer and staff safety remain our top priority, and therefore we have made the following arrangements to enable this re-opening:

The Cafe will run a take away service from the Community Workshop on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, between 11am to 4pm, serving hot drinks, snacks and pre-ordered vegetarian/vegan lunches (see below). Seating will be available in the courtyard and card-only payments in place.

The Gallery, currently showing ‘Incendiary’ (see here), is also open between 11am and 4pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and accessible via the front entrance to The Pound. A one-way route through the exhibition space is in place to maintain social distancing. We can only let one ‘social bubble’ into this space at a time, but we are delighted to be able to give our communities the chance to see this wonderful exhibition.

The following safety measures will be in place:

• Hand sanitiser dispensers
• Two metre social distancing
• Protective screens (at cafe entrance and box office)
• Cashless payments
• A deep clean will be undertaken before re-opening
• Regular cleaning

In order to maintain a safe environment, we would ask that you –

• Avoid visiting The Pound if you are feeling unwell
• Help maintain two metres distance between you and others
• Avoid shaking hands or hugging
• Follow government guidance on hand washing
• If you need to cough or sneeze, please do so into your elbow, not your hands or into the air
• Other than the disabled toilet, the rest of The Pound arts centre will remain closed to the public until further notice.
• Children should be supervised at all times to ensure they follow social distancing rules
• Comply with government guidance on limiting numbers of people gathering together: Indoor: members of any two households (or support bubbles); Outdoor: members of two households (or support bubbles), or a group of at most six people from any number of households.

We are all very excited to be welcoming you back. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

LUNCH MENU, WEEK BEGINNING 3 August

We have limited numbers of lunches available each day, so in order to guarantee your food, please order by 11pm the day before collection. Collection available from 11.30am.

Superfood Salad Box, £7.50

A mixed salad box consisting of 4 generous portions of grain, pulse and veg salads. Includes: fresh lemon hummus, toasted mixed seeds, roasted olives, falafel and flat bread.

This week’s salad box consists of the following 4 salads:

– Grated carrot, avocado and sesame.

– Roasted beats, apple and spinach.

– Quinoa, garden pea, toasted seeds and cashews.

– Vegan potato salad with vegan mayonnaise, capers.

(Allergy warning: contains nuts, soya and sesame. Flatbread contains gluten).

Served in a compostable takeaway container.

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