Grant to The Real Junk Food Project Brighton (360G-SussexCF-A470253)

The mission of the Real Junk Food Project Brighton is to serve healthy food to the community made from food destined for landfill. Funding was provided to enable them to employ a new part time stores manager for their storage facility, the Bevendean Waste Food Hub.

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 9982
Amount Awarded 9982
Award Date 2018-03-16T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E01016906
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type LSOA
Beneficiary Location: Name Brighton and Hove 009A
Grant Programme: Title Rampion Fund
Impact Category Maximise ability to strengthen community cohesion and build social capacity
Last Modified 2018-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 11
Planned Dates: End Date 2019-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
Primary age group All Ages
Primary beneficiary Local residents
Primary ethnicity All Ethnicities
Primary issue Renewable energies and recycling
Recipient Org: Company Number 09155793
Recipient Org: Description The Real Junk Food Project Brighton's mission is to take food destined for landfill from food producers and distributors and turn it into healthy nutritious meals which we serve to the community at cafes we run in three spaces across the city, two churches and one community centre. We operate a pay as you feel system whereby people are encouraged to pay what they feel the food is worth in any way they can - this may be by making a donation of money, or volunteering, or providing other skills and services to benefit the scheme. Everyone is welcome and just as important as the food we save and serve, is bringing the community together to share a meal together and build connections across the communal tables. We use approximately six tonnes of so called waste food monthly, food which cannot be sold but is still fit for human consumption. We currently serve 500 meals every week across the city and also have a food hub where we store and sort the food we have received from supermarkets and other food producers. In addition to this work we also do some catering for events. We charge for this work and the income we receive from this, we invest back into the delivery of the community food project. One of our core strengths is that people from all backgrounds come together at our cafés and connect with one another. We signpost many other organisations here too so that people can access other services and resources that they may need now or in the future. We operate under the umbrella of The Real Junk Food Project and although we are a part of the global Real Junk Food Project network, we work completely autonomously.
Recipient Org: Web Address http://www.realjunkfoodbrighton.co.uk