There has been a welcome move in recent years to combat food waste, and to make sure any leftovers go to feed bellies, not bins. This is something we are fully behind at the Active Wellbeing Society, we use surplus food in our cafes and our outreach food truck, and
#BrumTogether is a network of over 80 organisations and countless individuals that have come together in response to Coronavirus and the lockdown. This network of local organisations and mutual aid groups have worked together to provide support for local people including the delivery of food parcels, hygiene products, baby supplies,
Please note this article was published in November 2020 and therefore information contained within it may be out of date. Find up to date info on food support available currently and Community Cafés here. Community Cafés The Big Feed Project provides free meals to people across Birmingham to ensure everyone
Stories have always been shared over a meal. But food also tells a story. It can transport you to another time, another country, another culture, without you even having to leave the plate in front of you. Food is deeply rooted in our histories and cultures and has evolved and
I am the lead for The Active Wellbeing Society’s Big Feed Community Cafés. With the help of volunteers, we run 6 cafés across the city, as well as a mobile catering van that is used to provide hot meals around Birmingham. This week, the van was at George Road Baptist
#BrumTogether, a network of over 80 community organisations and voluntary groups across Birmingham, has launched an urgent appeal to support those hit hardest by Covid-19 and lockdown, as well as struggling families through the school holidays. Nearly 60,000 food parcels have been distributed across the city by The Active Wellbeing
Every Halloween, the equivalent of 18,000 tonnes of edible pumpkin flesh goes to waste because 60% of consumers do not use the flesh of the pumpkins after carving it. As well as the delicious flesh which can be used for a variety of dishes, you can also roast the seeds
Aston University has been a key part of the #BrumTogether campaign. Since May, Aston University’s Student Union has housed the food distribution centre which has packed and delivered over 50,000 food parcels. Aston have also organised 250 staff and student volunteers to help pack and deliver food parcels to those
#BrumTogether has been given a helping hand by kind-hearted caterer, Thomas Franks. Thomas Franks Ltd. is the latest organisation to back the campaign, donating 1,250 ready meals which included cottage pie, chicken and chickpea curry and Keralan vegetable curry – to our food distribution centre. The donation was made as
Aston Villa Football Club’s Foundation has become one of the latest organisations to get behind the #BrumTogether campaign. The foundation has expanded its Villa Kitchen so that it can cook up to 500 hot meals each week. The club’s working with us, as we continue to co-ordinate the food parcels,
More than 11,000 hygiene, baby and children’s care packs are going to be delivered to Birmingham residents, thanks to a £100,000 donation from Direct Line Insurance to the #BrumTogether campaign, These additional packs will be delivered alongside the food parcels that we are co-ordinating and are being delivered by partners,
We’re having some half term fun at St. Paul’s Venture, Sparkbrook next to Balsall Heath City Farm, on 23rd February 2017, 12 to 4pm!
Manor House, Hay Hall Business Park, Redfern Road, Tyseley, Birmingham,
West Midlands, B11 2BE.
The Active Wellbeing Society Limited (registered no.7595) is a charitable community benefit society