Lent: the time to be a Hub Leader
Lent is upon us and many of you will have now banned chocolate, crisps, biscuits, cake or cheese to pass your lips for the next 40 days. But we’ve got a challenge for you: instead of giving up one of the banned substances mentioned above, why not take up something up? Become a FoodCycle Hub […]
What will you do this New Year?
We all know that the beginning of a new year is the time for resolutions: losing a stone, running a marathon, eating less chocolate and flossing more regularly – the classics that seem to come round ever year. New Year, new you! seems to shout out from every magazine article or advertising billboard. Well, why […]
Award Winning Bristol!
A couple of weeks ago FoodCycle Bristol won the Green Community Group award at Bristol’s Green Capital Awards. In this post, the wonderful Hub Leaders Alice Tirbooman and Jane Kilpatrick explain what happened on the night, and why they won the award! At FoodCycle Bristol we hold our meals in Barton Hill Settlement, where each […]
Feelin’ festive at FoodCycle Bloomsbury!
Last weekend, FoodCycle Bloomsbury kicked off the Christmas season with a festive fundraiser – they raised over £570 and had a fantastic night. But you don’t need us to tell you that – just read their Christmassy poem for a flavour of the night! Twas not the night before Christmas, but it wasn’t far off! […]
World AIDS Day at FoodCycle
Today is World AIDS day. It is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. FoodCycle LSE is partnered with the HIV charity The Food Chain, and in this post Anna Ellis explains what that partnerships […]
A FoodCycle twist on #GivingTuesday
It’s only the 1st of December and if you’re already sick of the Christmas hype, you’re not the only one. Today marks Giving Tuesday – an antidote to packed streets, stressful shops, frantic Black Fridays and Cyber Monday meltdowns. Today is the day you can forget about the the tinsel and turkey malarkey – and […]
Kenwood’s kitchen takeover
This post is written by Roisin Kay, Hub Leader at FoodCycle Portsmouth and Recipe Development Chef (what a great title!) at Kenwood, one of FoodCycle’s charity partners. Last week, an enthusiastic team from Kenwood took part in a ‘kitchen takeover’ at Portsmouth Hub. Here’s how it all began…. The decision process Last autumn, Kenwood set […]
FoodCycle Peckham: The Inside Track
In this guest post, Peckham Hub Leader Sam Oxley reflects on his time as a volunteer. As well as looking at what he has got out of volunteering with FoodCycle, Sam looks at the importance of community and the power food has to bring people together. When I first volunteered at Peckham’s FoodCycle Hub I […]
FoodCycle is seven!
FoodCycle is celebrating seven years of fighting poverty, tackling waste and bringing communities together through the power of good food. We’ve come a long way since our first meal (which, according to our founder Kelvin was a pot of ‘brown sludge’), and can’t believe how much FoodCycle has grown in just seven years. Thank you […]
FoodCycle Connects launches in Bristol!
In this post, FoodCycle Bristol Hub Leader, and coordinator of Bristol Connects, Heather Mack explains what is going on in the south west and how they are sending so much surplus food to good causes across the city! #BelliesNotBins FoodCycle Connects’ goal is to eliminate food waste by collecting and distributing surplus food, whilst educating […]
London to Brighton 2016
Saddle up for the iconic London to Brighton cycle this September and raise money for FoodCycle! Join over 4,000 cyclists, raising money for over 100 different charities, and take the epic London to Brighton this September. You don’t need any experience – just lots of enthusiasm and a passion to fight food waste and food […]
Londoners pay it forward for FoodCycle
In this big old city, squashed like a sardine on the commuter journey, it can sometime feel like random acts of kindness are a million miles away. For many, the capital can be an isolating place and positive interactions with strangers can sometimes feel few and far between. It’s for this reason that we were […]