Volunteers Meeting – Friday 21st July 5pm
Hello all!
We are having a volunteers meeting at 5pm on Friday 21st of July at Ladywood Health and Community Centre. All volunteers from all areas of the project (cafes, freegan boxes, events, sharehouse – whatever!) are invited to come along and have their say.
***Sadly, due to personal circumstances, Adam Smith, the founder of TRJFP, has had to cancel his attendance. We hope to see him at another meeting sometime in the future, and would like to send Adam our very best wishes.***
If you are able to come from 4.30pm onwards, you’ll have a chance to meet some other volunteers you might not know.
Ladywood Cafe will be running on a single continuous service next Friday, so you can join us any time in the afternoon if you wish.
So join us for an hour or so to have your say, make some new friends and contribute your voice to the project!
(If you can’t make the meeting but you have any thoughts/compliments/complaints/ideas you want raised, please do pass them onto myself, Ann Gallagher, Tina Stanton, Heather Beasley or anyone else you feel happy to represent your voice! Please send on any comments by Thursday 20th July so we have time to print them 🙂 )
Many Thanks
Ann Gallagher
Temporary Sharehouse Closure
Hi all,
Thank you to everyone who has visited the Sharehouse so far!
This is just to let you know that we’re temporarily closing the doors of the Sharehouse to allow us to perform some essential renovations. Please bear with us.
We will post here when we’re ready to reopen, so watch this space!!
TRJFP Brum proud to support Birmingham FoE Community Share offer
In an earlier blog post co-director Shaz shared the details of Birmingham Friends of the Earth’s Community Share Offer:
https://trjfpbrum.com/2017/05/03/birmingham-friends-of-the-earth-community-share-offer/
The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham puts sustainability at the heart of everything that we do.
We recognise that things like environmental campaigning and energy are part of the same agenda that we have for ending avoidable food waste, and so the TRJFP Brum Co-Directors are delighted to announce that they have approved an investment of £500 into the BFoE Share Offer, in the same way that we previously invested in Power For Good’s Community Share Offer.
The Crowdfunder campaign has now passed the £150,000 mark, meaning that the minimum scheme can be implemented, which is great news. 62 people have invested so far, including four of the co-directors of TRJFP Brum, demonstrating their faith in the Offer. There’s still some way to go to reach the full £240,000 target, however.
These environmental issues are all inter-connected and will take collaboration between different organisations to work towards ending these problems. We are proud to be able to support our allies in their venture and look forward to seeing the end results.
There are still a few more days before the Share Offer closes so you still have time to have a look and get involved, if you are able.
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/unlocking-the-warehouse
Amber
Extended Sharehouse Opening Hours!
Have you visited our Sharehouse* in Winson Green yet?
(*a Sharehouse is a Pay-As-You-Feel supermarket – for more information click here)
If no, is it because our opening days/hours didn’t work for you?
We have good news if that’s the case; we’re going to be extending our opening hours and opening on more days!
Tuesdays
- 9:00am – 4:00pm
Wednesdays
- 10:00am – 6:00pm
Thursdays
- 1:00pm – 7:00pm
Fridays
- 9:00am – 4:00pm
Saturdays
- Volunteers Only – check the volunteer Facebook group or WhatsApp for times!
Hopefully this means even more people can join us to #feedbelliesnotbins – we look forward to seeing you there!
Amber
More disruptions at Ladywood Health and Community Centre!
Hi everyone,
Election, you say? There’s an election underway!? Gosh, why didn’t anyone mention it?
Unfortunately for all our patrons, the elections office is taking over Ladywood Health and Community Centre again in the run up to the election.
So this will again mean some disruption to our usual activities.
This means that:
From Wednesday 31st May – Friday 9th June the cafe will only operate at lunchtimes.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience, and hope you understand. Normal service should resume the following week!
Amber
Ladywood Health & Community Centre Closure
Hi everyone,
Unfortunately for all our patrons, Ladywood Health and Community Centre is booked by another group next week, which means we won’t be able to run any of our normal activities from there.
This means that:
From Wednesday 24th May – Friday 26th May there will be no cafés, boutiques, or freegan boxes at Ladywood Health and Community Centre.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience, and hope you understand. Normal service will resume the following week.
Amber
