We ended 2019 in good heart at The Food Chain, and had the most amazing Christmas Day in the kitchen. Every single person I have spoken to about the day, whether a service user, staff member or volunteer has told me it was a wonderful, enjoyable day full of generosity, high spirits and good food!...
As we approach Christmas and the end of another year, we have a great deal to reflect on at The Food Chain, and much to be thankful for in what has been a very eventful year! There are two particular things that happened this year that seem to me to tell you everything you need...
I’m delighted to confirm that we have exceeded the fundraising target of £100,000 that we needed to reach by the end of 2019, and we still have 7 weeks still to go! We are doing a small dance of celebration in the office and we cannot thank you enough for the amazing support, kindness and...
We are beyond grateful for the fantastic support shown to The Food Chain by so many people in the last 3 months. It is such a huge shared achievement to have first reached, and then gone beyond, the £40,000 public fundraising target we set for the end of September. This, along with some positive results from charitable Trusts brings...
As we settle in for the Autumn, I’m pleased to have good news to report about how well our Save The Food Chain fundraising campaign is going. Ever since we launched the appeal on 5th July, donations have been coming in from people who already know about The Food Chain, and from many who didn’t know about...
This has been a busy and rewarding month for all of us at The Food Chain. The overwhelmingly supportive response to our public fundraising appeal from volunteers, staff, sector colleagues and members of the public who are new to us, has been both hugely encouraging and humbling in equal part. There is no doubt at...
What a fantastic start we have had to our #SaveTheFoodChain campaign! You can see from the content of this update that a great many people have already made a huge contribution by spreading the word, making donations, volunteering at events and doing everything they can to help with the campaign. The result is that at...
This is a very important time for The Food Chain. Our future is at risk and it is time for us to ask for help from all our friends, supporters, allies, donors and the general public. Fifty years on from the Stonewall Uprising and the start of the modern gay rights movement, we will be...
As I write this, I am on a train returning to London from Newcastle where Anna and I have been on a visit to the Blue Sky Trust . What a great HIV support charity they are. Based close to the city centre our colleagues there provide a lovely welcoming space for people living with HIV in the north east....
There isn’t a week goes by at The Food Chain without us receiving generous support for our work from very many different sources. It might be a kind individual donor, who makes a monthly payment to help keep us going, or a charitable trust that considers our application to merit some grant support. It could...
