International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Event
2025-05-18 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Positive East, 159 Mile End Road, London E1 4AQ, 159 Mile End Road, London, E1 4AQ, United Kingdom
The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, coordinated by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilisation campaigns for HIV awareness in the world. Started in 1983, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial takes place every third Sunday in May and is led by a coalition of community organisations in many countries.
This year The Food Chain is joining with Positive East, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership, and GNP+ to hold a memorial service – a chance to reflect, remember and celebrate the lives of those lost to HIV/AIDS around the world.
The event will include:

Display of panels 12 and 13 of the UK AIDS Quilts
Presentation by Quilt conservator Emma Duggan
Buffet
Remembrance Tree planting in the Positive East Garden
Candlelight Memorial

Please RSVP to fundraising@foodchain.org.uk

UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Display at Tate Modern
2025-06-12 10:00 - 2025-06-16 18:00 | Tate Britain, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
This June, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be displayed at Tate Modern! This is a dream come true for the partnership, as we hope it means that the Quilts will reach their widest audience since their inaugural display in Hyde Park back in 1994. We’ll be taking over the iconic Turbine Hall for 5 whole days in June, from Thursday 12th to Monday 16th inclusive.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is an irreplaceable piece of social history. It tells the stories of many of those lost in the early days of the HIV AIDS epidemic in the 80’s and 90’s. In total there are 48 twelve foot by twelve foot panels, each comprising up to 8 smaller panels. Each individual panel commemorates someone who died and has been lovingly made by their friends, lovers or family.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership of HIV charities across the UK endeavours to display the quilts as often as possible in order to raise awareness of the quilt and its importance in our history. You can watch a short film about our 2021 London display here.

The display will be held in Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The exhibition is free and open to all, the building is fully accessible.

We hope to see you there!

London 10k
2025-07-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Central London
The Saucony London 10K is taking place on 13th July 2025 and The Food Chain runners would love your support!
The run takes runners past some of London’s most iconic landmarks, including Big Ben and Trafalgar Square. We will have 10 runners in this year’s race, so if you’re free on the day why note come along and cheer them on! Email Helen on fundraising@foodchain.org.uk to find out where our cheering point will be.
You can also sponsor our runners – watch this space for their fundraising pages!

Red Run
2025-11-22 | Victoria Park, Grove Road, London, E3 5TB, United Kingdom
The annual World AIDS Day RED RUN in Victoria Park, London will be back on Saturday 22nd November. A 10k/5k charity fun run or walk, all ages and abilities are welcome. The Red Run is a great community event celebrating solidarity in the HIV sector, welcoming friends old and new, and raising awareness of support organisations across the country.
Registration open now! Sign up here and choose The Food Chain as your charity: https://www.redrun.org.uk/

The Food Chain Carol Service
2025-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 | St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, Bedford St, London, WC2E9ED, United Kingdom
Get it in your diaries early!
You are warmly invited to join us for our annual Carol Service at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden on Tuesday 16th December 2025. An evening of celebration and reflection with guest readings and carols sung by the celebrated choir of St Paul’s. Mulled wine, mince pies and cinnamon stars, donated by artisan bakers, Konditor, will be available as usual on the night for a donation.
Important Update for 2025:
This year, we are introducing a ticketed system for the Carol Service with a small cost attached. We have been very fortunate up to now to be able to keep the carol service free to all, however it is a reflection of the times that we live in that funds are in short supply and costs of upkeep for the church are increasing. In order to keep our carol service going in such a lovely location and continue our wonderful partnership with St Paul’s church well in to the future, from this year we will be charging £5 entry fee. Out of that fee: 15% (or 75p) per ticket goes towards supporting the church, and the remaining £4.25 will go to The Food Chain. We understand that £5 is a big jump from previous years, so we will hold some tickets in reserve and make these available for free for anyone who is unable to cover the entry fee. Please contact fundraising@foodchain.org.uk
Please book early as there will be no entry without a ticket: https://actorschurch.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873616576
Always a beautiful occasion to celebrate the Christmas season with our extended family, The Food Chain looks forward to welcoming you.

Cake Sale in Covent Garden
2026-05-10 11:00 - 17:30 | St Paul’s Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9ED, United Kingdom
Come and join us at Covent Garden’s May Fayre and Puppet Festival!
One of the most unique events you’ll find in this modern day city, the annual May Fayre and Puppet Festival in the ground of St Paul’s Church Covent Garden sees Punch & Judy Professors and Puppeteers from all over the country and abroad gather to perform near the spot where Samuel Pepys first recorded sighting Mr Punch in May 1662.
The free-and-open-to-all day starts at 11am with a Grand Procession around the neighbourhood led by the Superior Brass Band. At 12 noon there is a Special Church Service with Mr Punch in the pulpit, followed by Shows, Stalls and Workshops, Folk Music and Maypole Dancing.
The Food Chain will be there with our charity stall selling cakes, bakes and delicious things. This year we’ll also have a fancy coffee cart! Pop along to see us, pick up something tasty and watch the festivities unfold.
