09/03/2024
📣 Northstowe Foodies Social Responsibility update:
WHAT have we been up to:
We have raised a whooping £11,188 for our community to date
💚2020 – total £1,845
➡️ £230 – Northstowe Social for free food for community events
➡️ £680 – Northstowe Horticulture Association for Allotment community raised beds
➡️ £935 – FreeSchoolMeals pupils to get food during half term
💚2021 – total £4,549
➡️ £300 – Hatton Park School for new laptop
➡️ £4,249 – Northstowe Secondary College/Martin Bacon Academy towards their Green Minibus
💚2022 – total £3,184
➡️ £150 – Photographer for NSC Valentine’s disco
➡️ £585 – Sustainable Northstowe community fridge + warranty
➡️ £459 – Northstowe Arts – NSC Art Fund for 3 x Pavilions
➡️ £150 – Hatton Park Primary School - £5 for FreeSchoolMeals pupils to enjoy summer fair
➡️ £120 – Northstowe Running Festival – 2 big bins for recycling and waste
➡️ £500 – Northstowe Jets – hiring of basketball court fees for 6 weeks
➡️ £720 – Northstowe Arts – Lights and Stage for Community events
➡️ £500 – carried forward to 2023
💚2023 – Total to June £2,120
➡️£170 – Vouchers for Random Act of Kindness for treats for families
➡️ £350 - Pathfinder School - £5 for FreeSchoolMeals pupils to enjoy summer fair
➡️ £12 – Power2Inspire mileage costs for Park Play to encourage inclusivity
All monies raised are from pitch fees, pop ups and mini blogs with silent auctions
🟢 Sustainability - we want to ensure more food trucks sign up to become Surfers Against Sewage Single Plastic Champions – only 7 trucks to date. We also ask that trucks are local, buy local ingredients and employ local staff
🟠 Inclusivity - Ideas for looking at how we provide families/ individuals who may benefit with additional layer of financial support to be able to afford occasional use of food trucks, free coffees/food by way of a voucher. We need more ideas how to reach these residents. This year we took part in Random Acts of Kindness and provided 6 families with vouchers
🟡 Funds - we love supporting our local community events, so do drop us a line if you need any funding!
MASSIVE THANK YOU to
💯 all of our fantastic community who spend at the food trucks, which goes back into our community
💯 all the fabulous food truck owners for pitching on site and
💯 Anna and Steve Food Truck Revolution UK for booking all our food trucks - we really could not do it without you
Firouz 💚