Our newest partner is the brilliant Better Food Company - Bristol's organic food store - who've chosen to support Square Food for 2017-18. Over the year, Better Food will aim to raise £10,000 to support Square Food’s work, teaching people from all walks of life to cook from scratch.
At Square Food, our plan is to use this money to work with St Mungo’s, Bristol and develop a rolling cookery programme to reach anyone who is experiencing, has recently experienced or is at risk of homelessness, to teach them new skills and build confidence, whilst empowering them to find their own route to recovery.
The money that Better Food's staff and customers raise will launch a brand new training programme in partnership with St. Mungo’s Recovery College in Bristol, training clients of the college, reinvigorating the college’s disused kitchen facilities and inspiring peer to peer learning.
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Our hope is that this programme’s impact will reach beyond just the first year’s trainees, too. Each year, trainees will finish the course by preparing a fundraising feast, raising money to kick-start the following year’s training course. Throughout the year, we'll work closely with the trainees, giving them the confidence to share their skills with others and ensuring that the college’s wider community benefits from the programme.
Over the coming months, Better Food staff and customers will be raising money to help breathe life into the project, with the aim of taking in our first students in September 2017. Beyond that date, Better Food will continue to fundraise to ensure the continuation of the project term by term, and into the future beyond.
Visit the Better Food Fundsurfer page to find out more about our latest fundraising activities and to review our overall progress towards our target.
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