Here’s a fantastic example of reuse... one of our creative customers and her family did this as a weekend project to grow some vegetables and herbs in...mostly made from bits and bobs they already had 👍🏻I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a great addition to their garden 😊

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE....TODAY WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET ONE OF OUR VAN DRIVERS...NIGEL 😃

I started working for the Community Reuse Shop last April doing a temporary 8 week driving job after which I was offered a full time position, which I readily accepted on account of how easy everyone involved with the company made me feel part of the team.

My usual working week consists of assisting with the delivery and collection of the many orders that we deal with throughout the region, a great way of meeting customers old and new.

On a Sunday l work in the warehouse and help on the shop floor.

During these unprecedented times along with many others from the company l am volunteering to help to deliver free hot meals throughout the town and surrounding areas.

A great place to work and a great charity to work for.

Take care and stay safe....Cheers 👍🏻

Perfect ideas for fun indoors on a rainy day ☔️ thanks Ikea 👍🏻😃

Good morning everyone...how are we all doing? Today I thought I’d share an easy recipe I made last week for dinner. I had everything in that I needed as it’s all basic ingredients...but it would be easy to swap the herbs and spices around to suit. It’s a great one for the kids to get involved with too...it makes 8-10 portions so it goes a long way😊 If you have a try please pop your pictures/comments on 👍🏻😋

TODAY WE INTRODUCE OUR CHEF AT THE FED UP CAFÉ – ANDY 😃

Hi, I am Andy (with my daughter sneaking in the photo) and I look after the back of house team at the Fed Up Café. I started here back in November 2018 when we got the café off the ground.
Before this pandemic we are trying to fight against, my job was to look after a great team of volunteers, teaching them all about cooking, food safety, rotation and storage. We then made sure café had a meal ready for our service users. This was a 3 day week and we made around 50 meals a day for those who needed it.
Since that day we were told lockdown was happening the Fed Up Café world had to completely change what it was offering, so I had to sit down with our team, send lots home because we couldn’t work in a social distancing environment. So now I work with an additional team of 3 people to produce up to 180 meals a day, not only for the 3 days, but moving to 5 days. The challenge I had was to work with a much smaller team of people to produce up to 900 meals from our usual 150 meals, get them out the door with a great team of delivery drivers from the Community Reuse Shop, as well as making sure we have enough food to do this.
I could not have all this without the support of my Wife, amazing volunteers in the kitchen and delivering, but also all the members of the community who donate food and money to help us keep going.

Thank you all and keep safe.