Love food, hate food waste? FoodCycle Haringey need your help!

FoodCycleHaringey

<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; "><i>Hello,</i></span></h1><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; ">We are writing to you all to tell you about our project on Stapleton Hall road in Haringey...</span></h1><h1><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><b>Our organisation, FoodCycle?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">FoodCycle is a registered charity, founded in the UK in 2009</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; line-height: 14px; font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; line-height: 14px; font-weight: normal; "><b><br></b></span></div>We have four main aims:</font></b></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1b962f" face="Baskerville" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">1. Reducing commercial food waste<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">2. Reducing ‘food poverty’- this can be described as the inability to obtain healthy food, for a number of reasons including lack of income, knowledge or time<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">3. Engaging volunteers through hands on training</font></span></p></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><div style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal; font-size: large; "><b><br></b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal; font-size: large; "><b><br></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">4. Reducing social isolation by providing a place for people to come and socialise over some delicious food (A beacon in the community)</span></span></div></h1>

FoodCycleHaringey

<h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal; font-size: large; "><b>What do FoodCycle do at the Station House Café?</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(27, 150, 47); font-family: Baskerville; font-weight: normal; font-size: large; "><b><br></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; ">We work with MIND in Haringey, who lend us their kitchen space.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">On Thursdays we pick up surplus food that would usually be thrown away from Sainsbury’s in Haringey, Stroud Green Fruit and Veg, Planet Organic, Gales Bakery and Budgens</font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">This food is within its ‘Use By’ date but past its ‘Best Before’ date – most of the food is perfectly fresh and good to eat, and as I'm sure you all know, vegetables are bad when they are black and mouldy!<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br></font></span></p></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; ">On Thursday afternoon/evening a team of wonderful volunteers come to MIND to prepare the food. Even more lovely volunteers then serve these nutritious meals on Friday lunchtime.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville"></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; ">At Station House w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; ">e operate a 'pay what you feel' policy for meals to cover the cost of kitchen overheads and to pay for the small amount of extra ingredients that we buy each week to make our meals tasty! We want the café to be a sustainable operation whilst at the same time being an inclusive place for people who are less able to afford healthy meals.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" color="#009900">What we want?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" color="#009900"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; ">Right now we need support from the local community (as in customers). We would like to invite you to come and see the work we are doing for yourself and urge you to support us by not only coming, but spreading the word. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="2" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">We are situated in the MIND centre:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">73C Stapleton Hall Road, N4 3QF</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">For more info. please visit our website </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">http://www.foodcycle.org.uk/stationhouse.php</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">Thanks for your time</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4" style="font-weight: normal; ">Bruno</font></div></h1>

miss annie

I'm never free on Fridays but there is already a thread on here somewhere full of people praising your endeavours. At the risk of sounding American, good job!

Tordie

keep meaning to come, have heard lots of good things! looking forward to it...