Recently we sat down with Mike Jourdain of Brighton Foodbank, to talk about food poverty, lockdown and some of the challenges they have faced over the past year. In the store room of the Brighton& Hove City Mission, surrounded by crates of food, with team members occasionally slipping in, their arms laden with further provisions, Mike explained to...
Over lockdown many of the businesses that host our Tap & Share devices were forced to close their doors or drastically change their style of service. One such host partner was The Garden Bar on Portland Road, Hove. Before COVID, The Garden Bar were helping to raise funds for local food charities. As we move closer to the proposed lifting...
The Flour Pot Bakery's Fiveways store has been one of City Food Share's most successful Tap & Share host partners to date, having raised more than £2000 for local food charities in little over six months. Alongside their signature Brown Sourdough Bread and a delectable pastry selection that is often sold out by mid-afternoon, The Flour Pot Fiveways...
Wealden Wholefoods is a traditional grocer selling organic, fair traded produce who have raised over £500 for local food charities through City Food Share's Tap & Share campaign. Wealden Wholefoods source their goods locally whenever possible and rely on their customers to do the same - being firm believers in the idea that if we don't use the...
We Love Falafel - a City Food share host partner, selling freshly made falafel wraps and salad boxes to the people of the North Laines from Monday to Saturday. In addition to traditional falafel, they also serve beetroot and sweet potato falafel with rotating specials that change two to three times a week. All served as either a salad wrap,...
"We are passionate about supporting causes that are close to our hearts" say Mike & Krisi the owners of Bird & Blend
City Food Share has recently partnered with The Co-op to bring the Tap & Share campaign to its Hove stores. The Co-op, one of Britain's leading supermarket chains, known for their strong ties to local communities, and already active in charity fundraising, are ideal partners in the fight against food poverty, and CFS are thrilled at the prospect of...
City Food Share's Tap & Share campaign has been raising vital funds for local food charities since Novemberof 2019. But providing a safe and convenient means of giving with our contactless donation units isn't the only way in which CFS works to raise money and awareness for the organisations fighting food poverty and homelessness. Our Text To...
Portland Road's Wild Heart in Hove sells a wide variety of products. There, you may find anything from a house-plant to some firewood, but Wild Heart are perhaps best known for their fresh and locally sourced fruit and vegetables.