Thank you to Louise Cooke from Sharewear Clothing Scheme for joining us this month. Sherwood Methodist Church is a donation point for clothes if you wish to donate any clothes to the scheme in future.
This month we raised £176! Thank you so much! See you on the 13th May.
This month sees the 2nd reading of an important bill in Parliament: School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill 2017-19 which takes place on 27th April. We suggest you write to your MP (via www.writetothem.com) and urge them to support the 2nd reading of this bill which would provide local authorities with resources to provide meals and activities to children and families during school holidays. Here are the other links:
This month we raised £176! Thank you so much! See you on the 13th May.
This month sees the 2nd reading of an important bill in Parliament: School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill 2017-19 which takes place on 27th April. We suggest you write to your MP (via www.writetothem.com) and urge them to support the 2nd reading of this bill which would provide local authorities with resources to provide meals and activities to children and families during school holidays. Here are the other links:
- Boost to support disadvantaged families during the holidays
- End Hunger UK's response to UK government action on Holiday Hunger
- Child poverty: Pale and hungry pupils 'fill pockets with school food'
- USA: Salvation Army Launches Nonprofit Supermarket To Help Low-Income Families Buy Quality Food
- Charity (Fareshare) calls for £15m fund to tackle UK hunger by preventing food waste
- Take a look at which supermarkets committed to Renew Our Food
- This Invention Could Save Over 250 Million Bananas From Food Waste Each Year
- From landfill to lipstick: Grape waste as a cosmetic and food ingredient
- Labels That Go Bumpy When Food Has Spoiled Could Cut Food Waste In UK
- This upcycled afternoon tea is tackling the food industry's waste problem
- Morrisons to start selling wonky veg at cheaper price to cut down waste