Kale from farm to bowl
by Jay Godden Last week we started getting back out into the fields after winter to do some gleaning of surplus crops at local farms. We returned to Molyneux Kale Farm who we have worked with before, but this time we took along some staff and catering students from @Lancaster&MorecambeCollege. The [...]
December Update
Charity Manager stars in The Morecambe Bay Podcast Charity manager Phil Tarney has made his claim to fame recently, first appearing on Beyond Radio and now The Morecambe Bay Podcast! The Morecambe Bay Podcast has been running since 2021 when journalist Nigel Thompson decided to pursue the project during the [...]
David France at Eggcup
When David France, the Charity Manager, started work in November 2019, he built his own office in the mezzanine of the empty warehouse on the Lansil Estate. Not many charity managers start with so little and have to be so hands-on in making their project happen. David has the knowledge, [...]
Coronation Quiche at Bay Leadership Academy
A few weeks ago I saw a stack of appetising pasta dishes in the fridge at the Lancaster Hub. I went to the Bay Leadership Academy in Heysham to find out how they were made. Maths teacher Paul Stubbins and Life Skills teacher Julie Sibbert told me Bay Leadership Academy [...]
Eggcup Supports Free School Meals for All Children
About 25% of the families with children in the UK experience food poverty, for instance having to skip meals or eat less – and that is nearly three times as high as it was during the pandemic lockdowns. But not all the children in these families get free school meals. [...]
A better society is possible.
Over Challenge Poverty Week we have explored some of the issues related to poverty in the UK - the factors that drive poverty; the impact that poverty and wider inequality can have; how the reliance on surplus food has created a fragile support system ill-equipped to handle the current [...]
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