So we had our first meeting yesterday at the Green Backyard and it was great to meet new people and to see some new faces getting involved in PinT! It was a very relaxed and child-friendly meeting … We had some general discussion about what Transition is and a few of our ideas for Peterborough. We also talked about making decisions based on consensus and this being a non-hierarchical group, in which anyone can start a project/event/workshop – so if you have any ideas just start a conversation about them on the forum and if it is something people are interested in you can just get going! Lauren would like to organise a pre-Christmas swapping event where people can bring their old books/toys/clothes etc. and swap them for new ones that other people have brought (we need a snappier title for this event… :)). If anyone would like to help Lauren organise this or volunteer on the day, please have a look at the ‘Swap event’ thread on the forum or email her at laurenpatrick@live.co.uk. We didn’t get round to discussing how regularly we would like to meet but a Sunday seemed good for quite a few families and the Green Backyard is great for the kids to run around together and come in and out of the meeting room – so shall we provisionally agree to meet on the first Sunday of the month at 1pm at the GBY? That would mean the next meeting would be on Sunday 4th November? Also, the next main PinT meeting is at 6pm at PECT on Monday 5th November if anyone can make it…
from our facebook page
I work for a charity called FoodCycle that has a project in Peterborough, and wanted to get in touch with you to let you know about what we do and explore the possibility of us working together – either through publicising our volunteering opportunities and the meals we provide, or by working together on joint events.
FoodCycle (www.foodcycle.org.uk) is a national charity that unites communities through the power of good food. Our vision is of a society where no one is hungry or lonely. Our volunteer powered projects operate around the country in the communities where we are most needed. FoodCycle Peterborough has been up and running for two years and provides on average 70 people a warming, three course meal every Monday lunchtime at the Park Road Baptist Church.
Our Peterborough project welcomes guests who are facing a variety of struggles in their daily lives whether that is low income, mental health issues, isolation and loneliness or homelessness. Knowing that there is a place where they will receive a warm welcome and a delicious meal week in week out is a lifeline for many of our guests, some of whom have been coming to our meals for two years now. In 2017, our volunteers served over 3000 meals, provided 357 take home boxes and cooked with 11,106kg of surplus food.
We’re currently looking for volunteers who can help with cooking, cleaning and serving on a Monday morning/lunchtime – particularly who have experience of leading teams – and it’d be great if we could advertise those opportunities to your community. We’d also welcome anyone as a guest too, whether they are in food poverty or would just like to come along for the company. Please do let me know if you think this is something your members would be interested in - I can be contacted here or on alex@foodcycle.org.ukEven more opportunity to get some ethical products
We are now open Sundays! Staring from this weekend, we will be open 11am - 4pm on Saturday and 11am - 1.30pm on Sunday.
Peterborough in Transition shared Backyard Food's post.
Don't forget, we are open tomorrow: 11am-4pm
A huge thank you to all the volunteers that came along yesterday to help us plant up the edible beds in gladstone with PECT - Creating Sustainable Places and Community First - Peterborough. We could not have done this without each and every one of you. #incredibleedible #growingcommunities #5thingsclear
You may have noticed we have shared a number of posts from Backyard Food over the past month. This is because we believe that having an alternative to the supermarkets in Peterborough is so important. We need to support these places and vote with our pound to keep them going. If we all just spent a few pounds there rather than at Tesco/Aldi/Waitrose etc, it would help it to not only survive, but to grow.
Let's support our small, more ethical choices in the city!