Author: Incredible Surplus

Formerly known as The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham, we've been operating since 2014. We source good quality surplus and redistribute it to the public in return for a Pay As You Feel donation.

TRJFP Volunteer Wins Gold For England!!!

Huge congratulations to Tomas Kirby, and the Midland Mencap Big Flyerz Hockey Team who recently won GOLD at the Euro ParaHockey Challenge in Amsterdam, beating Spain 2-1 in the final! If you've visited our Kings Heath café, you may recognise Tomas as one of our lovely volunteers - he's there most weeks helping out with … Continue reading TRJFP Volunteer Wins Gold For England!!!

Sharehouse Reopening!

Fanfare Please! We're delighted to be able to announce that following a great deal of hard work by our amazing volunteers, our Sharehouse in Winson Green is once again open for the public to visit. If you've never been before, welcome! If you have been before, please be aware that a few things have changed … Continue reading Sharehouse Reopening!

Volunteers Meeting – Friday 21st July 5pm

Hello all! We are having a volunteers meeting at 5pm on Friday 21st of July at Ladywood Health and Community Centre. All volunteers from all areas of the project (cafes, freegan boxes, events, sharehouse - whatever!) are invited to come along and have their say. ***Sadly, due to personal circumstances, Adam Smith, the founder of TRJFP, … Continue reading Volunteers Meeting – Friday 21st July 5pm

TRJFP Brum proud to support Birmingham FoE Community Share offer

In an earlier blog post co-director Shaz shared the details of Birmingham Friends of the Earth's Community Share Offer: https://trjfpbrum.com/2017/05/03/birmingham-friends-of-the-earth-community-share-offer/ The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham puts sustainability at the heart of everything that we do. We recognise that things like environmental campaigning and energy are part of the same agenda that we have for … Continue reading TRJFP Brum proud to support Birmingham FoE Community Share offer

Extended Sharehouse Opening Hours!

Have you visited our Sharehouse* in Winson Green yet? (*a Sharehouse is a Pay-As-You-Feel supermarket - for more information click here) If no, is it because our opening days/hours didn't work for you? We have good news if that's the case; we're going to be extending our opening hours and opening on more days! Tuesdays 9:00am – … Continue reading Extended Sharehouse Opening Hours!

More disruptions at Ladywood Health and Community Centre!

Hi everyone, Election, you say? There's an election underway!? Gosh, why didn't anyone mention it? Unfortunately for all our patrons, the elections office is taking over Ladywood Health and Community Centre again in the run up to the election. So this will again mean some disruption to our usual activities. This means that: From Wednesday 31st May - … Continue reading More disruptions at Ladywood Health and Community Centre!

Ladywood Health & Community Centre Closure

Hi everyone, Unfortunately for all our patrons, Ladywood Health and Community Centre is booked by another group next week, which means we won't be able to run any of our normal activities from there. This means that: From Wednesday 24th May - Friday 26th May there will be no cafés, boutiques, or freegan boxes at Ladywood Health and Community … Continue reading Ladywood Health & Community Centre Closure

Sharehouse: The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham

For those of you who have been watching us grow over the months and years, we have something new and exciting to share with you: This week we opened the doors of our very own Sharehouse! We've been very lucky over the past couple of years; a number of organisations have generously loaned us space free … Continue reading Sharehouse: The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham