If you are a regular visitor to Ladywood Health and Community Centre, it is very likely that you will have met one of our volunteers, Maev Walsh, seen here foraging at Centre of the Earth in Winson Green last autumn. It is with great regret that we must report that Maev unfortunately passed away recently at home, following a … Continue reading Sad News
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.
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Community Share Offer
Our friends Birmingham Friends of the Earth currently have a Community Share Offer to renovate their building, The Warehouse. TRJFPB and BFOE have worked together to create a more sustainable Birmingham. One of the very first TRJFPB's meeting was in BFOE's Warehouse. TRJFPB regularly run events for Digbeth First Friday in BFOE's garden in the … Continue reading Birmingham Friends of the Earth Community Share Offer
*No Freegan Boxes 28th April*
Hi everyone, Due to preparations for the upcoming elections, some of Ladywood Health and Community Centre will be out of use for us for a few days - including the hall we use for Freegan Boxes. We looked into alternative spaces, but there were just too many logistical issues to overcome in time, so we have … Continue reading *No Freegan Boxes 28th April*
Easter Closures
How does the Easter Bunny lose the weight it put on over Christmas? - Eggsercise! Just to let you all know that the TRJFP Brum Volunteers will be taking a well-earned rest over the Bank Holiday period. Ladywood Café will be closed on Friday 14th April (Good Friday), and Kings Heath Café will be closed on … Continue reading Easter Closures
Cancelling your Freegan Box
Hello, us again! Two blog posts in two days. Aren't you lucky! Just wanted to let everyone know of the new procedure for cancelling your Freegan Box. If you need to cancel your Freegan Box for any reason, be that temporarily or permanently, please either: email cancelmyfreeganbox@gmail.com or text 0782 157 23 20 Giving us … Continue reading Cancelling your Freegan Box
Freegan Boxes
*****URGENT NOTICE***** Please be aware, that due to currently overwhelming demand, we are placing new requests for Freegan Box deliveries onto a waiting list. Collection requests will still be processed as normal. We're really sorry to have to do this, but we've become a victim of our own success!! When we started this, we had … Continue reading Freegan Boxes
Fridays with TRJFP Brum
Friday’s one of our busiest days here at The Real Junk Food Project Brum. Not only do we have our regular Friday café at Ladywood Health and Community Centre, we also intercept the majority of our fresh fruit and vegetables from the wholesale market and run our ‘Freegan Box’ scheme. Me and my fellow barrow … Continue reading Fridays with TRJFP Brum
The EU Food Challenge- Let’s food together!
I love food. A lot. I'll be honest, it's was my intial reason for getting involved with the Real Junk Food Project, I hate to see it thrown away, because I want to EAT it! Another great love of mine is travel. I'm lucky enough to have visited some beautiful places around the world, met … Continue reading The EU Food Challenge- Let’s food together!
The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham- A Blog
A big thankyou to all you patient people who have subscribed and waited for The Real Junk Food Project blog! We hope to unpack for you the bizarro world of food waste as well as give a window into one of Birmingham's most eclectic volunteering experiences, with a whole host of blog contributors as well … Continue reading The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham- A Blog
Where were we last weekend?
What were the Real Junk Food Project Brum team doing last saturday? We were catering for the final 2015 SOUNDkitchen SONIC picnic of course! The SONICpicnic is one of Birmingham's only dedicated showcases for experimental electronic music, and for their last event of the year they decided to book us, one of Birmingham's only dedicated … Continue reading Where were we last weekend?
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