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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
Temporary Sharehouse Closure
Hi all, Thank you to everyone who has visited the Sharehouse so far! This is just to let you know that we're temporarily closing the doors of the Sharehouse to allow us to perform some essential renovations. Please bear with us. We will post here when we're ready to reopen, so watch this space!!
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
Sad News
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
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