(Some of) What we did this week…
- Started some exciting work developing our first ever recipe e-book which we’ll be releasing next month! See more below 😍
- Continued supporting our founding leaders in Newham and Leeds, and started picking up some more momentum in Manchester too! All three locations are ‘live’ on our website - so please send anyone you know there who might be interested our way 👋
- Submitted some more funding applications 💰
Choose a recipe to represent your group in our e-book
Our vision is for our e-book to consist of recipes which represent each of our groups, and some of the humans and stories behind them! Therefore, we’d like to invite you to work with your members to put forward a recipe to represent your group. A few details on this:
- Please discuss which recipe to choose with your group at your November meals, and let us know your chosen recipe on Monday 3rd November.
- We want to ensure each recipe featured in the e-book is ‘tried and tested’, so it must be a submitted recipe which already exists in our recipe catalogue.
- Please provide a few lines on why you’ve chosen the recipe, what it means to your group, and any memories associated with it (e.g. was there a special moment at a meal when it was prepared?). If included, we will change any names in order to protect the identity of individuals.
- We expect there could be some duplicate submissions between you, so it’s worth picking some backup recipes with your group just in case!
A couple of ‘housekeeping’ items
January meal dates
We’ve decided to adjust our usual meal schedule in January to provide on-call support on the 2nd weekend of the month instead. We made this decision because the 1st weekend falls so close to the start of the year, and as a result, we understand a majority of our groups won’t be able to access support drop-ins in the days running up to the meals to invite people. Therefore, please put the following dates in your diary for January meals:
- Saturday 10th January
- Sunday 11th January
We hope you will understand our reasoning to make a change to the on-call schedule, and that it will have a positive impact on attendance for your January meal.
Submitting recipes in advance
We are delighted by all the recipes which have been submitted over the past year, and are so pleased that the days when we only had 12 or so recipes available to cook now feel like a distant memory! If any you would like to cook a new recipe at a meal, please submit it to us for review, approve and publish by 9am on the Monday before the meal. That way, we have plenty of time to get it ready!
(Some of) What we’re doing next week…
- Continuing to prepare and support you in the run up to your November meals 🥙