Eleven weeks on, and as we mark having delivered over 1,500 Meals on Wheels, Helen Jones, who is coordinating the service onsite at The Bevy, reflects on what’s been happening at the pub since lockdown began… On Tuesday 17th March we cancelled ‘Bridge the Gap’ weekly lunch and activity club due to Covid-19. Later the…
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The Bevy might be shut but there are still things going on behind those closed doors. Apart from delivering over a thousand meals on wheels, we are also busy refurbishing the pub. We listened to our customers, carried out door knocking and handed out questionaires to see what people wanted. We intend that the bar…
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We recently had a delivery of mushrooms for our Meals on Wheels courtesy of Darren from Bevendean Community Garden. The garden is a beautiful green space in Lower Bevendean and the site includes a clay oven, community compost scheme, fruit and vegetable growing and a wildlife area. Darren told us ”The main bulk of the…
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Our Bevy Meals on Wheels service has been going strong since the end of March, and we’ve now delivered over 900 meals to some of the most vulnerable people in our community of Moulsecoomb and Bevendean – helping them eat well while they stay safe indoors, and taking the opportunity to check in and make…
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Last Thursday night we had brilliant fun at our first official virtual pub quiz and managed to raise some money for local charity DeafCOG at the same time. Our awesome Quiz master Charlie hosted and the fantastic Kim from DeafCOG interpreted it into British Sign Language to ensure it was available to Deaf BSL users…
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Our Bevy Meals on Wheels service continues to grow, with volunteers delivering meals across Moulsecoomb and Bevendean and checking in on some of the most vulnerable people in our community. Many of our volunteers have dropped us a line to let us know how they’ve been getting on, here’s what they told us… Fi’s update…
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We’ve been partnering with Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) and other local organisation to deliver our Meals on Wheels emergency food provision for vulnerable members of our local community. BACA have made their superb catering facilities and professional chef available to cook, chill and freeze hundreds of meals for people to reheat at home. The…
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As well as being the only community owned pub on a housing estate in the UK, the Bevy is Brighton’s only zero waste pub, working in partnership with everyone from FareShare Sussex, Brighton Food Factory, Infinity Foods Wholesalers and others to produce home cooked food. So we were perfectly placed to make the switch to meals on wheels using…
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One major concern when Bevy Meals on Wheels was launched was funding, we knew that there would be a massive need to get food to vulnerable people and combat social isolation but weren’t sure where the funds would be coming from. Our first step was to set up a donate option on the website. It…
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We’ve had some really nice feedback from the people who have been receiving our Bevy Meals on Wheels. We’ve now delivered over 200 meals and as well as providing tasty, nourishing food, it also gives us a chance to maintain contact and keep an eye out for people in our community we know to be…
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