The Bevy is up for a national award, after delivering thousands of meals on wheels to vulnerable patrons during the lockdown. Within a week of closing in March, we’d reinvented the pub as a community food hub, delivering emergency meals to the seniors who would normally attend our weekly lunch clubs. We’ve now been nominated…
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While the pub was closed during the national lockdown, one of the hardest bits was knowing that our elderly lunch club regulars would be missing out on their weekly social. Bridge The Gap, Friday Friends and the Dementia Café had become important parts of people’s lives, not to mention the wonderful atmosphere the clubs brought…
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When the pandemic closed the pubs, the Bevy quickly reinvented itself, delivering emergency food to the most vulnerable in our community. So far, we have dished out more than 2000 Bevy Meals on Wheels. The pub has also undergone a deep clean and is currently being repainted and refurbished. While pubs have now been given…
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Take a behind the scenes look at Bevy Meals on Wheels with this superb video made by our awesome volunteer Ayami. If you’d like to support us to carry on delivering meals to those who can’t afford it we’d be so grateful for any donation you can afford https://www.thebevy.co.uk/donate/
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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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