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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By Iain Chambers, Director of Brighton Food Factory I’m sure there will be millions of stories from all over the world of how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s how it looks for me. It’s Saturday 4th April, so maybe by Tuesday 7th April it will all look different through the Covid-19 kaleidoscope. But…
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Whilst we are closed to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are providing a ‘Meals on Wheels’ style service to vulnerable local people who can’t get out to buy food. After closing The Bevy due to the outbreak, a team of our dedicated volunteers and staff decided to cook and deliver hot meals 3…
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Here’s a tale of a pub that refused to die: An older guy with mild learning disabilities lives on his own near the Bevy. The services he regularly uses all close over the holidays. People who know him are worried he would be alone. So Bridge the Gap lunch club, which moved to the Bevy…
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As well as being Brighton’s only community owned pub, is the Bevy Brighton’s first zero food waste pub? Every weekday lunchtime we serve up home cooked community lunches for just £4 thanks to our link up with Fareshare Sussex who redistribute surplus food, feeding bellies not bins. We also receive donations from Infinity Wholesalers. Any…
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Wouldn’t it be nice if the news occasionally reflected all the amazing stuff happening around the country? People working their hardest to make a difference in their neighbourhoods; from community cafés, piers, farms, hubs, sports clubs and of course community pubs. But nearly five years on from opening and it’s very depressing that The Bevy…
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What a sofa outside a pub has to teach us about good governance What can leaders in the social sector learn about governance from the story of sofa outside a local pub in Brighton? In the third instalment of his governance column, Bob Thust – a member of the Bevy Management Committee – brings to life some…
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