SUPPORTING LOCAL
FOOD BANKS
Our model is simple. We contact the food banks to find out the ideal quantities of the essential items they most urgently need before they next open. We shop for those items, and drop them.
OUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
Our Collective's aim is to end the hunger suffered by too many people deprived of weekly essentials.
Logistically, we can now Shop & Drop every week in our existing four neighbourhoods. New funds will enable us to continue at this frequency and expand our foodbank footprint.
£24k p.a
pays for monthly deliveries to Camden, Islington, Notting Hill and Vauxhall
£48k p.a
pays for fortnightly deliveries to to Camden, Islington, Notting Hill and Vauxhall
£96k p.a
pays for weekly deliveries to Camden, Islington, Notting Hill and Vauxhall
HOW IT WORKS
Our hands on approach has enabled us to develop trusting relationships with the people running the food banks. Talking to their wonderful managers and volunteers, we are confident that we operate in a way that really suits them. For fairness, each package given to their clients comprises the same basic items. This can’t be done with random items donated at supermarkets. We deliver approximately 400 items per drop. These items vary, but large quantities of tinned fish, pasta, rice, milk, cooking oil, tinned fruit, tinned vegetables, cereal and pasta sauce are repeatedly requested.
We liaise with local food banks to find out what they most need
We go shopping, always looking for the best deals
Cooking oil is particularly prized
We deliver to the food banks
TRUSTEES
Rosie Hytner
Chair
Rosie has had 20 years’ Board experience as a trustee of both Mousetrap Theatre Projects and Wac Arts. She was a member of the Development Board of the National Theatre and has also raised money for Drive Forward Foundation, British Heart Foundation and Planting Promise’s first free school in Sierra Leone.
Joanna Hunter OBE
Treasurer
Jo trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a wide range of charity and business experience. After a period of post qualification experience with PwC, and in industry, she co-founded and was Treasurer of the award winning charity, Smart Works, and Treasurer and Chair of Action for Stammering Children. She was awarded an OBE in 2019 for her charity work.
Alison Lurie
Development Director
Alison has served on fundraising committees for Wac Arts, Mental Health Foundation and Drive Forward Foundation, as well as co- chairing galas for Mousetrap Theatre Projects. Her creative ingenuity and ‘can do’ approach to operations has ensured that these charities have consistently been able to maximise their fund raising capabilities.
WE BELIEVE
