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Friends of Redburn Community Group
Investment project code: 680
Estimated Price
£1,000
Summary
Provision of community lunches and essential training for volunteers providing them with valuable skills while fostering community engagement and collaboration through shared meals and teamwork.Description
Our goal is to continue providing community lunches and providing catering services, working in partnership with other local groups and bringing all members of our local community together regularly with a focus on alleviating poverty, reducing social isolation and enhancing mental health and well-being.
Our community group offers free lunches,or takes small donations, to all residents within Irvine, many of whom are affected by poverty, poor mental health, and social isolation and these lunches provide a vital lifeline, offering not only nourishment but also a sense of belonging and connection. These meals foster social interaction, breaking the cycle of isolation and helping improve their mental well-being.
In addition to the lunches, having a trained chef as a volunteer the group now offers an external catering service to partner organisations at cost which generates income, enhancing the sustainability of the group and allowing the group to continue supporting the community. Volunteers who help run the lunches and catering service will receive essential training in areas such as REHIS (food safety), hospitality, barista skills, first aid, and customer service. These skills not only equip volunteers to support the efforts but also enhance their employability and confidence, empowering them to make a meaningful difference in their community and benefiting them in other areas of their lives.
In order to achieve this the money provided would help with running costs for the lunches and provide external training for volunteers.
Breakdown:
Running Costs, including food and caretakers costs £500.00
Training and admin costs £500.00
Total applied for £1000.00
Location: Since its inception, the community café run by the Friends of Redburn, situated in Redburn Community Centre has served over 2500 community meals, serving an average of approximately forty to fifty individuals per week. The outreach efforts continue to attract new participants on a weekly basis, as word spreads about the different activities and groups run by the volunteers such as Easter fayres, Halloween discos, summer fun days and our very popular sewing and craft group The Canny Crafters. We have been fortunate to receive volunteer support from individuals referred to us through local partners such as Irvine Royal Academy, CEIS, and the Health & Social Care Partnership which shows the trust the organisations have in the group to support young people who are not otherwise engaged in school and help them develop skills to work towards a positive destination.
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