Harrogate businesses give early Christmas present to Resurrected Bites
Two Harrogate businesses are teaming up to give Resurrected Bites an early Christmas present, by helping them towards their £3,000 monthly funding target.
The money raised will help keep their Give As You Can cafes and community groceries scheme running between December and February.
Harrogate-based PR and marketing company, the Big Bamboo Agency, has pledged to donate £250 a month for the period, which in turn has been matched by Ethos Asset Finance.
The hope is that other local businesses will pull together to offer much-needed support to the organisation during the challenging months ahead.
Resurrected Bites works by diverting good quality food from landfill, turning potential waste-food into delicious meals in Give As You Can cafes - where visitors are invited to contribute as much or as little as they can - or used to feed families through the community groceries scheme.
It costs £450 to run each cafe session with the money being used to fund staff costs, insurance, heat and light, office costs, IT, accountancy, rent, Fairshare food costs, volunteer expenses, running a van, equipment, marketing, training, safeguarding, and banking.
Any profit will help it to run its community groceries, which, enable people in financial hardship to be able to afford a large amount of food, including fresh food, for a small cost. Each grocery session costs £300.
The cafes set up are located at Gracious Street Methodist Church, in Knaresborough, on a Friday, and at West Park United Reformed Church, in Harrogate, on a Wednesday.
With 30 per cent of the UK’s food goes to waste, Resurrected Bites is helping make use of waste-food, partnering with brands including Nord Coffee House, Heck! Food Ltd, Waitrose and M&S Simply Food, among many more.
At last month’s Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce meeting, Resurrected Bites chief executive, Michelle Hayes, spoke to more than 60 attendees, as a result of which it is hoped businesses will club together to help fund this brilliant local charity.
Nicola Stamford, founder of the Big Bamboo Agency, said: “Resurrected Bites is doing fabulous work, providing a Pay as You Can service, which has the potential to help many families in the coming months.
“We hope our three monthly donations of £250 will spark further donations to help Resurrected Bites meet its funding goals and continue its valuable work.”
Chris Brown, from Ethos Asset Finance, said: “The service provided by Resurrected Bites is incredibly important, which is why Ethos Asset Finance is matching the monthly donations of the Big Bamboo Agency, and pledging to help as much as we can.”
Further information about Resurrected Bites is available from its website, https://resurrectedbites.co.uk/
Further information about The Big Bamboo Agency is available from its website, https://www.thebigbambooagency.co.uk