North Glasgow Community Food Initiative

We launched a Fundraising appeal for support, donations and sponsorship in March this year, which has been really sucessful so far and we have more activities planned (see below).

We are fundraising to maintain the core running costs of the organisation in the coming months but also to expand and develop our activities in the future.

Any support you can give to the appeal will make a real difference. It could be a donation, coming along to a fundraising event, contributing a raffle prize or just helping to spread the message. Please contact us on the details below if you feel you could help. All supporters will be acknowledged on our web site.

EAT TO THE BEAT 3 - 7.30pm - 11.30pm Friday 6th June 2008. Balgrayhill Community Centre.

Thanks to all who came along and took part! The night was a great success and made more so thanks to local choir "Sing up" Sing out!"; Cattlegrid Jazz Trio; Beasties Rhythm and Performance and DJ Abi. We'd also like to thank one of the volunteers Jean Marie Kumaswi Msiewi and his electric guitar!

Thanks too to all volunteers and staff who cooked, cleaned and carried. And especially to Margaret and James of Balgrayhill Community Centre.

Watch this space for more events to come over the summer.

EAT TO THE BEAT – 8-12pm on Friday 5^th May

NGCFI fundraising event at Maryhill Community Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Rd – the event will have live bands, Irregular Slinky and the Sulphur Children playing. There will also be DJ’s, a quiz, raffle, a licensed bar and free food so make sure you tell all your friends to come along…. There is a suggested donation of £5 which includes a ticket to get your free food. Tickets will be availiable on the door but you can buy them through our online donating service - link below (put 'Eat to the Beat tickets + number of tickets in the donors comments section and we will keep them aside for you).

Fundraising appeal – thanks to all those lovely generous people out there we have now raised about £7000 for the project. This includes a £4000 anonymous donation from a very generous individual. We would also like to say a big thanks to everyone who was involved in the sponsored walk which raised just over £1000 for the project.

Funding news – we have received £2000 from the Co-operative Group, £2000 from the Russell Trust , £24,000 over 3 years from the Robertson Trust, £21,000 over 3 years from Lloyds TSB we also received the Dame Sheila McKechnie Award for Community Food Initiatives. We were one of only two out of 54 projects nationwide who received the award so well done to us and as well as a lovely crystal award we also got given £15,000 over three years.