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City Wide Working
NGCFI are part of a new Glasgow City Wide network of food related community projects. Please contact Jon or Greig at our office for more information. Next meeting is Wednesday 20th August 2008.
 
EAT TO THE BEAT 3
Friday 6th June
Fundraising and social evening for and by NGCFI
see 'Home Page'
 
GARDENING SKILLS COURSE
(No more bookings for session one
)

Are you interested in learning more about gardening and gaining the confidence to grow your own, be it flowers in window boxes, bulbs at your front door or vegetables in your garden or allotment?

Our Gardening Skills Course might be for you!

Tuesday 20th May: Seeds, Bulbs and Plants FULL-UP
Indoor and outdoor sowing and planting, containers and hanging baskets, plant care

Tuesday 27th May: Soil Care
Caring for and improving your soil, how to compost

Tuesday 3rd June: Rotation of Vegetable Crops

Tuesday 10th June: Wildlife and Design
Gardening for wildlife, companion planting, garden design

Sessions will run from 1-4pm and will include opportunities for practical activities. They will take place at our offices at 71 Lenzie Terrace, Springburn.

If you are interested in any or all of these sessions, please contact Laura
0141 558 2600 - gardens@ngcfi.org.uk

News

 

Volunteers in cookery preparation for Eat To The Beat 3!

 

Volunteers have been meeting midweek since May 9 to plan the dishes for this year's fundraiser on June 6 2008, Eat To The Beat 3.  They say "practise makes perfect" and given the dedication of the staff and volunteers involved in the planning, a tasty treat is surely in store!

 

And more news for foodies....

Our newsletter will include the favourite recipes of staff and volunteers and will also feature on this website. So come back to this space in July 2008, and learn the secret of Rhona's Dolmades!

 

SUMMER WAKEBREAK

 

Start your day the WakeBreak Way! No, it's not a new breakfast cereal but an unpressured and easy way to inject spring into your step. Meet up at NGCFI Offices, 71 Lenzie Terrace, Springburn, each Friday morning at 7.50am and join in 40 minutes of walking, jogging. Then enjoy a healthy breakfast together before starting your Friday.  Volunteers who have taken part have said how good it has been to do exercise at their own pace and have like minded people around to help.  Free basic health check available before you start to check your blood pressure and weight.  Call Fiona on 0141 558 2600 or email volunteer@ngcfi.org.uk if you'd like to join us.

 

What's Your Thought on What You've Bought?

We will be asking our customers of the Fruit and Veg Barras, what they think of the produce and service and what might be missing from what we do. To have your say, come along to any of the fruit and veg sites and tell us what you think. The dates for the survey are Tuesday 10 June and Wednesday 11 June.  Go to the"What We Do" link to find details about the fruit and veg barras.

 

 

 

Annual General Meeting

The NGCFI Annual General Meeting took place on 27th September 2007 at  Balgrayhill Community Learning Centre. Over 70 members of the public attended, with nine elected onto our Board of Directors.

 

 

NGCFI was again on hand at the 2008 North Glasgow 5k Fun Run to provide runners and their families with delicious smoothies, muesli and fruit tasters. The Fun Run was organised by North Glasgow Healthy Living Community.  Three NGCFI volunteers helped out and took part in the run itself! The stall was emptied pretty quickly by runners refuelling after their effort.  The sun shone and it proved to be a great community event.

 

                                          

  MEP visits NGCFI

 

On 19 December 2006, NGCFI had a one hour visit from SNP MEP Alyn Smith. He was most interested in our work, visiting our office and one of our fruit and veg sales points in Sighthill.

 

 

Good news on Funding

 

NGCFI is delighted to announce that funding over 3 years has been secured for the Volunteer Project from Comic Relief.  This will contribute greatly to strengthening our work and we are very grateful to Comic Relief for their support.

 

 

Food Labelling debate: do you support the Food Standards Agency's 'Traffic Light' system? See the BBC's coverage - click on the link, look out for the video too. Do you want to get active on this issue? Do get in touch with Greig at our office.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6231137.st

 

Fun Event!!

Residents from North Glasgow and beyond really let their hair down on Saturday 2nd December at our social and fundraising event, Eat to the Beat II, in Maryhill Community Central Halls. 

 

With great music from live bands and the DJ, everyone had fun, and enjoyed a night of food and dancing.  We raised over £700, money which will go towards the expansion of our project. 

 

Because the 5th of December was also International Volunteer Day, we were particularly glad that there were people from so many different cultures at the event.

 

We’d like to thank everyone for their help on the evening, and to the sponsors who donated prizes for the raffle.

 

If you missed Eat to the Beat, but would like to make a donation to the project, please contact the office.

 

News

NGCFI Volunteers at Elderly Awareness Day event

 

NGCFI volunteers caused quite a stir recently at an event in Springburn Parish Church to promote the welfare of older people in our community.  Four volunteers were there, handing out information, giving healthy food tasters out to over 60 people, and generating lots of interest in our activities.

 

Nancy, who volunteers with our Fruit and Veg project, said “Our tasters were very popular!  From tomato salsa to hummus with vegetable sticks, people really appreciated being introduced to things they can snack on that are also good for you.  It was a good day for all”.

 

                                       New timetable for Fruit and Veg stall !!

NGCFI is pleased to announce the new times for selling fruit and veg around the community.  To find out when we are nearest to you, go to:

Fruit and Vegetable Service

 

Great Event!!

 

On 13th September, NGCFI celebrated its AGM with style.  Music, food and chat got proceedings off to a lively start before staff gave a brief presentation and certificates were awarded to some volunteers for their efforts during the year.  A new Board of Directors was elected and have since held their first meeting.  More than twenty people signed up as members of the AGM.

 

In a year when the project has gone through some changes, it was a really good opportunity to bring everyone together and find out what people want from their local food initiative.  As we're looking ahead, the views of local people are essential to planning next year's activities. 

 

 

EAT TO THE BEAT – NGCFI fundraising event - Many thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make the event in Maryhill possible and so successful. We raised £1000 for the project so a job very well done… thanks again to you all.

 

 

Fundraising appeal – thanks to all those lovely generous people out there we have now raised about £8000 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

  • 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
  • Dame Sheila McKechnie NGCFI- Award Winner. 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.  You can read about the award and why we were chosen to receive it on the website of the Food Standards Agency, who administer it.

See http://www.food.gov.uk/news/pressreleases/2006/apr/glasgowmckechnie 

  • Hamiltonhill Allotments have been reopened!- the council have at last officially reopened the Hamiltonhill allotment site and it is safe to work on them as long as you follow the council guidelines that have been issued. We are looking at the possibility of taking back some of the plots that we used to have there so I will keep you posted…
  • We recived £5000 from the Kelly Family Charitable Trust.

 

 

 

Contact Details: North Glasgow Community Food Initiative
  71 Lenzie Terrace, Springburn
Glasgow G21 3TN
Tel 0141 558 2500  Fax 0141 558 2600
 
Scottish Charity No.SC036842   Company Regirtered in Scotland No.290958
 

Buses to NGCFI:

First Bus 45 from Central Station, 85 or 88 from Glasgow Buchanan Street Bus Station, all go close to the office.  First Buses 31 and 37 go to the same venue from Glasgow Cross.  Ask to get off at Balgrayhill Community Centre.

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