Redborne School Farm: August 2013

Students at Redborne often carry out various social enterprise tasks. This not only enriches the curriculum but helps build life skills and more importantly involves students within the community...

Redborne Students cooking some of Redborne's Sausages...

Our Environmental Studies students were set the challenge of raising £10 each in order to purchase food for Bedford Foodbank..

So they set about organising a BBQ for staff and students at Redborne School. They advertised, arranged the event and did all of the cooking; raising a very impressive £100 for the project...

In order to purchase one of everything from the list takes approximately £10 so all that was needed was to head to teh shops...

There are several drop off points for those wishing to donate:
Brickhill Baptist Church, Brickhill Drive, Bedford MK41 7QFMonday 2:00 to 4:00pm and Wednesday 1:00 to 3:00pm
Christ Church, 117 Denmark Street, Bedford, MK40 3TJ
Tuesday 1:00 to 3:00pm
St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Goldington, Bedford MK41 OAPWednesday 1:00 to 3:00pm
The Salvation Army , Bedford Congress Hall, Commercial Road, Bedford MK40 1QS
Friday: 1:00 to 3:00pm
Project 229, 229 Bedford Road, Kempston, MK42 8DA
Friday: 1:00 to 3:00pm (opening 12th July 2013)...

We delivered to Brickhill Baptist Church who were very pleased to have received a van load of food...

There is often a misconception over foodbanks; that they supply benefit cheats and people who cannot be bothered to find work. This is simply not true, when we visited the centre was busy supporting a large number of elderly people who are living on the bread line as well as a disturbingly large number of young children...

food stamps are ghiven out by key workers such as GP's, Social workers and Police and so they are a truly valuable resource for many...