Incredible news – we’ve reached our Summer Holiday Hunger campaign target! Thanks to generous philanthropic donations and an amazing grant of £18,750 from The Access Foundation, we have managed to raise £50,000 before our crowdfunding deadline. This funding means the world to us and is vital to help us rapidly expand the support we can ..read more

The summer holidays can be a difficult time for families experiencing food poverty. Without access to Free School Meals or affordable, nutritious food, many parents and children are at risk of going hungry. In fact, in a 2023 survey, 46% of parents reported feeling more stressed and anxious about the summer break than they were excited. To help tackle this, Bounceback Food will be running a range of summer holiday clubs for kids. From cooking to gardening, there’s plenty to get involved with! Summer Holiday Cooking Club Thanks to funds raised so far from our Summer Holiday Hunger campaign, we ..read more

In just over a month, our first Community Kitchen in Manchester is turning one – and we want to celebrate with all of you!  Opening our first permanent kitchen site was a huge step forward for our growing Community Cookery School. Working in different locations around the country, our outreach programmes are delivered primarily across community centres, faith spaces, and other venues. Having a permanent kitchen site in Manchester has therefore meant we can develop and increase our meal drive and distribution operations alongside our food education workshops. It has also allowed us to host ..read more

As summer approaches, the school holidays can be an especially challenging time for families struggling with food insecurity. Over 2 million children qualified for Free School Meals last academic year, putting them at risk of hunger in the holiday period. This is compounded by the fact that since 2018, the number of children who depend on foodbanks has risen by 49%, with many parents also stating they skip meals to ensure their child is able to eat.  To tackle this stark inequality, we are launching our annual campaign to tackle school holiday hunger. With an initial target of £25,000, ou ..read more

This spring has been a time of huge growth for Bounceback Food! From spreading our roots through our expanded outreach programmes to planting new seeds in our volunteer family, we’re really seeing our organisation blossom – and we’d love you to be involved.  Growing Our Outreach In April, we launched the first pilots of our new, expanded Community Cooking with Surplus Food workshops – a huge step for our local outreach. Within a month we’ve gone from running weekly sessions in Trafford, to launching over 50 sessions across 6 new boroughs of Greater Manchester! We’ve also been able to trai ..read more

After a whirlwind of community events and our menu launch in March, this April we’re focusing on developing and expanding our cookery workshops and learning programmes. Want to support our work? Check out what’s on this month and how you can get involved… Community Cooking with Surplus Food This month, we are taking our fun, free Community Cooking with Surplus Food workshops to four new boroughs of Greater Manchester! Pilot workshops will be running across Salford, Tameside, Oldham, and Manchester (Levenshulme), as well as continuing monthly in Trafford. These classes are open to everyone, no ..read more

Want to get involved in our fight against food poverty this spring? Here’s what we’ve got coming up at our Community Cookery School and Community Kitchen in March! World Book Day – When Words and Food Collide – 9th March With World Book Day being on a Thursday (and obviously all the kids will be at school), we don’t want to miss out – so we are going to celebrate on Saturday 9th and we want you to join us! Come down to our Community Kitchen for a day of fun activities, from our ‘Brilliant Books Board’, to food related activities for the kids where we’ll take elements of a well-known children ..read more

It’s almost that time of year again, Pancake Day! With so many yummy pancake combinations out there it’s hard to know which one to pick. Chocolate and banana is our favourite – why not follow this recipe and give it a go?! ——– starts ——- Makes 12 pancakes Ingredients 120g plain flour 2 large eggs 300ml milk butter (to lightly grease the frying pan) nuttella (or any chocolate spread) 2 bananas Method Put 120g flour, 2 eggs and 300ml milk into a large bowl or jug and whisk roughly until it becomes a smooth batter. Lightly grease a frying pan with butter and set over a medium heat. When the pa ..read more

January blues are over! As we roll into February, here’s some of our most exciting events and workshops coming up for you to get involved with… Pancake Party! – 13th February Join us at our Community Kitchen to celebrate Pancake Day with FREE pancakes! We will be serving up a limited number of pancakes from 10:30am-11:30am, so get them while you can. Our Community Kitchen will also be serving our ‘Buy One, Give One’ lunch menu as usual after the event. All you need to do is register for tickets, then come on the day and place your order before 11:30am. One free pancake per person while stocks ..read more

We are excited to announce that we are now welcoming applications for our Social Enterprise Internship Programme! The Programme The Social Enterprise Internship Programme will run from July 1st-12th 2024 and is available to anyone over the age of 18 who has an interest in working for or setting up a social enterprise or charity. The internship programme is a perfect platform for those looking to develop a career in the rewarding VCSE sector. Successful applicants will get to work on projects alongside members of the Bounceback Food central team and will gain experience of working in an expandi ..read more