COVID-19 Food Resilience Response Project - Full final report
On 30 March 2020, the COVID-19 Food Resilience Response Project began with 210 meals being produced and delivered to 70 individuals who were shielding. Over the next four months, the team at Bridgend Farmhouse produced, packaged and delivered over 75,000 cooked meals to the most vulnerable members of the local community.
Throughout the four months the project was in operation, we successfully managed to set up and run a large-scale catering and logistics operation in what was previously the Bridgend Farmhouse training kitchen and cafe. We supplied over 75,000 meals within the EH16 and EH17 community, using a largely volunteer workforce. Both recipients of food parcels and volunteers alike told us that this project helped them feel less isolated during lockdown and like part of a community.
In addition, people in need were able to receive healthy meals without leaving their home or having to pay for them.
Key Statistics
Throughout the four months the project was in operation, we successfully managed to set up and run a large-scale catering and logistics operation in what was previously the Bridgend Farmhouse training kitchen and cafe. We supplied over 75,000 meals within the EH16 and EH17 community, using a largely volunteer workforce. Both recipients of food parcels and volunteers alike told us that this project helped them feel less isolated during lockdown and like part of a community.
In addition, people in need were able to receive healthy meals without leaving their home or having to pay for them.
Key Statistics
- Over 75,000 meals delivered over the project
- 536 unique recipients including elderly people, families and children.
- Over 90% of clients had not previously heard of/used Bridgend Farmhouse.
- Over 40 donors
- Over 80 volunteers divided into mainly four teams:
- Kitchen 28
- Packaging 24
- Delivery drivers and cyclists 24
- Logistics 4
- Communications 2
- 95% of volunteers were new to Bridgend Farmhouse
- This project allowed for the employment of 11 people as freelance chefs, kitchen assistants, and a Packaging Team Manager. Two of them have now joined the team as freelancer contractors at Bridgend Farmhouse.
- Through this project we are providing hygiene training to the volunteers who participated by offering the opportunity to attend and obtain the hygiene certification provided by The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS).
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