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2026

Carnival COOK-Up!

Our 2025 fundraiser Carnival COOK-Up! In June was an immense success. Swapping desks for aprons, 96 corporate volunteers united under the disco lights and electric energy of iconic Freight Island for a day of feel-good fun and community spirit. Together, we chopped, cooked and packed our way to 1,500+ nutritious, cook-from-scratch meals — Vegan Bean Chilli, Potato and Bean Stew and Veg Stroganoff — for Greater Manchester’s homeless communities. Partnering with FareShare Greater Manchester, we rescued 0.5 tonnes of surplus food from landfill, with zero waste going to our community garden partner. This single day contributed powerfully towards our cumulative stats — 312 volunteers engaged, 2340 volunteer hours, 5667 meals made, 1.2 tonnes of food saved, and 33 homeless organisations supported — proving that when Manchester cooks together, everyone deserves good food.

Launch of our Kitchen Kit Community Shop!

After delivering 7 successful Kitchen Kit Redistribution events the past 4 years and with the cost of living crisis at an all-time high, we knew we had to do more than another large-scale event – so please join us in introducing our permanent, Kitchen Kit Community Shop!

By combining our relationships with corporates whose staff and customers have surplus preloved kitchen kit, with community organisations and members who are crying out for utensils and kitchen items, we connected the two! – keeping kit out of landfill and supporting communities in need!

The Community shop is available for any Greater Manchester based charity or community group whereby they can sign up, pay a peppercorn rate of between £60-£80 per year and in return, are able to collect items from cutlery, plates, pots, bakeware to toasters, kettles, microwaves and more, throughout the year. 

Membership payment as well as a visitor appointment must be made in advance before arriving to meet our team and collect items. Whilst we will do our best to accommodate your needs, amounts are limited to support all and, we cannot guarantee all items will always be available. 

The shop is held at 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, M12 4EX and is open Mondays and Thursdays 10-3pm.