Balloon Festival

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Our volunteer team covered the whole of the Northampton Balloon Festival in August to raise awareness about preventing waste food.  We chatted to the public about how we ‘rescue’ surplus and find creative ways to share it. Some wanted to become part of our team too. Wasted food is a huge challenge for the planet,…

Covid-19 Impact

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Covid-19 led us to close our Kettering and Northampton community shops, as well as our community cafes: Elsie’s and Cafe Zero and end work with a number of affiliate cafes. After sustained loss of earnings for our social enterprise during the pandemic, only the Northampton Shop Zero reopened. At the beginning of 2022, it was…