Over the last month we have been working with a coalition of civil society organisations and charities led by the Food Foundation, Marcus Rashford and his Child Food Poverty Task Force, to advocate for the Government to commit to three key recommendations in the National Food Strategy and tackle the growing issue of food insecurity Read…
It’s safe to say that 2020 has turned out rather differently than we planned, we’ve had to think on our feet and act fast this year to ensure the families we support can continue to access fresh fruit and veg that they need. With many families being hit hard financially by the fallout from the Read…
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be participating in the Big Give Christmas Challenge again this year. The Patrick and Helena Frost Foundation, who have supported us for several years, generously agreed to be our pledge funder to get our campaign started with a pledge of £10,000. This enabled us to attract champion funding from Read…
We’re thrilled to have been awarded funding from the National Lottery Coronavirus Community Support Fund, to enable us to give more families on low incomes access to fresh fruit and veg at this critical time. Over the next six months our goal is to support over 1,750 families with Rose Vouchers, to help them eat Read…
Thanks to your support, our COVID-19 Appeal raised an amazing £31,304 plus an additional £1,758 in Gift Aid, in just one week. We have been blown away by your generosity and are very grateful to you for helping us support even more families on low incomes to get access to fresh fruit and veg to Read…
June 2020 To all those who work for Alexandra Rose Charity, I have read with sadness about the impact the current crisis is having on low income communities and the ability of families, in particular, to access a healthy diet at this time. I am, however, heartened to hear that, through Read…
During the current uncertainty surrounding the spread of coronavirus, Alexandra Rose Charity and our staff are committed to ensuring our families continue to get access to fresh fruit and veg in their local communities and can continue giving their children a healthier start during these challenging times. Over the past few weeks, we have distributed Read…
Our CEO, Jonathan Pauling, was interviewed recently by the Financial Times about our work in Southwark with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity on tackling food poverty and childhood obesity. Guy’s and St Thomas’ fund our Southwark Rose Voucher Project in Southwark. They are mapping local ‘food environments’ to show the relationship between income, where you Read…
We’re very excited to announce that we will be opening a new Rose Vouchers project in Glasgow this year. The project will see us working with partners to set up a new fruit and veg market stall in Calton ward, which is an area with the highest rate of child poverty in Glasgow and a Read…
