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…
One of the aims of the Rose Voucher Project is to ensure families on low incomes can get access to fresh fruit and veg in their local communities. To achieve this we believe that it needs to be profitable to sell healthy and affordable food to people in low income areas thereby creating a flourishing Read…
We’re delighted to have won the Urban Food Fortnight Photo Competition 2019 with our photos from our Chefs for Families event. Urban Food Fortnight showcases the capital’s vibrant food scene and is run by London Food Link, the voice for good food in London. Here are the winning two entries: Read…
Our Chefs for Families event on the 25th September was a roaring success. We raised a brilliant £3000 in total. The event was hosted by our corporate partners HelloFresh at their kitchen and social space at their headquarters in Shoreditch. A huge thank you to our chefs on the night: Thom Eagle, Tom Hunt, Chantelle Nicholson, Sudi Read…
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been awarded a 2nd grant from Comic Relief and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. We were one of eight organisations selected from a shortlist of 40. This new funding will enable us to customise our app to enable us to work with a wider range of local partners so that Read…
On 4th September we attended the launch of the London Mayor’s London’s Child Obesity Taskforce – Ten Ambitions for London Plan. The Child Obesity Taskforce was established in 2018 as part of the Mayor’s commitment to address child obesity. The Taskforce’s vision is that every child in London grows up in a community and environment Read…
