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…
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Good News in Difficult Times
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…
Thank you all so much for your support – we did it!
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…
Support for our Appeal from our Royal President
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…
Rose Vouchers Project and COVID-19
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…
Mapping a way out of childhood obesity
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…
New Rose Vouchers Project Opening in Glasgow
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…
New Trader in Hammersmith and Fulham
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…
Urban Food Fortnight Photo Competition
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…