Jo RhodesSigh..just sat down to do a funding application for our #CommunityFridge to discover the charity is now using a portal. In theory.. fine.. saves having to input basic data every time.. but.. it quickly became clear it was US based, the questions to register our organisation were odd and seemed a bit dodgy, do funders really need to know tax references? Usually they just ask charity or company number and board info, accounts etc all are available to see online. Felt like some data harvesting AI thing so stopped and searched a bit to discover the portal is run by US firm #Blackbaud who have an appalling track record of hacks and lax data security. Not only that, they have also recently teamed up with #Anthropic to use #Claude more in the non-profit sector. They are clearly only using a UK Charity Commission database to verify organisations are real. If you are a CIC or other sort of non-profit have to go through incredibly complex hoops including vast amounts of paperwork and submit director ID and they (or Claude) still may decide you don't qualify. So ..for a £2500 grant that we had a very slim chance of getting anyway.. no thanks, I'll leave well alone.
Today is one of those strange days where two of my husbands favourite things happen. #Football #FACupFinal and #EuroVision song contest. He has been watching all the Eurovision songs in advance and rating them, now moved on to football pundit chat then going to meet friends to watch the final with some friends. I'm going to pot up tomato plants and do some cooking with #CommunityFridge leftovers!
DoomsdaysCW#WellingboroughEcoGroup -
#FoodSharers
"Food Sharers are focused on saving good food from going in the bin, and sharing food with people that want it. We’re not a food bank, we are purely a food reuse project that is open to anyone, and something that works for all ‘Food Sharers’ in the town that mutually benefits all organisations; and of course, benefiting people and planet too.
"We share food on Tuesdays between 12:00 and 6:00 and Thursdays between 10:00 and 2:00, at our #EcoHub at #SwanspoolPavilion, with surplus food from Food Sharers, retailers and community friends. We have lots of fresh fruit and veg, bread and other treats plus, the kettle’s on too if you fancy a coffee or tea! Your donations will also be shared with sharers!
"Food Sharers is a sharing community, it will evolve into a #CommunityFridge and food reuse café and it will include a food buying club for people to buy food in bulk from wholesalers. #Wellingborough Eco Group and ‘Food Sharers’ are not, nor will ever be a food bank. Food Sharers is simply a #FoodReuse project open to everyone.
Be a Food Sharer, share on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/foodsharer and at ECO HUB, Tuesdays 12-6 and Thursdays 10-2. Love food, hate waste, be a Food Sharer! "
https://wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk/eco/food-sharers/
#SolarPunkSunday #ZeroWaste #FoodSharing #BuildingCommunity #FoodWaste #WellingboroughUK
khttp://macommunityfridges.neocities.org/
I just refreshed the layout of the Massachusetts Community Fridge directory! It's still v much a work in progress, but please check it out and share widely. This layout should be more mobile friendly and the font sizes more accessible. Feedback welcome!
That Hacker GirlSupport your local fridge. From the folks at the #FrederickMD #CommunityFridge.
Show for the Frederick #CommunityFridge coming up in July. The fridge folks are some of the finest folks in #FrederickMD, please give them your support.
July 11th, 2026
Doors: 6:00 PM
Noise: 6:30 PM
Sandbox Brewhouse
880 N. East St, Frederick, MD 21701
One of the things I love about running our #CommunityFridge is the people who end up getting some free stuff unexpectedly. I gave away several bunches of flowers to passers by as I walked from the car to the office and left a box of fruit, bags of sprouts and small cauliflowers for a large book group who meet at the Quakers. They were all delighted with their free goodies 😆
Seeds are magic. Put a bag of compost with plum and damson stones in the bottom of the salad drawer in the fridge several weeks ago to stratify.. completely forgot about them. All the stones are now sprouting happily. These were just stones saved from fruit we got at the #CommunityFridge so will pot them up, keep an eye and pass them on when they get a bit bigger. #permaculture #SeedSaving #allotment #gardening
an updated flyer featuring all the active community fridges in MA (that I know about) !
http://macommunityfridges.neocities.org/
email me with any corrections/updates... especially wmass I have no idea what's goin on over there
#Massachusetts #MutualAid #CommunityFridge #CommunityFridges
I realise very few of you on here live close enough to do this.. but our #CommunityFridge in #Settle is one of the chosen good causes for the #Coop #LocalCommunityFund so we will get a % of what our supporters spend on their shopping. If you are a member and shop at the Coop anywhere in the UK you can select and support projects within 15 miles of your address - it really does make a difference. Thanks. #charity #CommunityBusiness #GoodCause
