#trjfp

[humansofleeds]

“I was in the army from a few years. After I got back I faced a number of struggles. It left me divorced and homeless for about seven years. My head wasn’t in the right place. It was only thirteen years ago that things started to fall back into place for me. I found faith; I’m a born-again Christian. I realised then that the way to get through my own struggles was to reach out to others. That in itself was therapy for me. And I found my way back to normality.

There was a lady from my church who first introduced me to Rainbow Junk-tion. I’ve been coming here for over three years now. I do a lot of the handyman jobs. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. For me, it’s a great community place. And it’s made me appreciate a lot of things in my own life.”

[matdale]

Kev and Gennifer. All Hallows' Church Cafe Leeds 2017 #therealjunkfoodproject #leeds #hydepark #allhallows #trjfp #trjfpleeds #payasyoufeel #payf #feedbelliesnotbins #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #portrait #portraitphotography #everydayuk #documentingbritain #rainbowjunktion #syriankitchen #allhallowschurchleeds

[iambirmingham]

It's Day 2 of the city's Weekend of Wednesdays film festival in #Digbeth. The Real Junk Food Project's Jake Sallaway-Costello sharing and discussing 'recycled' food, following a screening of documentary film #Tomorrow - https://t.co/1nMdOpDNUT . . #WeekendOfWednesdays #WoW18 #WoWmoments #therealjunkfoodproject #realjunkfoodproject #trjfp #trjfpc #birmingham #iambham #bham #brum #iambrum #thisisbham #thisisbham #brumfeed #brumfeeds #iambirmingham #digbeth #impacthubbirmingham #discussion #film #yellowwednesdays #alisonbaskerville #paulstringer #jakeyysc #jakesallawaycostello #rjfpcentral @trjfpc (at Impact Hub Birmingham) https://www.instagram.com/p/BngkR9cA4Ml/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vwg8pcqlilcc

[alissiabingley]

The Beacons

4th October 2017

After last week we found out who our personal tutors for the year will be; they are the ones that will aid us with our Seminar and Dissertation. My personal tutor will be Kim, I’m quite excited about this since Kim seems to be easy to talk to and seems to understand what I’m talking about and make sense of it even if I don't. 

We spoke about Critical Thinking in our LC lecture, defining what a Critical Thinker is.

In our SEED Lecture we had to decide between the three options of The Beacons, The Real Junk Food Project and House of Wabi Sabi. 

I decided to go for The Beacons, I felt more connected to this project, both TRJFP and House of Wabi Sabi wanted more of a digital marketing campaign created, it would have been difficult for me being a photographer since I would not be able to create results like a Graphic Designer would. I thought that The Beacons would be the perfect choice since I would be able to showcase my skills as a Photographer and Videographer but also my editing skills. 

After we chose our project brief we then got up into groups. I was paired with both Charlotte and Pam who were make up artists, I will admit it at the time I was very concerned about how I was going to create a project with myself and two make up artists since I didn’t want them to feel left out. However I dismissed this thought quickly as I knew that as long as we were on the same page as a team we could create something we were proud of.

Jon gave us some advice in regards to the briefs, he advised to keep reading over the brief, pay attention to details, communicate and contact the client and also to conduct market research into our chosen brief. To focus on the end users, whats their demographic? geographic? behaviour? language and tastes?

He advised that we do a lot of visual communication such as pintrest boards, drawings, sketches and to take a lot of notes. 

We sat in our group and even though we didn’t have to formulate an idea until the following week I asked if the group had any ideas. I presented a few ideas to the group and they both really took on the thought of ‘Nature’ - so this is what we decided to create for our visual piece for the Beacons. 

[oliviaporterbcu-blog]

THE REAL JUNKFOOD PROJECT

The Real Junk Food Project is based all around the UK, form Birmingham to Leeds, to Edinburgh to London. Their aim is to abolish surplus food through a variety of Pay As You Feel concepts. TRJFP receives donations from far and wide, from personal donations to supermarket and restaurant donations such as Waitrose, Nandos, Morrisons, Tesco, Aldi’s, Sainsbury’s etc. All sorts come in, from fresh veg, meat, tinned goods, cakes from Gregg’s, spices, fruit, pet food, milk, and shampoo, tooth paste and much more. They have three main projects, Cafe’s, Share house’s and Fuel for School. 

Cafes: 

The cafes are places where intercepted food is prepared by volunteers and served to anyone who wants to come and eat, people can pay as they feel or alternatively donate their time to help out with cooking and cleaning. These kinds of cafe’s are usually based in local community centres. This creates a safe space for people who are struggling to come and eat a three course hot meal for a small fee, or even for free, no judgement is held nor pressure to pay a lot of money. In some cases, such as Ladywood community centre there also is a project set up within TRJFP called The Boutique, where food and self care products are sold at a discounted price. 

I personally have had the chance to work with TRJFP at The Ladywood Wellbeing Centre through The Active Wellbeing Society. I volunteered every Thursday for a few months, where I would cook and clean for the community, all sorts of people would arrive such as the homeless, people struggling or anyone who wanted some good grub. It was great to be apart of such a lovely community, and getting to know the regulars more and more each week. 

Share Houses: 

As TRJFP’S network got better at intercepting food destined for waste, they needed new ways to distribute it therefore they opened sharehouses, they don't usually prepare or cook food however people can come and collect food, and effectively do a food shop; they provide similar things that have been mentioned before. Similar to a food bank, just a different name. 

People pay as they feel with their money or time to help cover the costs of intercepting and redistributing the excess food, and running the Sharehouse itself.

To coincide with they’re mission TRJFP (The Real Junk Food Project) have a new hashtag - #feedbelliesnotbins

MARKETING AND GRAPHICS BEHIND - THE REAL JUNK FOOD PROJECT

[apexart-journal]

Stephanie Lawal, Day #17

The Real Junk Food Project is something really special.  I had dreamt of something similar for a long time, but the idea pops in and out of my head with a voice that tells me that it is impossible, or that I wouldn’t even know where to begin. TRJFP rescues food from supermarkets, daily.  This is food that is perfectly good, but as this world must operate by “sell by” dates, whatever is left beyond that date gets trashed.  Landfills are expanded, and while good food is put to rot, people go hungry.  In reality there is an even longer chain of waste, if you think about  ALL the resources used to grow and distribute this food, and that is not taking into account any monetary subsidies that might exist to expand these landfills and keep people hungry.  Also, think of the political stories and implications of this.  Feeding our landfills is an extremely expensive process.  This brings to mind a book that I read for my cooperative enterprises class this summer, where Charles Eisenstein states something that seems to me both obvious and profound.  He says that one of the great problems that we have in this uber-capitalist society that monetizes everything is that we have a narrative that emphasizes scarcity - that makes us believe we are living in a world of scarcity, when in actuality we live in a world of abundance.  In my eyes, The Real Junk Food Project epitomizes this idea.  Still, they can only feed handfuls of people at a time.  Apparently, they also give away produce and such from their hub.  Still, they only take what they think they will be able to use.  They set up pop-up cafes a different church in a different neighborhood, daily (weekdays).  Churches are just such a great space resource - offering a free or low cost space for dining, as well as a kitchen to cook and clean in, and to store or utilize dishware and utensils. This project differs from any soup kitchen that I have seen, in that it is on a pay-as-you-will basis, with small lidded buckets set up at different stations.  No one knows who gives or how much is given individually.  There are many regulars.  Some are as we say lately, “food insecure,” while others are popping in for a tasty and inexpensive lunch.  This location was just up the street from the Table Tennis Club, so several people from there popped in.  The process is dependent on volunteers who are only obligated to dedicate any 2 hours of the 9am - 3:30pm period, but most stay longer and are also regulars.  This experience also differed from my own experience with a particular soup kitchen in NY, in that the volunteers prepped the meals (so much peeling and chopping) and cleaned up afterwards (so many dishes!), as well as helping to serve and eke out time to sit down and eat lunch themselves.  At one point I noticed an elderly lady giving someone a back rub.  I thought this was a friend of hers, until later when she came by and gave me my own.  She refused one in return.  Apparently this is just something she does.  I was touched. No pun.  The menu that day included: carrot and parsnip soup, roasted ham, a nut roast, roasted squash, potatoes and carrots, as well as fruit salad, and a bread and butter pudding with a custard sauce.  I’m sure I’ve forgotten something, but I can assure you that it was all delicious.  

As much as everywhere I go and it is discovered that I am on this wild adventure, people have so many questions about this fellowship, about me, about the U.S., and some share fond memories of visiting NY, even if for a few hours.  That day Jim, who was serving at the tea station, told me stories of his one night in NY in the 50′s when he was passing through on a military mission.  He was chased out of Harlem, and told off at Idlewild Airport (lol) for asking which direction was Times Square.  One of the other volunteers pulled me away so that I could eat my food, as Jim would have gone on forever.  He was so delighted to tell his stories.  As I had stood serving soup, two people asked about my ethnicity.  The man who asked if I was Nigerian was himself from a small Caribbean nation (I forget where), and the woman who asked if I was Jamaican was black with a French accent.  She also had vitiligo, and asked me questions about my skin in the way that sometimes strangers do in NY that would seem off-putting, but is usually not.  Oddly, she did not offer any kind of skincare advice, which is what I am used to.  In fact, right now in the Bronx there is a man presumably walking around with a tube of cream in his pocket to give to me at the off chance he runs into me again at the corner coffee cart.  In any case, the black identity seems to be defined here quite distinctly as being of either African or West Indian descent.  My assertion that we are all of African descent would probably not be welcomed, but it’s not much welcomed anywhere.

The lecture that night was fine. An engineering take on different ideas of energy sources and storage.  My notes may have had some witty quotes, but the main thing I took away was that we cannot be thinking of just one type of energy source for everything.  Electric cars may be nice, but electric planes and cargo ships are not feasible.  I was probably spacing out about some of the suggestions, but I swear the speaker/newly appointed professor did put things in terms that even I could understand.  I wasn’t in the mood to stay for the reception this time.

Regarding renewable energy, I should mention that Brighton has an off-shore wind farm that is visible from it’s wonderful hilltops.  I am told that the farm has only been in existence for a couple of years, but has already helped to reduce energy costs.  I’m not sure how or to whom that savings is implemented, as I keep exhausting my electricity supply at my flat. *sigh*

[londonpicturescapital]

TRJFP at All Hallows' - Rainbow Junktion hold a protest to demand Qatar Airways stop G's deportation a 22-year-old lesbian, is at risk of anti-LGBT persecution and violence if sent back to Uganda by the Home Office at Qatar Airlines Ticket Desk inside Harrods. The security staff was heavy-handed, trying to rip the banners out of the hands of the protestors and escort them out on 29 May 2018. -

[jffc-in-blog]

In Britain, chefs stir up food waste revolution in the kitchen

https://jffc.in/2018/05/22/in-britain-chefs-stir-up-food-waste-revolution-in-the-kitchen/ #Balita, #Bottura, #Britain, #British, #Chef, #Douglas, #Food, #FoodWaste, #Foundation, #Goodwin, #Italy, #Kitchen, #Lifestyle, #London, #Mcmaster, #Nations, #PhilippineLifestyle, #PhilippineNews, #Philippines, #Reuters, #Revolution, #Smith, #Stir, #Thomson, #Trjfp, #Waste

[emilyclare18]

Food for Thought: The Real Junk Food Project 28/02

Last weekend, while indulging in the laziest of mornings in my pyjamas, sprawled in front of Sunday Brunch and on my 4th mug of tea of the still-young day, I got a phone call. This was from Sheffield Volunteering, saying a space had become available to help out on a project all day, beginning in half an hour… Now, it takes a lot to rouse me from my Sunday-morning state of relaxation, but, the project in question was 100% worth the lightning speed with which I leapt off the sofa…

“The Real Junk Food Project” (TRJFP) is a name used nationwide, encompassing a number of small, independently run cafes and popups. The issue of excessive waste is a hugely important one, both morally and economically [Read my previous thoughts about this here]; TRJFP are taking a brilliant step to combat the amount of food thoughtlessly wasted by shops and companies. They serve a new menu of food each day, dependent on what they have been given, of intercepted food; food that shops deem ‘unsellable’ and would throw out if it weren’t for this intervention. I spent the day in the kitchen, preparing vegetables for a kale and chard soup and inventing a sickly-sweet syrup cake made from cobbled-together bits and pieces of ‘normal’ baking ingredients. I love cooking new things, and the challenge of using whatever had been donated was really fun, making me think outside the box regarding what recipes were feasible.

The cafe operates on a “pay as you feel” basis so that anyone who wants a good meal can have one, regardless of how much they can afford to pay for it. This, in practice, was brilliant to observe; very poor families came through the café, paying next to nothing but receiving a wholesome hot meal. Equally, better-off families visited, paying far more for their Sunday dinner. It was heartwarming to see these balance out, and to appreciate the appeal of the place to such a range of people.

I have nothing but praise for this incredible little initiative. It’s a small step towards a larger-scale solution, but that little café was so full of positivity. Preventing food waste, feeding those in need, and providing a charming, relaxing environment where truly anyone is welcome to come and enjoy tasty homemade food. This kind of place encompasses so many values that I hold dear. It truly deserves to grow and grow. Everyone could do with a bit of TRJFP’s viewpoint: fight the disgusting amount of food that is thrown away. Value the produce we are blessed with, and the planet it comes from. And value each other, remembering we are all equally worthy of proper nutrition and world resources.

I hope very much to return to the Sheffield café, and to see the project blossom. I feel lucky to have been given this opportunity; to use my love of cooking to play a small role in changing perspectives in this way. Yes, it’s infinitely more rewarding than a Sunday on the sofa. All the best to TRJFP; our world needs more gems like this one.

The Sheffield Volunteering team for the day

[iambirmingham]

It's Day 2 of the city's Weekend of Wednesdays film festival in #Digbeth. The Real Junk Food Project are sharing and discussing sustainable food, following a screening of documentary film #Tomorrow - https://t.co/1nMdOpDNUT . . #WeekendOfWednesdays #WoW18 #WoWmoments #therealjunkfoodproject #realjunkfoodproject #trjfp #trjfpbrum #birmingham #iambham #bham #brum #iambrum #thisisbham #thisisbham #brumfeed #brumfeeds #iambirmingham #digbeth #impacthubbirmingham #discussion #film #yellowwednesdays #alisonbaskerville #paulstringer (at Impact Hub Birmingham) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bngb7FfgEG7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v1pbn9gn89un

[iambirmingham]

It's Day 2 of the city's Weekend of Wednesdays film festival in #Digbeth. The Real Junk Food Project are sharing and discussing sustainable food, following a screening of documentary film #Tomorrow - https://t.co/1nMdOpDNUT . . #WeekendOfWednesdays #WoW18 #WoWmoments #therealjunkfoodproject #realjunkfoodproject #trjfp #trjfpbrum #birmingham #iambham #bham #brum #iambrum #thisisbham #thisisbham #brumfeed #brumfeeds #iambirmingham #digbeth #impacthubbirmingham #discussion #film #yellowwednesdays #alisonbaskerville #paulstringer (at Impact Hub Birmingham) https://www.instagram.com/p/BngaRKjgIak/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lubuu7d22fnd

[iambirmingham]

It's Day 2 of the city's Weekend of Wednesdays film festival in #Digbeth. The Real Junk Food Project are sharing and discussing sustainable food, following a screening of documentary film #Tomorrow - https://t.co/1nMdOpDNUT #WeekendOfWednesdays #WoW18 #WoWmoments #therealjunkfoodproject #realjunkfoodproject #trjfp #trjfpbrum (at Impact Hub Birmingham) https://www.instagram.com/p/BngZ6FyAdO2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1grlcq1r51wub

[matdale]

Armley Junk-tion Cafe. The Real Junk Food Project. Armley, Leeds 2017 Check out more photos here - https://www.facebook.com/matdalephoto/posts/1598883333746718 #armley #leeds #therealjunkfoodproject #trjfp #payasyoufeel #payf #feedbelliesnotbins #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #documentingbritain #everydayuk @documentingbritain #portrait

[matdale]

All Hallows' Church, Leeds 2017 #therealjunkfoodproject #leeds #hydepark #allhallows #trjfp #trjfpleeds #payasyoufeel #payf #feedbelliesnotbins #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #portrait #portraitphotography #everydayuk #documentingbritain #rainbowjunktion #syriankitchen #allhallowschurchleeds

[matdale]

All Hallows Church in Leeds has been running a Real Junk Food Café as part of their community outreach. The idea behind it is simple: food that would otherwise go to waste is instead used to cook delicious meals for local people who are struggling to make ends meet. The café operates on a Pay-As-You-Feel basis, which makes the food affordable. People can also cover costs by contributing their skills through volunteering in the café and elsewhere, transforming the process of eating from a financial transaction to a vibrant demonstration of community. The church opened up the café to local Syrian refugees, forming what they call the ‘Syrian Kitchen’. Every Thursday, local Syrians from the nearby mosque spend the day at the church, cooking a range of delicious and nutritious meals and sharing Syrian life and culture with others in the café and kitchen. After fleeing their homeland, and being witnesses to unspeakable human tragedy and suffering, many of the refugees are now trying to make a new life in the UK. Being part of the café has opened up doors to the community, creating cohesion and understanding between people of different faiths and backgrounds. #worldrefugeeday #refugees #syria #syrian #syriankitchen #allhallowschurch #leeds #uk #trjfp #therealjunkfoodproject #payf #payasyoufeel #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #portrait #portraitphotography

[matdale]

All Hallows Church in Leeds has been running a Real Junk Food Café as part of their community outreach. The idea behind it is simple: food that would otherwise go to waste is instead used to cook delicious meals for local people who are struggling to make ends meet. The café operates on a Pay-As-You-Feel basis, which makes the food affordable. People can also cover costs by contributing their skills through volunteering in the café and elsewhere, transforming the process of eating from a financial transaction to a vibrant demonstration of community. The church opened up the café to local Syrian refugees, forming what they call the ‘Syrian Kitchen’. Every Thursday, local Syrians from the nearby mosque spend the day at the church, cooking a range of delicious and nutritious meals and sharing Syrian life and culture with others in the café and kitchen. After fleeing their homeland, and being witnesses to unspeakable human tragedy and suffering, many of the refugees are now trying to make a new life in the UK. Being part of the café has opened up doors to the community, creating cohesion and understanding between people of different faiths and backgrounds. #worldrefugeeday #refugees #syria #syrian #syriankitchen #allhallowschurch #leeds #uk #trjfp #therealjunkfoodproject #payf #payasyoufeel