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Eat Well

Dear Subscriber First Name

We can’t believe another year has passed! We reached a big milestone of delivering our 100,000th meal along with a host of other activities, from raising funds to supporting people in our community that are having a difficult time.

We wanted to share what we’ve achieved together over the last 12 months. Everything we do is a result of collective effort and so these are your achievements as much as ours and we can’t thank you enough.

January

Eat Well MCR officially moved into our new home, a place of our own in a small shipping container at Pollard Yard. This was made possible by our friends and supporters at St Pierre.

February

We started a partnership with Gail’s Bakery, with daily collections of their fresh baked goods, after being introduced by long-time supporter and friend Lucy Noone of Pear Communications.

March

We curated and produced the Northern Restaurant and Bar launch dinner, bringing together 10 top chefs to create a 9-course dinner raising over Β£15,000.

We also launched our Custodians Plan, inviting generous individuals to donate Β£1,500 annually to secure the long-term future of Eat Well MCR. We're thrilled to announce that we now have 5 Custodians who will be joining us for our very first Custodian Dinner cooked by Mary-Ellen in January.

The Summer

We collaborated with Parklife Festival, Wythenshawe Festival, and Bluedot Festival with fundraising activities with support from with Green Events, raising over Β£16,000.

Throughout the summer holidays, we organised pop-up free food events every week with incredible independent food traders, such as Ram Yum and Noble's Kitchen, in collaboration with The Bread and Butter Thing, distributing 600 meals.

We also delivered 60 family-friendly picnics to a local food bank as part of their summer holiday celebrations.

Autumn

We organised a beautiful dinner paid for by the National Trust, prepared by chef Sam Buckley from Where the Light Gets In, and served on Castlefield Viaduct to 40 invited guests, including 16 young people from Rekindle, a supplementary school provision based in Hulme.

We hosted a fundraising Whisky Pairing dinner with The Whisky Club at The Yard, attended by 80 guests from across the country,

We assisted MUD CIC in maintaining their project, Stronger Roots, providing food and community support to refugees and asylum seekers in Platt Fields Market Garden.

November

We celebrated a significant milestone by delivering our 100,000th meal (and then some)!

December

We paid for 24 looked after young people to spend a day at Food Sorcery in Didsbury, where they learned to make a curry and naan bread from scratch.

We also delivered 1050 Christmas dinners with all the trimmings to people in need.

Overall

Throughout the year, we delivered over 25,000 meals to people in need, prepared by over 40 chefs, restaurants, and hospitality businesses. Our gratitude goes out to all our partners, including ARMR, A Taste of Honey, Baity, Bhaji Pala, Caff, Caroline Martins, Chips @ No. 8, Cocoa Cabana, Companio, Dani Heron, Deb Burton, Dishoom, Ducie Street, Farida Hamad, Gabor Jakab, Gary Weir, Gwafu Vegan, Hawksmoor, Hello Oriental, Hip Hop Chip Shop, Honest Crust / Little Window, Issy Jenkins, Jain Community Centre, Joe Lunec, Manchester Central, Nasi Lemak, Ness Cohen, Nobles Kitchen, Oyster Catcher, Paradiso, Peacemeal, Sam Grainger, Simon Wood, Mary-Ellen with Eat Well Volunteers, Tom McSweeney and The Oxford, Ramona, Volunteers, WTLGI, Cosalea  at The Victoria Walshaw, and 3 Little Words.

We were supported by an incredible team of volunteers whose dedication and hard work made it all possible.

 Our fundraising efforts received support from venues across the city, including Honest Crust, Ten Locks, Chorlton Cheese, First Chop Brewery, Hawksmoor, Tampopo, The Refuge, Maray, and Chips @ No. 8.

As part of our fundraising activities this Christmas we’re selling gift vouchers that act as a direct donation to Eat Well MCR starting at Β£5, just follow the link below.

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This has been another remarkable year, we continue to be astonished and grateful for the support we receive. If there is anything that you’d like to know more about, do let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

Wishing you all the absolute and very best this festive season, thank you again, we appreciate you!

Warmest wishes and love

Mary-Ellen, Gemma and Kathleen

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Eat Well MCR provide chef made meals to people side-lined by poverty across Greater Manchester.

Eat Well MCR, 373 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7FZ, United Kingdom

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