Bristol Archives

Claire Haines in Bristol

Meet Our Volunteers: Claire Haines

Following on from our chat with Leila last week, we caught up with our wonderful volunteer Claire Haines to find out more about what drew her to volunteer with us, and some family food favourites!Why did you choose to become involved with 91 Ways?I stumbled across 91 Ways after my friend had been to a supper club and was singing its praises! I read up on what the charity does, and the principle of uniting people through food really resonated with me so I decided to get involved. I love supporting projects that help build communities at a grassroots level,…

0 Comments

July 31, 2020

91 Ways Team / Volunteers

Meet Our Volunteers: Leila Gamaz

We're really missing the 91 Ways community and hoping it won't be too long until we can all get together again, to share food and stories, talk through the trials and tribulations of the last few months, and enjoy each others company - in real life rather than through screens! In the meantime we wanted to introduce you to some very special people: the 91 Ways volunteers. We have a fantastic team of volunteers that give up their free time to help out with our events and we couldn't carry out our work without them, so we thought we'd take this…

0 Comments

July 21, 2020

credit Bristol City Council

Resources

Learning About Race Together

Last week we released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter:We must all work together to End Racism. 91 Ways stands against injustice, no matter where in the world it is happening or against whom, and we stand resolutely against inequality and hatred. The events of the last few weeks have shocked and appalled us, but for many people, including those who face discrimination commonly, this is a brutal reminder that that we still have a long way to go before we live in a fair and equal world. We must work together to eradicate racism from our world.…

0 Comments

June 17, 2020

Resources

Better Together

Better Together We have been overwhelmed and delighted (but not surprised) by the way the people of the UK generally and Bristol specifically have responded to the Coronavirus pandemic. There have been a huge number of amazing examples of people and organisations joining forces, volunteering for causes, and putting aside their own problems so that they can help others. Below is some of the positive news and good stories we have heard so far, and we know there are many more - feel free to share yours in the comments! Our Wonderful NHS 750,000 Volunteers for the NHS: on the…

0 Comments

April 7, 2020