Grant update: Tracy's Street Kitchen, Nottinhgam

Left to right: Tom De Ville (Managing Partner for Fine & Country Nottingham), Pavlo Jurkiw (Valuer for Fine & Country Nottingham), Tracy Dickinson (Founder of Tracy’s Street Kitchen), Sara Spybey (Regional Manager for Fine & Country)

Members from Fine & Country Nottingham joined Tracy’s Street Kitchen to find out how The Fine & Country Foundation’s £3,000 grant is supporting their local homeless community, on Friday 21st December 2018. 

Tracy’s Street Kitchen was formed in 2016 by local resident, Tracy Dickinson, whose enthusiasm and dedication has seen her street kitchen grow into a vital weekly event for service users and volunteers.

Sara Spybey, Regional Manager for Fine & Country said: “I have been volunteering with Tracy’s for five months. Seeing all the volunteers come together each week to give food and provide a smile to 100-200 people who really need it is such a rewarding experience. I feel like I am part of a massive family.”

The Fine & Country Foundation’s 2018 autumn grant programme gave Tracy’s Street Kitchen £3,000 to fund running costs for another year. The grant will purchase supplies including: trays, cutlery, cleaning products, hand sanitizer and cups. The funding also covers the van’s insurance, tax and servicing for Tracy and her team to deliver the food to Trinity Square in Nottingham city centre.

Do you live in Nottingham and want to volunteer for Tracy’s Street Kitchen? Do you have any food or items to donate? Visit tracysstreetkitchen.co.uk for more information.

Volunteers at Tracy’s Street Kitchen preparing for the 200 people waiting for a hot meal.

Tracy’s Street Kitchen was one of 14 homeless charities supported by The Fine & Country Foundation’s 2018 autumn grant programme. Find out how your local area was supported by our autumn grant programme here. 

A total of £45,350 was distributed from the autumn grant programme in time for Christmas. This, combined with our spring 2018 grant programme, has brought our total grant distribution from 2018 to £119,380.04 to support 25 homeless charities in the UK and overseas. 

Our grant programme will reopen for spring and autumn in 2019. Nominate your favourite homeless charities to apply for up to £3,000 of funding:

Spring: 1st-31st March
Autumn: 1st-31st October

For more information about how to apply for a grant, please click here.

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