Acanthamoeba (2015)

This was the least expected and most frightening challenge I’ve faced to date. What me, the pharmacist and my GP thought to be conjunctivitis, turned out to be a much rarer eye infection called acanthamoeba. 9 days in hospital and 4 months of treatment later, I’m hopeful that my relatively early diagnosis saved the sight … More Acanthamoeba (2015)

Brussels to Amsterdam (2015)

This Easter I’ll be cycling from Brussels to Amsterdam! The plan is to take on a 280km route that follows cycle paths all the way through Antwerp, Breda, Dordrecht, Gouda (cheese fans rejoice) and ultimately Amsterdam. Training begins next week alongside the continuous development of Bounceback Food. Let’s do this! X

Our first 50 donations!

On Wednesday I dropped off our first 50 donated products to FareShare Greater Manchester following the first Bounceback Food event at Broughton Christmas Market. The food will be distributed between the 100+ beneficiary organisations supported by FareShare in Greater Manchester and will contribute towards the 700,000 meals per year that they help provide from surplus … More Our first 50 donations!

Small Business Saturday beats Black Friday

As the dust settles from Black Friday attention switches to a much more important retail event, Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday (UK) is a grassroots, non-political, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. The day itself takes place on the first … More Small Business Saturday beats Black Friday

Our first logo!

Here it is, the first Bounceback Food logo! It needed to be bold – we’re taking on a huge challenge. At all our market events we have our foodbank drive: every time you buy a staple item of food, the same one (like for like!) will be donated to your nearest foodbank or community project. … More Our first logo!