As a school we were aware of the food poverty that some of our community experience and were concerned our students were going hungry. This was reinforced when our local community told us how the food bank was consistently running out of food. We set up a community group to tackle food poverty in our area and in February 2017 MUNCH was born.

We successfully contacted external agencies for funding and MUNCH is now in operation supplying nutritious 2 course meals and activities for children and their families attending any Leigh Park school during the school holidays. Play equipment is provided, along with learning practitioners, who help our guests learn via play encouraging learning of vital maths and English skills. Our school nurse is also on hand, on a drop in basis for any concerns parents may have.

Our vision for MUNCH is to develop a sustainable local social enterprise by establishing a community food shop and café. This will provide volunteering and employment opportunities, as well as a casual meeting and eating venue to reduce social isolation – watch this space for more details.

We work in partnership with organisations who have excess food which otherwise would go into landfill . This helps to fill our MUNCH fridge in the Dickinson Centre. This is always fully stocked with emergency food for local families who are most in need.

We have expanded MUNCH to both Thursday nights and Sunday lunches.

Order a MUNCH Money Box

If you’re a local business or looking for an easy way to help us then please order one of our MUNCH Money boxes to fill up and raise money to feed local children who qualify for free school meals during the school holidays. When you have filled it up, please return it to us at school, or please contact us and we’ll collect it. We will post you a receipt and replace it on request.

Order your MUNCH money box today!