Network Eagle Lab has been open for a full year now…….Yes, a full 365 days. 

To Celebrate this the Network eagle lab team, Samuel Hobbs, Grace Kuczynski, Mark Rands and Ryan Garner, along with our members are raising money for a fantastic local charity- City Catering, in Southampton. This great charity is supporting those vulnerable members of the community and providing nutritious meals to those who need them.

Barclays will be matching the fundraising up to £1000 to make every pound you can spare doubly important.

Here's what City Catering are doing with the money we raise

SCHOOL MEALS

- Producing and delivering to schools healthy packed lunches for families entitled to Free School Meals

- Delivering bags of essential groceries, for schools to distribute to families that will struggle financially

- Delivering bagged groceries for those families already affected by food poverty that we would normally cook for in the school holidays, for free, as part of our Lunch Crowd project.

This is an area of limited funding, with increasing demand. Where funding allows, we may be able to extend the offer to more schools and families.

We recognise that this period places unexpected and additional pressures on families, and everyone deserves quality food.

CARE MEALS

- For our elderly and vulnerable care-meal customers, we're making sure hot meals and welfare checks continue to go out. And were adding in delivery of some household essentials, free of charge, to help keep customers safe and happy this is dependent exclusively on donations and fundraising.

- Due to increased self-isolation, and through referrals from our friends at SCiA, Communicare, and the Council, we are seeing a potential 100% increase in customers. We require vital funding to ensure we can meet these demands.