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The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd (DCFA) is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee.

Registered Company Number: 07419679. Registered Charity Number: Pending

Members of :

NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) - Membership No. MEMBERVC/13004,

PTSC (The Plymouth Third Sector Consortium),

And The Small Charities Coalition.

The Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd (DCFA)

NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERRDecember 2010

Spare Food is Share Food!

7 Whimple Street, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2DH Mobile: 07745819828 (text only) Email: [email protected] Website: http://dcfa.webs.com

OUR VERY FIRST ISSUEWritten by Geoffrey N. READ

ELCOME to our very first issue of the DCFA monthly

newsletter. Now that our Private Company Limited

by Guarantee has been formally

set-up with a properly-elected

Board of Trustees, a formally-

Memorandum of Association

and Articles, we thought it time

to inform you all of what is

going on behind the scenes!

This brand new monthly

newsletter will complement our website and will carry any

decisions and / or announcements made at our monthly

Board Meetings.

FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR

Written by Christine REID

ELCOME to the Devon & Cornwall Food Association

(DCFA)... a private company limited by Guarantee!

We are primarily a charitable

concern and in the process of

registering with the Charity

Commission.

We must ask ourselves why our

organisation needed. It has come

to light over recent years that

food waste is vast and it was felt

that this could be put to good usewithin our communities. I must point out that this is food

within its Use-by Date and is surplus to requirements.

Poverty is at a relatively high in our region and it is hoped

that our organisation will help the disadvantaged in some

way. The nearest outlet of a similar type to ours is based in

Bristol.

Since this project was talked about in the early summer, we

have come a long way... but there is still a lot more to be

done!

Our Trustees and the Co-opted Members to the Board have

been working very hard to see this bear fruit. I am

personally grateful for their efforts and commitment. A lot

of what is currently being done is unseen work behind the

scenes.

We aim is to start our operation in February 2011, starting

slowly and then building and then gradually widening our

area of operations to eventually cover the whole of Devonand Cornwall.

Please continue to watch this space in the New Year for our

launch with our official Press Release. At that time we will

be appealing for all sorts of help from volunteers to

funding. From storage space to vehicles. Do please feel

free to promote this cause within your own networking and

community of friends.

May thank you all for being with us so far and long may

you continue to be Friends of DCFA!

May I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and

Peaceful 2011.

MERRY CHRISTMASWritten by Geoffrey N. READ

ERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR! The

Chair and all our Board Members should like to wish

all our Readers the compliments of the season and thank

them all for their support

during 2010. We lookforward to your

continued support during

2011!

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ARESHARE UK. It is still the long-term intention of DCFA

to apply for a franchise from FareShare UK but not just

at the present. Information on FareShare UK can be seen

at: www.fareshare.org.uk

OOD PRODUCERS AND OUTLETS. DCFA will be

contacting some of the big-name supermarkets and

food producers in our area in the near future to ascertain if

they can help us by supplying food for our project. If you

are a food producing or retail organisation and we havent

yet contacted you then do please get in touch with the

Secretary (contact details at the foot of the page).

RESS RELEASE. DCFA will be issuing its first official

Press Release in the New Year before we begin trading

in February 2011. Do please watch out for this in your

local press and other news media. But if you need further

information please get in touch with the Secretary (contact

details at the foot of the page).

IAISON VISIT TO FARESHARE SOUTH WEST (BRISTOL).

Some of our Board Members will be driving up to Bristolprobably on Thursday, 13

thJanuary 2011 in an attempt to

learn more about their operation. If any non-Board

Member would like to join us on this trip then do please get

in touch with the Secretary (contact details at the foot of

the page). Seats will be reserved on a first-come, first-

served basis.

DCFA MEETINGSWritten by Geoffrey N. READ

ANUARY 2011. Our next Board Meeting will be held at

10 a.m. on Tuesday, 4th

January 2011 at St. Catherines

Baptist Church in Plymouth. Any suggested items for

discussion should be sent to the Secretary (contact details

at the foot of the page).

UTURE MEETINGS.

Tuesday, 1st

February 2011

- General Board Meeting (Plymouth)

Tuesday, 1st

March 2011

- General Board Meeting (Exeter)

Tuesday, 12th

April 2011

- General Board Meeting (Truro)

Tuesday, 3rd

May 2011


Tuesday, 7th

June 2011


Tuesday, 8th

November 2011

- Annual General Meeting (Plymouth)

TRAINING & COURSESWritten by Geoffrey N. READ

OCIAL ENTERPRISE WORKSHOPS AND ONE-TO-ONE

BUSINESS ADVICE CLINICS. These workshops and

clinics are being offered FREE by Co-active Ltd.

Plymouth Workshops:

Wednesday, 12th

January 2011:Workshop Masterclass - Grants to Trade:

10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.

Thursday, 17th

February 2011:

Workshop Startup - Starting in Social Enterprise:

9.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Wednesday, 23rd

February 2011:

Workshop Masterclass - Finance for Growth:

10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.

Plymouth advice clinics:Book a one-hour slot for a clinic between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m.:

Monday, 13th

December 2010:

Thursday, 13th

January 2011

Tuesday, 22nd

February 2011

Tuesday, 8th

March 2011

For more details and to book your place please contact

Marie on 0845 519 5759.

Marie White

Business Services

Working hours are 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.

PO Box 36

Newton Abbot TQ13 0WP

Co-active Ltd Registered in England (company registration no. 2050566)

Registered office:

26-28 Southernhay East,

Exeter EX1 1NS

http://www.co-active.org.uk

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TheDevon & Cornwall Food ssociation

Ltd.

(DCFA)

7, Whimple Street, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2DH

Mobile: 07745819828 (text only)

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://dcfa.webs.comThe Devon & Cornwall Food Association Ltd (DCFA)

is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee.

Registered Company Number: 07419679.

Registered Charity Number: Pending

Members of :

NCVO

(The National Council for Voluntary Organisations)

- Membership No. MEMBERVC/13004,

PTSC

(The Plymouth Third Sector Consortium)

and

The Small Charities Coalition
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