By Harry Mottram: Last year’s Axbridge Progressive Supper raised £1,542 in a combination of the tickets for the starters, mains and sweets plus the raffle organised by Margaret Cowie. As a result the committee of Kirsty Edwards, Zoe Hebden, Margaret Cowie, Sarah Boundy and Harry Mottram have been able to award £500 each to three local charities: Cheddar Food Bank, Axbridge Carnival and the Axe Valley Men’s Shed. The charity supper is under the umbrella of the Axbridge Action Committee – with the £42 being held over to the next progressive supper which is on Saturday 30th November 2024.
The main photo shows: From left: Margaret Cowie of the Axbridge Progressive Supper, Barbara Wells of the Axbridge Action Committee and Penny Cooke of the Cheddar Food Bank
Representatives of all three charities were on hand for photographs to mark the donations on Saturday, 3rd February 2024, during the monthly Farmers’ Market in Axbridge Square. The Annual Progressive Supper has raised cash for local charities for the last four or more decades with all the cash going to the chosen charities and is a voluntary run event with all the cash going to charities. New people are always welcome to join the committee (please email harryfmottram@gmail.com to join – it’s a lot of fun and you get to meet lots of new people). In already in 2024 new members Barbara Wells and Anna Dawson have joined.
Axe Valley Mens’ Shed is a registered charity and member of the UK Men’s Sheds Association. If you want to help support their work to improve the mental health and wellbeing of local men and the restoration of the former Axbridge Railway Station as their new HQ, then please make a donation on our GoFundMe page. For details visit https://axevalleymensshed.org/
Cheddar Food Bank is a part of the Trussell Trust, the charity that works to end the need for food banks in the United Kingdom. It “is based on, shaped, and guided by Christian principles” and supports a network of over 1,200 food bank centres to provide emergency food and compassionate, practical support to people in crisis, while campaigning for long-term change to the structural issues that lock people into poverty. It is located at Unit 8, Wessex Business Centre, Cheddar BS27 3EJ. To enquire about how to obtain a food parcel, or to make a food donation, please contact the foodbank by phone on 07922 309369, or by email at info@cheddarvalley.foodbank.org.uk. For more details and to help or donate visit https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/cheddarvalley/
Axbridge Carnival Committee organise the Annual Blackberry Carnival in September which coincides with Blackberry Fun Fair in the Square. It takes a lot of work to put on this popular and long running community event so they are always in need of extra hands, donations and sponsors. In recent years there has been increased rules over carnival events which increase the costs of running Axbridge’s family event – hence the need to fundraise. Their Face Book page is at https://www.facebook.com/AxbridgeBlackberryCarnival/?locale=en_GB
The Axbridge Progressive Supper is held every year near the end of November or the beginning of December and features three courses chosen by diners out of a hat – so they have no idea where they will sit down for their three courses – each in a different location. For details visit the Face Book page at https://www.facebook.com/AxbridgeProgressive/
The next progressive supper is on Saturday 30th November 2024.
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