Our 13th BrightonSoup, first time at All Saints Church in Hove.
We list here everyone that organised, volunteered, cooked, entertained, provided prizes, decorations, pitched, won and basically helped make it all happen:
The Venue
All Saints Hove
The Drive
Hove
BN3 3QE
We love the spacious hall in heart of Hove. So did everyone. Thank you!
The Projects
A huge thanks to all the pitchers taking part on the night, we couldn’t do it without you!
Isha, Boudicca and Tom from Audio Active won the vote and £448.00 in ticket money for their Young Women Tech Group Project.
And a special thanks to the anonymous donor on the night who gave £250 to every project pitching!
As always, we like to mention that the other projects are still looking for help and support. If you can help, then please get in touch with them directly (details below) or use our contact form.
1 – Free University Brighton – Projector
Susie and Ali from Free University Brighton (FUB) went first, pitching for some funding for a projector.
FUB courses are for those who cannot afford university to get accreditation, and those who need attendance certificates for their training development like social workers and teachers, as well as people who simply wish to seek out knowledge from impassioned tutors. It’s diverse and inclusive.
We desperately need a projector and good speakers for general use in the classroom. We recently had a situation where the tutor had to present his lecture from his laptop, which was just not satisfactory as he was forced to set things up from his wheelchair, and as a result students had great difficulty trying to see his presentation. We also hold film nights and recently showed Spider’s Web at Exeter St Community Hall, with the director staying afterwards for a question and answer session. Out of the 70 people in attendance, 60 stayed on for the Q&A. Not having one ourselves, we were forced to borrow a projector and speakers for the event.
Pitching: Susie Oddball and Ali Ghanimi
Contact:
Susi on 07568 358 165
susioddball2k@yahoo.co.uk freeuniversitybrighton.org
facebook.com/FreeUniBrighton
@FreeUniBrighton
2 – Audio Active – Young Women in Tech (Winner)
Due to gender imbalance in music technology we hope to introduce female-led sessions for young women providing a safe space for young women to access music hardware and software. We would address issues raised by women we consulted, who don’t engage with our current open sessions for reasons including; intimidation, male dominance, lack of female role models and stigmatisation. We want to challenge the traditional notion that music tech is a male interest only. A female only session would empower and inspire, diversify the art form and tackle a skills shortage in the industry while strengthening our workforce.
Pitching: Isha Bailhache, Boudicca Pepper & Tom Hines
Contact:
Tom Hines on 07765 467 143 audioactive.org.uk facebook.com/likeaudioactive
@Audio_Active
3 – Fabrica – Textile Flow
The Textile Flow project aims to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing through a series of welcoming and supportive workshops for older people to make social connections, learn new textile skills and share their knowledge. These skills-based learning sessions will meet weekly, alternating between two venues, Fabrica Gallery and Leach Course (a residential housing scheme for senior citizens located in Kemptown).T his project will give participants a welcoming and supportive space to create positive new connections and experiences based on interest rather than need.
Pitching: Sally Bourner
Contact:
Fabrica on 01273 778 646
fabrica.org.uk/textile-flow-workshops
facebook.com/FabricaGallery
@fabricaGallery
4 – Brighton &Hove Speak Out – Thumbs Up
The Thumbs Up card is a plastic card with the Thumbs Up logo, which can be used to ask for a little extra time, patience and support.
There are thought to be over 6000 people with learning disabilities in the city and they face extensive discrimination, poverty and barriers to community life. Communication difficulties often prevent people from accessing services, and we feel that showing a Thumbs Up card would be an easy way to alert people that the individual may have extra support needs without that person having to find the words to explain. Speak Out are constantly campaigning to raise awareness in Brighton and Hove about the needs of people with learning disabilities. We promote disability awareness and seek to educate businesses and organisations in the city about how to support people with learning disabilities.
Pitching: Liz Holmes with Deborah, Susan, Betty, Gregory and Peter.
Contact:
Brighton & Hove Speak Out on 01273 421 921
lizholmes@bhspeakout.org.uk
bhspeakout.org.uk
en-gb.facebook.com/bhspeakout
@bhspeakout
The Contributors
Music
A massive thank you to Laura and Adam – the Amazing folk duo Hickory Signals – for coming along to entertain us with their beautiful music. And for hanging around to help us clear up :).
Soup and Food
These souper-stars provided a delicious menu of 5 tasty soups to all of our guests – fish, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free – something for everyone. We never get tired of thanking these awesome chefs!
Tom Chadd The Soup Dept
Cauliflower & Stilton
Lizzie Batten
Cock-a-Leekie
Sam Redfern
Spring Green Vegetable Soup
Joanne Gray
Mediterranean Red Lentil & Courgette
Martin Pritchard Chu Chu Burmese
Spicy Red Lentil & Tomato
Decorations, Donations & Raffle Prizes
These are the local (and some national) businesses that supported us with donations and some amazing raffle prizes. Without these contributions we couldn’t afford to cover the cost of hosting the event so that all the ticket donations can go to the winner.
We raised £222 so a HUGE thank you!
- Angel @ AngelArt
- Victoria @ Brighton & Hove Buses
- Sarah @ Brighton Pavillion
- Jan @ The Brighton Toy & Model Musuem
- Jack @ Brighton Zip
- Ed @ BritishAirwaysi360
- Kieron @ Infinity Foods
- Julian @ Intenso Cafe
- Emily @ Komedia Krater Comedy Club Brighton
- Suzanne @ Little Beach Boutique
- Issy & Tiffany @ Polpo Brighton
- Kris & Nick @ Small Batch Coffee Roasters
- Lee @ The Co-op Mile Oak
- Georgie @ The Physio Rooms
The Volunteers
- Thank you to our Project Selection Team for doing the hard work of whittling down submissions to the final four. Regulars Olivia Canham and Caz O’Kane as well as guests for this event Stephen Chamberlain, Sam Hart, Chris Llewelyn and Sam Redfern.
- Thanks again to Lizzie for spending the evening serving soup to people.
- All of our lovely Team Soup volunteers for once again helping to put on a great event,
and Martin who couldn’t make it, but still made soup for us. - To HelpfulPeeps Maxine Bradshaw and Tenzin, and soupers Shelley Jane Brown and Pat Mernagh for coming early to help get us ready and helping throughout.
- And a massive big thank you to everyone who helped clear up on the night.
Please forgive us if we missed anyone out, please let us know so we can update the page.
Check out the event photos here.
Team Soup
