An excellent volunteer induction - thanks Marty - we are now waiting for the community cafe do be given the go ahead by the county council to open so that we can set our opening date!

Is there anyone who missed Monday's meeting, who could volunteer for a session, am (approx 9.30-10.30ish) or pm (3-4ish) Tuesday to Saturday. We're trying to make it one shift per week with others available to call on if unable to make it. The current rota I'm devising is rather light for Friday and Saturday especially.

This is a list of what we need to do - a lot of which we have done - to be ready to open soon.

M Y P R E - L A U N C H C H E C K L I S T
 Completed a risk assessment
 Completed HACCP
 Secured Public Liability Insurance
 Registered the fridge with the Local Authority
 Sent the above documentation to [email protected]
 Recruited volunteers
 Staff and volunteer training including food hygiene training and measurement
 Have copies of signed training checklist for staff and volunteers
 Secured food surplus donations
 Read the Community Fridge Network crisis protocols
 Installed the fridge (and possibly freezer)
 Installed the necessary communications around the fridge (instructions for
use, disclaimer, logging forms, comments book)
 Decorated the space to make it feel warm and welcoming
 Notified Hubbub of the launch date to support on social media
 Notified local press if relevant
 Circulated promotional materials and advertised to local community

The second lump of funding is on its way!

Induction for volunteers on Sat 5th June at 3pm ok for everyone?

The fridge is nearly ready to open - we have a temporary fridge freezer to keep us going until the ones from Hubbub turn up, and we have trained our volunteers and bought signs. The Community Edible garden is looking great, we have planted lots of veg that people have given to us, and have bought some trowels and signs. The projects are well underway and will support each other - the grant funding has definitely contributed to our ability to get a community fridge started in Tenby , and will ensure its success in the future, giving us a fund to ensure the fridge survives and to help other related projects to be undertaken.

I found a second hand fridge freezer for £60 on Nextdoor so that will hopefully mean we can get started sooner, while we wait for the reconditioned commercial ones to turn up!

Ian at the community café today said that they have a food cooler that they won't need in their café and that we could have it for the fridge. I suppose that is ok?
They are hoping to open by the end of may so we will aim for June 4th. Hopefully everyone will complete their level 2 by then and we can have a rota of volunteers ready to go....

Please can I check who has now completed the level 2 food safety training.

The free fridge and freezer should turn up within the next 6 weeks, apparently.

Can I just remind everyone who has been enrolled on the online food safety level 2 course that you need to log on and commence to the course as both the password and completion are time limited.

Thanks Marty

How about these for aims of Tenby Connects?

To develop projects with the aim of encouraging the local community to become involved and to work together to foster community pride.
These will include an accessible community garden, open to all; a community fridge; and other projects chosen by the community.
To build community and social capacity – helping the community to share knowledge, skills and ideas.
To create environmental space to be shared by all, and to encourage co-operation, integration and unity in the community, with the aim of building community resilience.

Hope you have all found your online food hygiene training ok - it would be great to be ready to open the fridge whenever that becomes possible...