Celebrating with our Community
On Monday 9th June 2025 we had a birthday party which was just such a fabulous day for us, full of wonderful new memories!
Turning 15, we were grateful to spend the weekend surrounded by our community, our friends, our supporters and our partners… perhaps not the average teenage party!
For us, ChangeKitchen CIC has always been about more than one person, although I’m proud to be the founder. ChangeKitchen CIC has an ethos of social justice, kindness, good food… and good people.
Throughout our 15 years as a social enterprise, we’ve supported and encouraged people to believe in themselves, celebrate their uniqueness, and achieve more than they thought they could. We do it through food… a great conversation starter (excuse the pun!)!
Championing volunteering, providing work experience, delivering healthy eating workshops, recruiting people (not just their CV’s), nurturing and developing our team, creating new connections, being open to new opportunities – it all comes back to people.
Our food surplus collections happen because of people.
Our climate-friendly catered events happen because of people.
Our new product innovations happen because of people.
Our sustainability as a social enterprise is enabled, and happens, because of people.
My own approach is to take nothing for granted, treat every day with gratitude, and keep trying to be my best, while having to balance the books, share our social impact story, and sort late finishes and early starts!
The best part of my day is a wake-up coffee from our Kindness Café, planning new menus, our daily lunch with the whole team and celebrating their successes.
So, for everyone who has (and is) part of our social enterprise journey, sent messages, came to our community day, raised a glass at our evening celebration, and who filled our 15th birthday bash with happiness, energy and smiles… with deep appreciation, thank you.
Enjoy this quick capture of our community celebrations!
Birgit Kehrer
Founder, ChangeKitchen CIC