Fundraising for winter 'In the Bag' passes £2,000 and there's still time to help!

DONATE NOW to support 'In the Bag' and help beat hunger this winter!

Fundraising for a winter edition 'In the Bag' - Sussex Cricket's initiative to help address food insecurity together with the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership - has reached £2,000 thanks to the generosity of the Sussex Cricket community and followers of cricket commentary website, Guerilla Cricket. 

That's enough to provide over 570 ingredient and recipe kits to those in need this winter, but we still need your help to reach the campaign target of £3,500. That would be enough to supply a thousand bags!

Please give what you can to help us provide healthy meals to families across Brighton & Hove in the winter months! DONATE HERE.

What is 'In the Bag'?

‘In the Bag’ is a partnership between Sussex Cricket Foundation and Brighton & Hove Food Partnership to deliver bagged recipe kits to families in need as identified by the city’s Emergency Food Network.

The scheme is part of Sussex Cricket Foundation’s efforts to address the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic across the county, of which food insecurity is one. Over six weeks in summer 2020, 1,247 recipe bags were provided to at least 305 families in need thanks to £4,000 raised through Together Through This Test, cricket’s national fundraising effort.  

Each of the bags contained recipes and all the ingredients needed to make the recipe apart from salt/pepper and oil. The Food Partnerships aimed for healthier recipes that included vegetables and or fruit, that were easy to make and that provided options for children’s involvement.

Following the success of the summer 2020 scheme, it was decided that ‘In the Bag’ would be return during the school summer holidays each year. Guerilla Cricket’s fundraising drive has also allowed ‘In the Bag’ to take place this winter.