What’s for Dinner?

Four days a week 35 children and young people attending our After Schools Programme can avail of a hot meal freshly prepared each day by our European Solidarity Corps Volunteers.

From spaghetti bolognese as a regular reliable to fish fingers and mash every Wednesday, daily meals create a welcome routine for children and young people, and go a long way to create the safe space we strive for. The children and young people also enjoy getting involved in food preparation and baking. As with everything we seek and welcome their input.

To help us keep costs to a minimum for daily meals Solas Project is delighted to avail of free dried and tinned food made available under the FEAD Programme.

What is FEAD?

The Fund of European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) is designed to support European Member States in addressing the basic needs of the people in our community.  The Programme works through not-for-profit bodies to fund the purchase of food and basic material assistance. The distribution of this Fund in Ireland is known as FEAD Ireland.

Where Does the Food Come From?

FoodCloud (an award winning Social Enterprise ) are the national delivery partner for the (FEAD) programme nationwide. FoodCloud's role is to procure, store and distribute FEAD products to eligible charities, which supports individuals to take their first steps out of poverty and social exclusion.

Every month Michelle, our finance and administration manager collects the products at Food Cloud’s depot in Broomhill Road, Tallaght for use in the kitchen we use at Saint Catherines Church, Thomas Street.

Over the years our International students including ESC volunteers have been introduced to coddle and stew, they in turn have attempted to sprinkle some of their own flavours and twists to our menu giving children and young people in Dublin 8 some more eclectic tastes!