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Baking bread can improve mental health
We founded Virtuous Bread in 2010 to change the world through bread. Since that time many of the Bread Angels, and others associated with Virtuous Bread have baked in prisons and old people’s homes, street shelters and schools. We have Read More …
Baking bread is the start of a brighter future
Baba is originally from Ghana and is curious about different types of flour, ingredients and the health and nutritional benefits of good bread. Baba came to the baking course run by Lisa Wilson, Bread Angel and founder of Eventful Bread, Read More …
Reflections on the first years of Virtuous Bread
Easter Monday 2010 – Stockholm, Sweden “You are going to do what?” I was spending Easter with my friend Kat. It had been a difficult few months. A profoundly disappointing client engagement led me to want a break from strategy Read More …
Everards Brewery helps people set up home baking businesses in Leicester
What is a social enterprise? Social enterprises exist to benefit society; but they are not necessarily charities. There are two sides to a social enterprise – the “social” bit and the “enterprise” bit. Social enterprises need to make money because Read More …
Sunday market at The Wheatsheaf in Fulham
Selling virtuous bread (and cinammon buns) at The Wheatsheaf Pub in Fulham gave me a glimpse into another community building, recession busting enterprise. We don’t need the Big Society. We need more people like Lance. Read More …
The Bread Angels pilot – Part One
It was not perfect and I feel terrible about that. Read More …
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One winter day in 2009, my motorcycle would not start. It turned out to be a rather complicated and expensive fix, and being short of money (I had decided to take a break from my job) and long of bread, Read More …