About us

Free Cakes for Kids UK is the network of all the local Free Cakes for Kids groups across the country. We aim to bring together volunteers at various stages, help people who would like to start a new group, make sure that good ideas travel across the network and organise the annual Free Cakes for Kids UK Day.

Free Cakes for Kids UK

Toni Poulos, People MagazineThe first Free Cakes for Kids group in the UK was founded in December 2008. Having read about Toni Poulos and her birthday cakes in People Magazine on a flight from Dallas to London, Henriette Lundgren adapted the model to her local community and set up the first FCFK UK group in Oxford. Since then the group has grown steadily, extended its activities to community baking sessions and helped others set up groups in their communities.

The first of these groups got started in March 2010 in Cardiff, where Sarah Williams is looking after bakers in Cardiff. More groups emerged in places like Bicester, Merton (London), Newcastle, North Leeds, Wallingford, Milton Keynes and counting.

With more and more requests for support coming in and very similar challenges in different parts of the country, the FCFK UK network is currently being established as a collaborative effort. We hope to help bakers across the country to do an even better job and spread the word about Free Cakes for Kids.

Our team

The FCFK UK network is a loosely organised web of local groups. Your first point of contact for all questions about starting and organising a local group is Stephanie Griggs-Trevarthen. Steph can help you with your questions and concerns and makes sure that good ideas travel across the network. If you would like to get involved in the network’s activities, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Funding

At the moment, Free Cakes for Kids UK does not have funding of its own and relies entirely on the time and energy of volunteers. Some of our events are currently sponsored by local groups. For example, the first Free Cakes for Kids UK Day 2011 is supported by funds from FCFK Oxford. FCFK Oxford also administers any donations for FCFK UK until it is formally constituted as an organisation. If you would like to contribute to this process, please go to our page on Localgiving.

Contact

If you have a question or idea that concerns your community, it’s usually a good idea to see whether there already is a group and contact your local organiser. For more general issues and inquiries, please e-mail Steph, the network coordinator. Alternatively, you can: