# Stoves re-opens Community Kitchens competition for nominations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/30/stoves-re-opens-community-kitchens-competition-nominations/
- Published: 2016-08-30T10:10:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Cooking appliance brand Stoves has re-opened its Community Kitchens community 
projects fund for applications.**

Stoves launched the fund in 2015, and £20,000 is available to community organisations
to transform their kitchen facilities. The competition asks people to nominate organisations
that have a positive impact on their local communities. Earlier this year, the competition
received more than 200 nominations from community projects around the country.

Nominations must be made via the [Stoves website](http://www.stoves.co.uk/community-kitchen/)
and should explain in no more than 300 words why the community initiative deserves
to win. Once the nomination period has closed, a shortlist will be put to a public
vote. The projects that receive the most votes will then be awarded bronze, silver
and gold prize packages, worth between £2,000 and £5,000.

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The deadline for nominations is 9am on Monday 3rd October.

Amongst the winners of the latest round was a Liverpool-based charity supporting
low-income families by providing a free hot meals service for children during the
holidays; a Blackburn-based women’s centre and a Hampshire-based homeless charity.

Mags Mercer, CEO of [The Vine Centre](http://www.thevinecentre.org.uk/), which won
first prize, said:

> “We were delighted to have won the competition as it meant we could finish the
> fit out of our training and catering kitchen.  Our kitchen is vital as we provide
> 3,500 meals a year to homeless people and run a Catering Training Programme for
> unemployed people. Our centre is accessed 8,000 times a year so having new equipment
> means a great deal.”

Jonathan Casley, managing director of Stoves parent company Glen Dimplex Home Appliances,
added:

> “We were amazed by the response earlier this year. We had entries from a really
> diverse range of organisations, all doing fantastic work for their communities.
> What this demonstrated to us is that food preparation really is at the heart of
> community projects and access to a kitchen can be a lifeline for vulnerable members
> of society.”

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