The MAZI Project

Looking for food support over the festive period? Take a look at Feeding Bristol's resources below 👇

🎉 We Did It! Our First MAZI Education Programme is Complete! 🎉 Here’s a little video capturing the wonderful time we’ve had over the past four weeks—filled with tasty food, creativity, and connection! From building confidence in the kitchen to building friendships and creative expression through cooking, it’s been incredible to see the care and love our young people put into preparing delicious meals. 🍴✨ You can support our education programmes by getting in touch with our founder Melanie Vaxevanakis 🫶

Huge thank you to Gardiner & Theobald LLP Bristol office for choosing us as charity to support this Christmas! Their donation will help secure the continuation of our aMAZIng meal kit service which delivers healthy and sustainable food to vulnerable young people across the country.

🎉 Celebrating the Success of Our First MAZI Education Programme! 🎉 We are thrilled to share that we’ve completed our first-ever MAZI four-week education programme: Nourishing Confidence 🌟 Over the past month, a group of aMAZIng young people came together to create, learn, and share their passion for cooking. From homemade pasta dishes to Somalian canjeera and chicken pies, the kitchen was buzzing with creativity and delicious aromas. 🍝 At the heart of this programme was more than just cooking; it was about equipping our participants with essential life skills. At the end of the four weeks, we celebrated their achievements with certificates accredited by ASDAN. We couldn’t be prouder of this milestone and are already excited for what’s next! For now, we’ll leave you with these inspiring words from one of our aMAZIng participants: "I wish it was longer, and I've learnt to cook a lot of new things. I can't wait to make the recipes for my friends!" Here’s to building confidence, nourishing skills, and creating brighter futures - one recipe at a time. 🍳💚 #FoodEducation #LifeSkills #CommunityEmpowerment

Thank you SO much for the shoutout Amelia Christie-Miller! 👏 We're huge Bold Bean Co | B Corp™ fans (equally bean-obsessed here at MAZI) and love brands that share our ethos - could a collab be on the cards? 😉 🫘

We had the pleasure of hosting a wonderful group of young asylum seekers and refugees from 1625 Independent People in our kitchen space! 🧑🍳 This is what The MAZI Project is all about: offering vulnerable young people a space to learn, grow, and feel the love through food. 🍽️ From cooking Afghan rice to flatbreads made from scratch, no kitchen surface was left untouched. Celebrating and nourishing ourselves with foods from around the world - what better way to bring people together? 🍚 Big thank you to Pak Butchers for donating the meat for the session 🫶 A HUGE thank you to Falcon Wear for the gorgeous enamel plates—they made each meal feel even more special for our aMAZIng members. #TheMAZIProject #FoodEducation #Bristol #Community

Our Festival Raffle is live 🎉 With every raffle ticket you buy, you’ll help us deliver 380 meal kits & 2,280 nourishing meals to young people facing food insecurity this December. Our goal is to raise £6,000 to fund tasty, healthy recipes for those in need – and YOU could win incredible prizes donated by Bristol & South West businesses! Get your tickets now & spread the word: https://lnkd.in/eH-aMBfF Together, let's make sure every young person feels love through food this festive season!

At the MAZI Project, we believe that every young person should feel love through food. It’s so important that each of our meal kits are packed with love and care. When you receive this package, we want you to feel like you’re an equal member of society, that you can equally contribute, and you know that you deserve it. 🫶 Check out this clip from Melanie Vaxevanakis’s interview with BBC Morning Live after being shortlisted in the top three for BBC Food and Farming Morning Live’s Community Champion award! 🥳 You can support our work by donating below, or reach out to us if you think you can help raise awareness of our mission! https://lnkd.in/eiTb3WAv Thank you so much 🧡   #TheMAZIProject #Bristol #CommunitySpace #BBCMorningLive #BBC

WANT TO SUPPORT OUR FESTIVE RAFFLE? 🎁 This festive season, The MAZI Project is hosting a Festive Raffle to fund 380 meal kits and 2,280 meals for young people facing food insecurity in Bristol! 🎉 But we need YOUR help! We're looking for local partners to donate prizes. With your support, we're aiming to raise £6,000 over this month & we’d love your support! We already have some amazing prizes donated by: 🌟 Sonny Stores 🌟 Mevalco 🌟 Bristol City 🌟 Brokley Stores 🌟 Lost and Grounded But we'd love your support - the bigger the raffle the more young people facing food poverty we can help. Drop us a message or email melanie@themaziproject.org if you think you can help! 💛

📣 The MAZI Project Winter Feast! 📣 Join us in our brand new community kitchen for an incredible feast with some of Bristol's biggest chefs including: Piran Peters from Lido Bristol, Pegs from Sonny Stores, Micky from Two Trees Catering and Sam Sohn-Rethel from MEVALCO (FINE FOODS FROM SPAIN) LIMITED 🌟 We will be serving up a tasty four course with a welcome drink Mediterranean feast with ingredients from high quality Spanish importer, Mevalco are the main sponsors of the event. 🇪🇸 We are offering tickets on a sliding scale starting at £35! 🫶 All money raised will be going directly towards supporting marginalised young people with better access to healthy food, cooking skills and employment opportunities. ❣️ Big up Studio Nom for the poster 👏 TICKETS HERE: https://lnkd.in/eB6zZfTW #Bristol #TheMAZIProject