100+ people fed for free
A GoFundMe paid for the stock, and B.L.C cooked free meals for over 100 people.
The community part
Loaded with community.
B.L.C stands for Ben's Loaded Community. The food goes out to the wider community: food shares, free meals, pay what you can and free food at football. The clothes paid for a Veo camera for local football.
B.L.C Food: for the wider community.
The truck feeds more than the queue. In its first year:
Hope Church food share
Excess stock donated to Hope Church food share.
The Shelf at Citizens Advice
Excess stock donated to The Shelf at Citizens Advice.
Pay what you can, and free meals
Pop-ups where everyone pays what they can afford, and meals given away free to people who follow B.L.C.
Free catering for football parties
Football presentation and promotion parties catered for free, plus café pop-ups at matches.
Summer football tournaments
Free food at football tournaments in the summer holidays. B.L.C also paid the teams' entry fees and paid for 3G pitches for the games.
B.L.C Fashion: for football and the social side.
The clothes look after the clubs Ben's son plays for.
A Veo camera for Norwich United
50% of B.L.C Fashion's profits went to Norwich United, the club Ben's son played for, to buy a Veo camera to record their matches.
Next: Scole U16 and Diss U15
Ben's son has stepped up to Scole U16 and Diss U15, and B.L.C would like to do the same for them.
Every sale helps
Buy a jacket, a pair of boots or a tool from B.L.C Fashion and the profit goes back into local football.
Shop B.L.C FashionBigger every year.
As the community gets bigger, who knows what the next ten years hold. Every box from the truck and every B.L.C Fashion sale helps.
For clubs and causes
Bring the truck to your club, fair or fundraiser.
Catering for 40 guests or more, within 30 miles of Diss. Tell us the date, the place and roughly how many are coming.
Got a question?
Ask Ben about the community work.
Email, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger suit Ben best, and he usually replies the same day.
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