OUR HISTORY

Parminder Dhanjal - Trustee and Director

After working for many years as a Social Worker, helping families and vulnerable people improve their situations, our founder Parminder developed SFiCE Foundation to initially help fund education for street children in India, soon noticing the need for help fighting against food poverty in Nottingham, she developed the Social Cafe, providing free meals to homeless and vulnerable people in the city. From there, the charity has expanded and grown exponentially due to her hard work.

Harvey Goodman - Trustee

After 50 years in financial services, I retrained as a Blue Badge tour guide. The Covid-19 Pandemic has stopped all tourist business and I thought it would be a good opportunity to try and do something helpful in the community.

Unfortunately, the current situation has highlighted even more the need to assist many members of society who need support in all sorts of ways and SFiCE is helping out with one of the most basic needs …. dealing with food poverty.

As well as providing meals that are currently being delivered to the recipient’s own home, SFiCE also provides ESOL classes and a support line among other services all of which help those who for one reason or another cannot help themselves and I am proud and happy to do what I can to help out. 

It seems to me that the current situation is not going to improve shortly and therefore SFiCE and similar charities are going to be required for a long time. 

Chris Skelly - Trustee

I have worked for 10 years in local government finance and a further 14 years in university finance, where I continue to work on supporting and developing the finance system. I am looking to use the skills and experience I have gained so far in the work I do for the SFiCE Foundation. Unfortunately, more people are now experiencing food poverty. The SFiCE Foundation is helping to support some of the most vulnerable people in the community through the social café and other projects. I am enthusiastic about contributing to the great work that SFiCE is doing.

Samantha Billington

I am an experienced charity professional having worked with many small charities throughout Nottingham for over 12 years. With a specialism in Trust Fundraising, I now work for a grant-making charity whilst providing freelance services as a Bid Writer. I was keen to use my wide range of skills to support a small local charity and my interest was piqued when I read about SFiCE Foundation. SFiCE provides more than a hot meal to the people who use their services and such needs that are related to food poverty are not going away. I'm keen to help SFiCE develop and expand support to vulnerable people.