Meeting Needs Chairman’s blog Q1 2025
Margaret Mann2025-02-24T16:25:03+00:00As we begin 2025, I am a little sad that my two years as Chairman are coming to an end, but I am very proud to be handing over to [...]
Beam shines light on Meeting Needs with £4560 gale dinner donation
Margaret Mann2025-02-17T13:32:12+00:00Beam, the UK trade association for the business events, accommodation and meetings industry, raised £4,560 for industry charity foundation Meeting Needs at its annual gala dinner at The Grand Birmingham. More [...]
Meeting Needs project to end food insecurity for subsistence farmers
Margaret Mann2025-02-03T18:11:42+00:00A project to build air-tight grain stores in Tanzania with funding from event industry foundation Meeting Needs is well under way despite heavy rains that threatened the work. Working with [...]
Chris Peacock remembered by Zimbabwe staff and schoolchildren
Margaret Mann2025-02-04T11:09:16+00:00A plaque in memory of Meeting Needs former chairman Chris Peacock has been installed at Break Primary School in his memory in the Matetsi region of Zimbabwe following a [...]
Meeting Needs funding drives food and medicine to Ukraine with Mighty Convoy
Margaret Mann2025-01-21T11:28:59+00:00A cash grant of £7500 at the end of 2024 by event industry foundation Meeting Needs helped finance the delivery of ambulances, food and medicine to Ukraine this month. Working [...]
Classroom repairs deliver increase in pupil attendance following Meeting Needs grant
Margaret Mann2025-01-06T21:21:33+00:00Mwangozomumu Primary School has now completed a renovation of three classrooms to provide a dry and warm environment for more than 100 pupils following a grant from event industry foundation [...]
Meeting Needs upgrades living accommodation for Zimbabwe health workers
Margaret Mann2025-01-02T14:06:25+00:00A grant of £4,187.00 by event industry foundation Meeting Needs has completely refurbished living accommodation for seven health workers at the Lupote Rural Health Centre in the Hwange District [...]
Meeting Needs helps deliver vital food for thought to 358 children
Margaret Mann2024-12-09T20:39:52+00:00Meeting Needs is helping to develop a school farm in Tanzania that will teach basic agricultural skills to pupils while enabling them to cultivate their own food, improving nutrition and [...]
Child protection co-funded by Meeting Needs delivers safety for Nairobi schoolchildren
Margaret Mann2024-12-04T10:53:46+00:00A project co-founded by Meeting Needs earlier this year has reduced child abuse in 12 schools impacting over 10,000 children, along with teachers and parents, in Kenya. The Tushinde School [...]
Meeting Needs helps drive Mighty Convoy support for Ukraine conflict victims
Margaret Mann2024-11-26T14:11:03+00:00Event industry foundation Meeting Needs is providing a vehicle with medicines and other provisions for victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With a grant of £7,500 from Meeting Needs, [...]