• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

News and entertainment worth sharing – York and North Yorkshire

  • News
  • Things to do
  • Radio
  • More
    • Food & drink
    • Business
  • About
    • Comments
    • Advertise
    • Contact us
  • Radio
  • WIN
  • Vouchers
  • Choice Awards
  • Listen live »
Selby Residents' Festival

Have you got a great idea for York? Soup it up and you could win cash

Hosting the first soup – the Priory Street Centre
Sat 16 May, 2015 @ 9.27 pm Community news YorkMix
The first York Soup

Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York YO1 6ET

Thu Jun 25 @ 6pm

£10

Book tickets via the Eventbrite page

Got a great idea to benefit the city? Then pitch it at the first York Soup – and you could get cash to make it happen.

York Soup is new initiative which will give out small grants for community initiatives.

What happens is this. One hundred people pay £10 for a meal of soup, salad and bread. They then listen to four people pitch their ideas to improve the city.

Afterwards the diners vote, and the winning pitch receives the money from the ticket sales – expected to be between £300 and £500 – to make their idea happen.

York CVS is co-hosting the first event at the Priory Street Centre off Micklegate. Chief executive Luke Barnett said:

York Soup is a really interesting concept, I think it’s a great way to bring all the communities of York together to share food, ideas and to make a difference to our city by supporting a local project.

We hope that York Soup will quickly become an exciting regular fixture in York’s calendar, where the community comes together to make York an even better place to live and work.

The idea originated in the United States. Since Detroit Soup began five years ago, diners there have raised more than £54,000 for community projects.

Raising money is only one benefit of the project. Those taking part in York Soup will be encouraged to lend their time and expertise to help the various ideas get off the ground.

Meanwhile, whoever wins the money will be invited to a future York Soup to explain how the project went.

To be considered for a York Soup pitch slot, email Ruth Stockdale at York CVS. The only criteria at this stage is the idea or project benefits York.

Hundreds of York children pull funny faces on viral video hit

Meet the star baker who creates cakes from celebrity faces

11 things I’ve learned doing Strictly – by Radio York’s Elly

Sat 16 May, 2015

Footer

YorkMix
News 01904 848 766
Email YorkMix news »
5-6 King's Court, Shambles, York  YO1 7LD
YorkMix Radio
General enquiries 01904 375 029
Studio/competitions 01904 375 030
Email YorkMix Radio »
Selby Superbowl, Bawtry Road, Selby  YO8 8NA
YorkMix is a trading name of YorkMix Media Ltd
Registered in England
Company number: 07814727
VAT number: 154 0364 34
© York Sound Ltd

Copyright © 2023 YorkMix Media Ltd

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Cookie settingsACCEPT
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT