The MAZI Project

Together for Joyful Resilience 🌱💛 This World Hunger Day, we’re calling on Bristol to recognise food and eating together as a powerful act of care and solidarity. Across the South West, 1 in 7 young people are out of education, out of work, and often out of options. Many are facing unsafe housing, hunger and isolation at the very moment they should be building their futures. 📣 Food is a basic right, yet for too many, it’s a daily struggle wrapped in stigma, shame and loneliness. “Together for Joyful Resilience” is The MAZI Project’s campaign using food as a tool for youth justice, care and empowerment. We’re inviting individuals, businesses and organisations to gather at our series of carefully curated events to share meals, stories and experiences, and stand with Bristol’s marginalised 16–25 year olds. At the heart of this campaign are our aMAZIng members: young people affected by trauma and systemic neglect, whose resilience, strength and ambition demand better investment and support to live the lives they deserve. Join us – together for joyful resilience. ✨🍽️ 🎨 Thank you @kimballwynn for the amazing poster design What’s your small act of joyful resilience in life? #themaziproject #worldhungerday #bristol #community #bristolfood

📣 MAZI’s World Hunger Day events just dropped! From 18th–24th May, we’re bringing Bristol together for a week of food, joy, community and action as part of our Together for Joyful Resilience campaign. Every ticket, table and shared meal helps support young people facing poverty. ✨What are the events we are hosting?✨ DATE CHANGED TO: Wednesday 27th May 18:00 - 22:00: Spanish Wine Tasting x Tapas at @papadeli Tuesday 19th May Doors at 18:30 - 21:30: ‘In Our Hands’: Film & Panel on Food Futures at @henandchicken Wednesday 20th May 18:30 - 22:30: A Meal That Matter, @teamcanteenbristol , @sonnystores & @lidobristol Friday 22nd May 18:00 - 21:00: Cocktails and Bottomless Pizza at @gigispizzashop Sunday 24th May 12:00 - 16:00: BBQ, Joy and Community Fun at MAZI Community Kitchen 🎟️ Tickets via link in bio #TheMAZIProject #WorldHungerDay #BristolEvents #BristolFood

Award winning comedian and Bristol treasure, Jayde Adams will be hosting A Meal That Matters on Wednesday 20th May to support young people facing hunger, isolation, and barriers to employment. 🎤 The experience includes: a four-course meal created by some of Bristol’s very best chefs, including Michelin-starred @josh_eggleton MBE from @theponychewvalley alongside @chef.ben.harvey from @bianchisbristol , Shona and Alexis from @teamcanteenbristol , Pegs from @sonnystores , and @pashpeters from @lidobristol 🌸 Alongside incredible food, you’ll enjoy: 💫 A welcome drink and wine on the table 💫 Brilliant hosting (and plenty of laughs) from Jayde Adams 💫 Inspiring stories from The MAZI Project community It’s the perfect opportunity for a meaningful night out, whether with colleagues, clients, or friends, while directly supporting young people to build confidence and brighter futures through food. Tickets: Individual: £120 Pair: £160 Group of 4: £300 Table of 10: £1,500 includes brand visibility and optional team volunteering days. If you’re looking for an evening that combines exceptional food, great company, and real impact, this is the one! Tickets link in bio x

📣Food poverty is about more than just access to food📣 For many marginalised young people, food insecurity can also mean isolation and a lack of community. That’s why at The MAZI Project, we focus on building connection alongside providing nourishing meals. Across Bristol, there are so many incredible organisations using food, creativity, and community to bring people together and support people facing isolation and food insecurity 🍽️ We wanted to spotlight just a few of the groups doing amazing work in our city, creating welcoming spaces, sharing knowledge, building confidence, and helping people feel a little less alone ✨ A huge shoutout to: 💛 @squarefoodfoundation 🩵 @teamcanteenbristol ❤️ @coexistcommunitykitchen 💜 @migratefuluk Bristol is full of people doing meaningful, community-led work, and we’re so grateful to be part of a city with organisations like these. Know another local group doing amazing work? Tag them below 👇

🍕🥧** SLICE PARTY **🍕🥧🍒🥧🍋 Alongside unlimited pizza, cocktails, fine wine, local beers, Elmer spinning motown and raising money for the incredible work of @themaziproject , we’re seriously gassed to have @ohmy_pieco joining us with their unreal American-style pies. Think key lime, cherry pie and a few other bits you’ll probably still be thinking about the next day alongside all the Gigi’s classics and a couple special surprises. Together for Joyful Resilience Tickets are moving, so grab yours now. Come hungry. x

🎟️🎟️ONLY 20 TICKETS LEFT 🎟️ 🎟️ Join us NEXT WED for our biggest fundraiser yet with four delicious courses by geniuses behind @theponychewvalley @bianchisbristol @cottowinebarandkitchen @sonnystores @lidobristol @emmeline_bristol and @teamcanteenbristol with @alexisjohn_uk ⚡️⚡️ Wine and a welcome drink from @spiegelandpeach included and hosted by the brilliant Jayde Adams 🫶 All proceeds help The MAZI Project support marginalised 16–25 year olds through the power of food and improving physical and mental wellbeing and unlocking meaningful opportunities. Grab your seat now (link in bio) 🎫🎫

在餐桌上 AT THE TABLE WANGS X @themaziproject - we’re excited to be collaborating with the MAZI project to tackle food insecurity, reducing isolation and building confidence in disadvantaged youth through food. @xin.xin.chan and MAZI will be hosting a one off, surprise 3 course sharing menu on Thursday 4th June 2026 @ MAZI, Bedminster, with proceeds going to this important cause. Limited spaces available. Tickets available via the link in our bio X #bristolrestaurant #bristolfood #maziproject #bristolevents #bristolfoodevents

A special shoutout to our incredible community champion, Tommy who recently hosted a charity coffee morning in support of MAZI 💛 With incredible home made cakes from the neighbourhood, the morning raised a brilliant £285, securing 90 nourishing meals to go to young people facing food poverty in the city 🫶🫶 He said: “I wanted to get people together to support a great local cause and contribute to our sense of community, which I think is really important at the moment with all the madness in the world. It was really nice seeing the cross-generational mixing, with folk who have lived on the road for forty years sharing stories with young couples who’ve just moved to the area.” Thank you Tommy for backing our work and helping create the kind of joyful, connected community we believe in 💛 Get in touch if you would like to host a coffee morning or dinner to raise money for The MAZI Project 🫶

🍽️ The menu for our Meal that Matters dinner has dropped! Curated by some incredible and well known Bristol Chef’s like @josh_eggleton , @teamcanteenbristol , @chef.ben.harvey , @sonnystores , @pashpeters and more! A massive thank you to @mevalco_ and @arthurdavidfws for supporting the event 💛💛 The event will also be hosted by @msjaydeadams and will include stories from our aMAZIng young people. 🎟️ Grab your tickets now from the link in bio! #themaziproject #charitydinner #bristol

Hear from some of our members about the impact MAZI has had on their lives 💛 This World Hunger Day, we’re shining a light on joyful resilience, the small and powerful ways people come together through food and community to show they care. 📦🥕At MAZI, our meal kits are about more than just food. They give young people voice and choice in what they eat, helping them access balanced, nourishing meals made with sustainably sourced ingredients. 💛🥘Our community sessions bring young people together to reduce isolation, build confidence, and create meaningful connections, because tackling food poverty is about more than feeding people, it’s about making sure nobody feels alone. Alongside this, young people gain practical cooking skills and opportunities for the future. Help us make sure every young person feels cared for through food. Donate today 💫

🌱Food is a political act 🌱 Just like a Greek salad, it might seem simple, but it holds great power in making someone feel cared for and nourished. 🍅🥒🇬🇷 A Meal That Matters is one way to get involved with The MAZI Project. When you book your table, you are not just coming for an incredible meal with amazing people; you are helping us work towards a future where young people not in education or employment feel loved through food. 💛 Hosted at The Elmgrove centre by @msjaydeadams with @josh_eggleton , @teamcanteenbristol @chef.ben.harvey @pashpeters @sonnystores and more! The simple act of eating together can foster confidence, community, and long-term wellbeing, for our young people and for all of us. This is all part of our World Hunger Day campaign, “Together for Joyful Resilience,” is focused on bringing people together around shared meals and stories. This is a way to support young people who are often overlooked. 50% of tickets have already gone, so get yours now! 🎟️Book your place via the link in bio #themaziproject #bristol #charity #bristolfood

Our doors are open!☀️🚪 We’re hosting a relaxed BBQ at our community kitchen and you’re invited. Come by for good food, music and a welcoming space to spend time together, you can bring friends, come solo, and stay as long as you like. It’s all about sharing food and connecting with your community 💛 If you’ve been curious about what we do at MAZI, this is a lovely way to see it in action. We use food as a tool to support young people across Bristol, building confidence, connection and opportunities. 🗓️ 24th May 📍 Bedminster BS3 4DJ (MAZI community kitchen) ⏰ 12–4pm It’s free to attend, with an optional donation. £30 helps us provide 6 nourishing meals for a young person who needs it. We’d love to see you there 💛