Kat Creative

It's been an eventful year, one way and another, not least being elected as a Green Party councillor in my case! I hope this finds you well and starting to wind down for a well-earned break.

This year I've decided to donate to an amazing local charity, Whitley CDA. Based near where I live in South Reading, they do so much for the local community, and it felt like a natural choice, with times being so tough for so many people at the moment.

Their Surplus Food Project makes high quality food that would otherwise go to waste available to people who need it, no questions asked. Anyone can pop in to the café for free advice as well as affordable food and drink and to enjoy the Whitley Community Museum displays. You can always be sure of a warm welcome.

Wishing you a restorative break and all the best for the New Year.

Kathryn x

Are you passionate about business sustainability? If so, you might like to join me in a community called Sustaineers.

It's a really friendly, supportive and positive community, which has grown organically to more than 500 people around the world in just over a year. All people who believe that businesses can play a positive role in moving to a more sustainable way of life.

I'm happy to say that 25 trees have been planted in Madagascar in my name though Ecologi to recognise my contribution to growing the community - that's the maximum. But if you would like to join too, let me know and I can share a code with you that will get you in and get trees planted in the name of my local branch co-host.

Sustaineers View Sustaineers' Ecologi profile. So far they've offset 58.91 tonnes of CO2 and planted 940 trees!

Since July 2017, I've been managing Reading Farmers' Market on behalf of Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-operative.

Since then I have successfully built the market up, bringing new energy to it along with new traders and customers.

I've put a lot of heart into it over the last two and a half years, so it was really rewarding to hear the news that the market has been named Best Food Market in the Great British Market Awards 2020.