It’s finally here!
Welcome to The Lucy Foundation website – a place where you can meet our team, learn more about the Foundation and keep up to date with our projects.
Take a look around and let us know what you think… we’re keen to hear from you!
Welcome to
The Lucy Foundation
This Saturday we'll be joining a bunch of other amazing disability social enterprises at the Illuminate Night Market in Mt Albert. We'll be selling all sorts of treats - from bags of TLF coffee, to TLF Bush Honey, plunger packs, as well as hot coffee by the cup. Swing by for a great family-friendly, inclusive event!
[Image description: Four TLF photos shared by Recreate NZ - Top left is Grace and Robbie running a TLF market stall. Top right is a bag of TLF coffee and a flat white in a white mug. Lower left is Don Epifanio, a coffee farmer partner from Mexico peering through leaves and cherries on a coffee tree. Lower right is a TLF fundraiser poster that reads 'The best coffee of all is coffee for all'.]
#TheBestCoffeeOfAllIsCoffeeForAll #DisabilityEmployment #InclusiveCoffee #SocialEnterprise #EnvironmentalRegeneration #FilterCoffeeNotPeople
Congratulations to TLF founder and director Dr Robbie Francis Watene for being awarded the #HerAbilities Award in Rights!The #HerAbilities Award in Rights goes to 🥁
Dr. Robbie Francis Watene! Robbie is a leading disability rights activist from New Zealand. She founded The Lucy Foundation, an international social business that promotes inclusion and diversity in the global coffee industry. The jury agree: “she is an amazing role model and a super smart businesswoman.” Congratulations 🎊
Disability inclusive✅
Environmentally regenerative✅
Simply delicious ✅
Purchase freshly roasted coffee beans (Pluma single origin or Lucy blend) through our website, and the roaster will donate $5 per kg back to our charitable objectives.
www.thelucyfoundation.com/help-us-out
[Image description: A vase shaped like Frida Kahlo filled with dried flowers sits between a compostable TLF bag of coffee and a freshly brewed TLF mug of coffee. In the foreground is a wooden spoon overflowing with TLF coffee beans. The background is a white tiled bench and wall.]
Our first harvest! 😋 Delicious, nutritious and locally grown by our amazing team in Pluma Hidalgo! These types of productive projects not only create inclusion for people with disabilities, but they also generate food autonomy and employment!
Thank you New Zealand Embassy for your support in helping make this happen!
Primera cosecha de nuestros hongos! 😋 Deliciosos, nutritivos y cultivados localmente por nuestro increíble equipo en Pluma Hidalgo. Este tipo de proyectos productivos no sólo crean inclusión para las personas con discapacidad, sino que generan autonomía alimentaria y empleo!
Gracias a la Embajada de Nueva Zelanda por su apoyo para hacer esto posible!
#thelucyfoundation #PlumaHidalgo #disabilityemployment #newzealand #mexicooaxaca #thebestcoffeeofalliscoffeeforall #mushroomsoaxaca
Sharing moments with TLF members and women of the community. This is a project brought to Pluma by Mary of the Mermejita Circus, where she invites women to explore with movement and body therapy.
Compartiendo momentos con miembros de TLF y mujeres de la comunidad. Este es un proyecto que nos viene a compartir Mary del Circo Mermejita, donde invita a las mujeres a explorar con el movimiento y terapia corporal.
#PlumaHidalgo #thelucyfoundation #inclusivecommunity #FelizAñoNuevo #PlumaCoffeeProject #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights
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