The Felix Project

Providing a million meals to stop London’s kids going hungry

Challenge

For most Londoners, hunger is something that happens elsewhere. But here, in one of the world’s richest cities, 1 in 4 families struggle to afford food. Nor are these unemployed or ‘economically inactive’ – they are working families. The Felix Project is a small charity that wants to make a big impact on alleviating this problem.

Strategy

Make it impossible for Londoners to avoid confronting the problem. Go large, get in everyone’s face. Use the same techniques as a classic disaster relief appeal.

Services

Strategy

Creative

Studio

Film

The great thing was that, despite being a small charity, The Felix Project knew how to punch well above their weight. They had recruited ambassadors such as Fearne Cotton and Jamie Oliver, and persuaded media owners such as JC Decaux to give them some of the most impactful OOH sites including Piccadilly Lights. We just needed to connect all their efforts to generate donations.

The Winter Appeal 2022 was built around a simple but iconic image of an empty plate, to take full advantage of the media we were able to design for.

Results

  • Within 5 weeks of launch we had raised funds for a million meals, eventually raising enough to put food on 2.45 million plates to feed hungry London families.

We can’t credit Maverick enough – not only did they use their creative expertise to really help The Felix Project position itself and our fundraising campaigns, but their pro bono work helped to make a real impact in our communities.

We couldn’t be more impressed with the results. The Maverick Group have been an incredible strategic and creative inspirational partner, and this campaign is a standout example of how they can turn their unique brand of impactful marketing into a brave fundraising campaign that not just supported The Felix Projects fight against hunger in London, but created ongoing sources of donations for us.

Tanya Mitchell

Director of Income Generation and Marketing

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