Ballot Street Spice, grown from a weekly after-school club, is a social enterprise that plans to make a difference. Spice has a long standing social history; it’s wonderfully symbolic of traditions, tastes and different cultures. Since the 1950’s people have been arriving in Smethwick from around the world, creating a diverse tapestry of many languages, religions and cultures. By celebrating diver
sity & cherishing these traditions, we want to bring people together through spice and share in their spice history. We unearth traditional family spice recipes; then roast, grind and blend spices together to sell to you to help us tackle some of the challenges that exist in our community. People who didn’t talk - are talking; people who saw difference- see similarity; people are sharing food stories and learning new recipes. We are creating opportunity for people to start earning a living and learning new skills. We make original spice blends from our community, so you can enjoy and share our spice stories. By buying them you make a difference – you bring our whole community together and create opportunity – it’s that simple.
