No Vice Ice CIC

05/05/2025

It's official - we are shutting up shop!

As many of you will be aware we have spent the last year or so trying to find a new premises to call our home and take No Vice Ice to the next level.

Alas, our dreams have not been able to become a reality this time. BUT, we are working hard to hand as much of our No Vice Icey-goodness onto another local socially purposed business (so watch this space!).

In the meantime, join the No Vice Ice team on Sunday 25th May from 3-5pm at Flo's hatch, to raise a lolly and celebrate all that we have achieved with your fantastic support. We hope to see you there!

Flo's - The Place in the Park
OX4 Food Crew

11/12/2024

We are still on the lookout for a new home! If you can help us, please get in touch with Ella - [email protected]

No Vice Ice has reached a crossroad moment! We've had a fantastic four years since starting back in 2020... but we are now facing some challenges, that will impact on the company’s future.

Our wonderful, but now very old lolly machine has become slow and inefficient, meaning the cost of producing lollies has become unsustainably high. We need to buy new, larger and more efficient equipment to continue to cover our overheads. However, in order to begin raising the funds to achieve our scale up ambitions, we first need to find a space which is big enough to house this kit. (A massive thank you to Flo's - The Place in the Park for supporting us/housing us for the last four years!).

Over the last 6 months we have been searching for such a space – and despite a couple of exciting leads, we have yet to find somewhere which is suitable. So, we are now doing a call out for space! If you know of a kitchen, small unit or any other kind of space that you think might make a suitable new home for us, please get in touch. We are very open to sharing space and other flexible options!

Please do share/forward this to anyone who might be interested and/or able to help.

With massive love from the No Vice Ice Team



OX4 Food Crew
Good Food Oxfordshire
Oxford City Council

28/11/2024

We were delighted to take part in Good Food Oxfordshire's research on Community Wealth Building!

Take a peep to find out more about the highs, lows, challenges and opportunities associated with being a food based social enterprise in OX4... As told by the enterprises of the OX4 Food Crew: Oxford Community Action, Waste2Taste CIC, Food with a Conscience, Flo's - The Place in the Park, Damascus Rose Kitchen and, of course, us!

Another product of this research was the fantastic film created for us by Stone Barrell. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/1026439068

A massive thank you to GFO and Oxford City Council for making this possible!

21/11/2024

"2024 has been another fantastic season for the No Vice Ice team, with new exciting collaborations, products and events keeping us busy".

Check out our full production and impact report on our website:

No Vice Ice - Licking the Planet into Shape. No Vice Ice's mission is to empower people to have explore the links between food, often invisible health conditions/disabilities and sustainability in ways that are fun and inclusive for all... We do this through making (and eating!) ice lollies!

23/10/2024

Check out this fancy film we made with our fellow OX4 Food Crew social enterprises!

When you buy lollies, meals, coffees or anything from one of our group you are also supporting our wider community missions around equality, access to food, training, employment and much much more!

This is just a snipped of the full film. You can check out the full length video here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FpNfSedhhuM

To book service from one of the catering enterprises, head to: ox4foodcrew.co.uk/catering

A massive thanks to the fantastic team at Stone Barrell for producing this film and capturing our vision and to Good Food Oxfordshire for making this possible.

You can their websites at stonebarrell.com and goodfoodoxford.org
Oxford Community Action Waste2Taste CIC, Food with a Conscience Flo's - The Place in the Park

04/10/2024

We were lucky enough to sell our lollies at 10 events this year! 🎉Here were our top 3 best selling events 🥇🥈🥉

03/10/2024

Our top #3 best selling flavours this year! We are glad that our Tangy 🍏 , Strawberry Crush 🍓 and Cheeky Cherry 🍒 ice lollies are well loved.

02/10/2024

Well done to our team and new staff for completing their training and 344 hours of lolly making! 👩🏻‍🍳💪🏻

01/10/2024

A BIG thank you to all of our stockists this year! We are especially grateful to Flo’s Cafe, Missing Bean and Rectory Farm who have been our Top #3 stockists this year! 🏆🏅

Flo's - The Place in the Park Missing Bean Coffee Shops Rectory Farm PYO

30/09/2024

As we approach the end of the season, we wanted to showcase what we've achieved this year. We want to say thank you to every customer, stockist, lolly lover, and anyone else who has helped us this year, resulting in us producing and selling more lollies than ever before :)

Keep an eye out on our page this week to learn more!

01/09/2024

Our newest flavour, perfect for iced coffee lovers: Frozen Latte! ☕️🧊These lollies are made with decaf espresso, gf oat milk and maple syrup.

01/09/2024

Carnival ready! Come find us on James St with for their Street Party! 🍏🍓🫐🍒☕