People’s Kitchen

We’re fighting social isolation and food poverty through our charitable initiative, serving meals to vunerable members of our community.

60 beneficiaries

receive nutritious, restaurant-quality meals on the third Sunday of every month, served by our friendly volunteers.

12,622 meals

have been prepared and served to our beneficiaries in our local community.

50 volunteers

are part of our community; cooking, and serving meals (and friendly chats) during each service.

People’s Kitchen

Sharing meals with our community

Since 2015, we’ve been sitting down with our local community once a month at our People’s Kitchen, where we share a delicious meal cooked up from surplus ingredients.

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, we quickly transformed our monthly community meal into a meal delivery service for vulnerable and isolated local residents, to tackle isolation and food shortages caused by the pandemic. 

Now, we run the service on the third Sunday of every month, with our on-site café Panella cooking up delicious and nutritionally-balanced meals with a Sicilian flair.

How you can make an impact

We need your support

Donate tasty meals

You can support us by purchasing meal vouchers via our online shop. For each £5 donated, you will fund a restaurant-quality meal for a local resident in need, plus additional activities to lift the spirits such as live music and cooking demonstrations. For £25, you can feed a family of 5.

Donate

“Having meals delivered to me now is very important because it keeps my morale up and makes me feel like I haven't been forgotten.”

Susan Darocha, Trellick Tower Resident

Become a guest chef

If you are a superstar chef who would like to make a difference in the community, join us in creating nutrient-rich and delicious meals for vulnerable and isolated individuals in financial difficulty. 

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Join our volunteer team

Our fantastic team of volunteers deliver more than just food. Their warmth and presence is a much-needed source of social interaction for many of our beneficiaries. Sign up today and play a key role in bringing some joy to our community.

Volunteer

Donate surplus food

If you're a business with healthy food to spare, don't let it go to waste. Your donations are transformed into a restaurant-quality meal for 60 North Kensington residents each service.

Contact us

Sponsor a service

Your business can have a huge, positive impact on the community. In sponsoring a service you can help supercharge our efforts, so that
People’s Kitchen can bring many smiles, chats and wholesome meals to our neighbours in need.

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“It helped me to be more understanding of what people’s personal circumstances were during the pandemic, and how important community is to those who fall into the ‘vulnerable and at risk’ category.  I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would recommend others getting involved and supporting where they can.”

Marjorie Leonidas, Taggstar CEO and People's Kitchen sponsor

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