GAIL's Bakery Shoreditch (opening 11th June)

HQ: 1 Sclater Street, London, E1 6HR, United Kingdom

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Causes connected to GAIL's Bakery Shoreditch (opening 11th June)

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Salem Academy Of Music

London, UK

- Education/training - Children/young people - Provides services Based in Peckham, South East London, we are an after-school music training hub. Salem was established in 2004 to make instrument music training accessible and affordable to young people (YP), especially but not exclusively, to those from disadvantaged, underprivileged, and underrepresented. We also provide a haven for YP to interact, socialise, discuss different social topics, and have a healthy meal. We give planned mental health training with professional practitioners. Classical, Jazz, and Praise music are purposely chosen as our repertoire, as they are particularly effective in lowering stress and anxiety levels in YP. As YP play and listen to these genres of music over the years, it helps them become more focussed and therefore more productive. Through our regular ABRSM exams, we help our learners build points towards entrance into grammar and boarding schools. Our intermediate and higher grades exams help build UCAS points towards university placements. Over 97% of our learners end up going to university. Some of our past learners have played with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chineke Orchestra. Some have studied music at universities and now have full-time careers in music. We start our trainees from as young as seven years old and many stay with us until they leave for university. Some return after university to either help out voluntarily, or continue their own personal development. We collect surplus food donations from various outlets. Some are cooked on-site and given as meals to our pupils/learners, parents, teachers, volunteers, and the local community. Others are taken home by the same groups of people. Volunteers do all our food collections, cooking, feeding, and distribution. We do not charge for food consumed on the premises or taken away. No foods are resold.

What we've received

Meals103,802
Non-food (tonnes)1.11
Money£250

Idia's Community Kitchen

London, UK

We are a grassroots community organization that provides hot nutritious meals and food parcels and other items to those in need in our community in Hoxton , Haggerston, at a local hostel and to those referred to us by Hackney Borough Council. We build relationships with our guests so that we can signpost them to other support. The objects of the Charity are the relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding area or in other parts of the United Kingdom; for example by providing hot meals, emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and for distribution by charities or other organizations working to prevent or relieve poverty. Idia's also provide support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services. We believe no person should go hungry. Idia's C K does its bit to redistribute otherwise wasted food by collecting sold food from branches of Co-Op, Tesco, Pretty a Manger, other businesses and restaurants often via Hackney Foodbank, who also donate short-dated items that they cannot distribute to their beneficiaries. Anything we don't use to cook with is made available to community members via donation tables. We believe it is possible to create a space where everyone can be themselves without fear of judgement or injustice. Our core values are kindness, respect and acceptance for all, and we regard everyone who joins us in any capacity and from whatever background as a member of our family. Welcome to one and all! Everything we do is in memory of Tina's late daughter Idia, who sadly passed away from Typhoid fever ate the young age of 11. As a family, they used to feed the community in any way they could. Tina founded this charity in her memory, to continue to feed, support, and inspire the local community. We are an organization that has grown organically . We started by volunteering a t a Drop In on Monday mornings, realizing very quickly that dood brought people together and that the social connection forged was something very special. Once a week did not seem to be enough, so we began collecting sandwiches and pizzas from local businesses and retailers and distributing these to people on the streets with the support of Ashwell House and the students there. We also organized showers with the help of the Salvation Army and collected and redistributed clothes and other items. From there, our founder and chef, Tina Omo- Bare began cooking hot meals and serving them on Hoxton Street outside the post office. Before the pandemic struck, Shoreditch Trust, allowed us to use the kitchen and outside space at their Wellbeing Centre on Pitfield Street, then Hoxton Square, then St. Chads and Fellows'. - General charitable purposes - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other charities or voluntary bodies - The general public/mankind - Provides services

What we've received

Meals14,622
Non-food (tonnes)0.10

The Salmon Youth Centre In Bermondsey

London, UK

We are a youth centre based in Bermondsey SE16. As a charity we have been in existence for over 100 years supporting the young people of the area from our now purpose built youth centre. Young people from local primary and secondary schools drop in 5 days per week to access our youth clubs which range from 6-25 and work with young people from many cultures and backgrounds. Supporting young people with a range of needs from SEN and risk of exclusion from schools. Our young people pay 50p to use our facilities for each club and have access to our Sports Hall, Homework areas, Music and Dance studios as well as our arts facilities, the latest consoles and even a 90ft high climbing wall. This 50p also includes a meal. We would love to recieve food donations to help increase the level of food that we can donate to the young people and families that attend and due to our catering facilities we could take donations of pre cooked food or ingredients that we would use in the meals that we cook on site. We have been partnering with a local takeaway service Stuffyadumppling who donate us their excess food weekly as well as Gails bakery in Bermondsey who do the same. We also have a team of volunteers that support our youth sessions and we are always looking for new volunteers to join.

What we've received

Meals1,893

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