Brixton People's Kitchen

It has been a delight to visit one of Be Enriched’s most active projects, Brixton People’s Kitchen. This project is created by a group of enthusiastic volunteers to provide local community with decent hot meals made from food that would otherwise go the bin. During the site visit, they were hosting a Christmas feast for the local community. We had the pleasure to meet the project leader, Kemi and able to participate their event on site. She was very friendly and we had a nice conversation about the daily operation of the organisation and the effort they put into holding these events. This project runs every Friday for the past 8 months, with 20 volunteers helping regularly. It mainly supported the citizens by serving them 4-5 course hot meals. The meal served is made from discharged food resourced from retail supplier Sainburys and local food markets. With their persistent effort, they are able to build a comfortable corner for those lonely locals to socialise while enjoy delicious hot food.

They kindly offered us hot soup and bread, we got the chance to sit down and engaged with the beneficials. We opened christmas crackers and shared the jokes with each other. The beneficials seemed to know Kemi very well and spoked highly of their organisation, we can see the good connection they have build within the community. Through our interaction with the volunteers, we felt that they were really enjoying this experience. It was an opportunity for them to take a day out of their work and at the same time give something back to the community.

This project is very tailored to the local community, we believe that it is exactly the spirit that we need in order to build a better society. We are happy to be engaged with Be Enriched and expecting more to come in the future years.