This funding will help us to increase access to free and affordable food to end the cycle of poverty and work towards financial resilience in low income households.
Be Enriched is a South London food charity, working to end the higher price paid for food in low-income neighbourhoods. We campaign for the right to food and for affordable, healthy food in areas the retail market has left behind.
We run weekly Community Canteens serving free, freshly cooked three-course meals made from surplus food; a double decker Food Bus and electric Food Float operating as mobile greengrocers at five stops a week; school holiday clubs for children who receive free school meals; and supported volunteering and paid placements at our community cafe to get people back onto the job ladder.
This funding will help us to drive the community greengrocers to a new estate in a deprived part of south east London to support families with access to free and affordable food and grocery items, access to community space on the top deck and in a hub to increase community cohesion, before Christmas, so that more low income households can have access to the free, low cost and affordable groceries as well as opportunities to gain work experience, paid work and develop financial resilience.
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