Cookery classes set up for people living with cancer has helped the Masseys find happiness in the face of a devastating diagnosis. Victoria Stewart As soon as Karen Massey heard about Life Kitchen, a series of specialised cooking classes designed for people living with cancer […]
Column – Flavours of Change
Flavours of change: how a sip of coffee led to a new life for Aashifa Hussein
Coffee academy Well Grounded is helping to transform the lives of people with barriers to employment, by Victoria Stewart Aashifa Hussein was drinking hot chocolate in her favourite cafe – Store Street Espresso – when she noticed an advert pop up on her laptop screen that offered free training […]
A morning with Magic Breakfast: the charity making sure London school children aren’t too hungry to learn (Evening Standard)
The charity currently organises more than 20,000 breakfasts at primary schools across London and England. When the clock strikes 8.45am at the St Matthias Church of England Primary School in Stoke Newington, it means only one thing: time to tidy. As the Mission Impossible theme […]
The Clink: the Brixton dining experience staffed by prisoners (Evening Standard)
Founder Alberto Crisci tells Victoria Stewart why he decided to set up a dining experience staffed by prisoners working towards cheffing qualifications When he was younger Alberto Crisci was once invited for tea at someone’s house and was nearly sick when offered bread smothered with […]
Beyond food: the London charity fighting homelessness with jobs in food (Evening Standard)
Victoria Stewart meets Shelby Davis, the 23-year-old Londoner who left a life at Centre Point for one in the kitchen (Image: Agnieszka Orzel) In the centre of a kitchen in Battersea stands a young woman dressed in a black chef’s uniform and apron, her head bent over […]