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We are aiming to raise funds to refurbish our kitchen, having already been granted £22k from Big Issue Invest / national lottery community fund towards the project.
What We Do
We are a not for profit social enterprise. We run training programmes for people with additional challenges in life such as a learning disability or mental health issue, providing them support and confidence to seek paid employment.
The Dream
Currently we focus on 'Front of House' training and have successfully skilled up our participants in barista skills and waitering. We would love to grow this success in the kitchen.
How will the new kitchen help our social mission?
Designated sections eg, prep, desserts and the pass will allow participants to gradually progress through the kitchen, teaching a broad range of skills that can be transferred to paid employment opportunities.
A spacious 'prepping' station will mean a participant can work alongside our job coach or chef at all times, ensuring they are learning correct techniques and maximising their time with us
The new configuration will allow the 'kitchen porter' area to be sectioned off from the kitchen. This will means that with the assistance of our job coach, we can focus on training participants specifically in this skill set . There is currently a real lack of kitchen porters looking for work in London. With our training programme we believe we can help this issue by finding our participants sustainable and paid work in this vital position.
This is where we need your help!
'Big Issue Invest / National Lottery have generously awarded us a grant which will go towards the project but we still need to raise at least £27k.
We passionately believe that by expanding the work we do we can change the narrative of what it means to be a person with a learning disability. We endeavour to grow our participants confidence and skills and ultimately find them paid employment either with ourselves or other employers