Open Kitchens is a food solution that brings together restaurants & their communities to fund, produce & deliver meals to those in need. #OpenKitchens

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More than ever, we need to come together. #OpenKitchens provides local restaurants with a chance to serve their community, supplying urgently needed meals to vulnerable people in their area. Follow our page and keep up to date with the cause.
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Have you got a spare half an hour this afternoon? You can join Jake from @Eduspot_UK at 2pm to chat about how you can improve your schools' culture with SchoolAwards. You can sign up here: hub.eduspot.co.uk/school-awa…
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What's in an Open Kitchens food box? πŸ“¦ Using our contacts at @FareShareUK and @FerryFast_Prod, we ensure each box is full of nutritious and varied food items which otherwise would have been destined for landfill 🍎
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In each box you'll find ingredients to create nutritious meals at home, which includes... πŸ₯¦ Fresh fruit and veg πŸ₯« Tinned goods πŸ’ͺ Sources of protein 🍴 Kitchen cupboard essentials
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To date, we have delivered 21 tonnes worth of food boxes to over 740 vulnerable children across the country! That's the equivalent of 52,000 meals 🍽 Help us continue to make a difference by donating today - bit.ly/DonateOpenKitchens
We are proud to announce our partnership with @Groupcall 🀝 Using their cutting-edge software solutions xporter, our partnership will allow us to identify school children currently living in food insecurity who would benefit from receiving a food parcel πŸ“¦
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We've already delivered 1,780 food parcels to those in need during our pilot scheme and we can't wait to work with Community Brands to expand our mission nationwide. You can read more about the partnership by visiting - bit.ly/xporter

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6 May 2021
Introducing Our Partner: Open Kitchens β˜€οΈ We're proud to work alongside such a powerful initiative. To learn about the incredible work they're doing, please read our blog article: bit.ly/33hxqRM
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We're raising £10,000 to feed 10,000 disadvantaged children, will you help? 🍎 A donation of just £1 = a meal for a child in need bit.ly/DonateOpenKitchens For our latest fundraising mission, we're delivering surplus food parcels to those who need them most.
Wow! @CapitalOneUK have pledged another 6,000 meals to #FeedThoseInNeed πŸ‘ Their latest pledge is on top of the 28,000 meals already self-funded since the start of the pandemic 🍴 Thank you for your continued support and generosity!
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Amazing work guys! πŸ‘ How can we get involved and include your recipe cards in our food parcels? @MarcusRashford @ChefTomKerridge In just 8 weeks we've just successfully delivered over 52,000 meals directly to children in food poverty, we'd love to get involved #FullTimeMeals
22 Apr 2021
It's here! 52 easy to follow recipes posted every Sunday on our official #FullTimeMeals instagram page. Offering the skills and confidence to cook proper food and have some fun doing it. Look out for news as to how each supermarket is supporting the project on social and instore.
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Today we are shining a light on the army of amazing volunteers who are helping us to continue #FeedThoseInNeed πŸ‘ Meet Alex from @shakethespirit Alex joined us for our first delivery of meals back in April 2020 and has played a vital role ever since!
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To date, he has helped us deliver 1,000s of meals to people who need them most. A big thank you from all of us here at Open Kitchens πŸ™Œ Find out all about our latest work to help provide 10,000 meals for 10,000 vulnerable children by visiting - bit.ly/DonateOpenKitchens
We are excited to hear about @MarcusRashford latest partnership with @ChefTomKerridge to get young people cooking 🍴 . Back in February, we featured on BBC News with our friends at @MarayRestaurant to chat about Marcus Rashford's amazing work to help tackle child food insecurity
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For our latest fundraising mission, we're delivering surplus food parcels to families who need them the most. Help us fight the 2.3 million children in the UK facing food insecurity by donating today - bit.ly/DonateOpenKitchens
THREAD: WeΚΌre raising Β£10,000 to provide 10,000 meals to disadvantaged children who live in food poverty πŸ’° But we need your help, donate today πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/DonateOpenKitchens
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1 in 3 children live in food poverty in the UK - a shocking statistic that has only been worsened by the current pandemic. Food insecurity is rising, despite 3 million tonnes of food going to waste each year.
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Thanks for your support so far, we've already delivered over 52,000 meals through food parcels to families in the local community. Help us to keep going by donating today. A donation of just Β£10 enables us to deliver 10 meals to a vulnerable child πŸ“¦
The 'Tonne Test' case study βš–οΈ Last December, we embarked on an ambitious project to help feed 100s of children living in food poverty through our partnerships with @FareShareMids , @HiltonLondonMet and @GreenwoodAcad πŸ“¦
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1️⃣ Using the free school meals database, staff at Greenwood Academies Trust identified families who would benefit from the scheme 2️⃣ The Open Kitchens app worked out the most efficient delivery route 3️⃣ Our 10 volunteers delivered the meals to the doorsteps of the recipients
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In total, our volunteers delivered 4,000 nutritious meals using 1 tonne of surplus food - including luxury Christmas hampers donated by Hilton. A big thank you to all involved who helped make this pilot so successful πŸ‘
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