Lifeafterhummus

Lifeafterhummus are a Community Benefit Society who provides food aid by operating a social supermarket and re-use centre for 80 local households and a redistribution network that supports 11 local hostels, 1 after-school club and a faith group. They also run passive clothing rails at 2 local nurseries, 1 local secondary school and 1 local library.

Lifeafterhummus received funding for their project 'Empowerment Initiative'. They delivered 14 Food Waste Cooking Club Socials and 4 London Clothing Swap events in Camden, aiming to engage residents in food waste prevention and textiles waste reduction. Surplus ingredients were collected by coordinators and volunteers on electric cargo bicycle, funded as part of the project.

The food waste element of the project involved hands-on nutrition and cooking classes, namely Food Waste Cooking Club Socials, especially for homeless and Just about Managing groups.

The clothing element of the project included tackling clothing waste by partnering with the founder of Swapaholics UK who agreed to let the group run monthly swaps on the third Saturday of every month from mid November 2018 to mid March 2019.

The project was strongly supported by a network of volunteers, coming primarily from BAME communities, who were involved in the collection of food and delivery of sessions. 
 

For more information visit their website.