Our Delivery Report
Funded on 22 November 2018 | Delivered on 20 July 2020
£93,310
RAISED
268
BACKERS
69
DAYS TO FUND
BIGGEST PLEDGE
£40,000
From Mayor of London
500
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£12,000
DONATED
By London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Community Fund
£7,500
DONATED
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4624 kg of material recycled
105 m2 of public or community space created
1174 meals provided
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£20,000
DONATED
By ETNA Donation
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30 voluneteers engaged
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30 Volunteers involved
06 August 2020
New Real Junk Food Cafe opens at the ETNA Centre
Richmond CouncilThe Real Junk Food Team are back to host a takeaway cafe at ETNA in the new community kitchen space.
26 January 2019
The Real Junk Food Project turns supermarket waste into tasty meals
The Guardian“This is not a cafe for the homeless, or a cafe for the elderly, it is not a food bank. The cafe starts from an environmental stance, to stop all this food going into landfill, and the social element of people coming together to eat and chat comes out of that,” said Chrissy Weller, who set up the cafe with her friend Clare Box. “We welcome anyone here to pay as much as they feel for the food, or nothing at all. So you get a big mix of people sitting around a table talking and eating together.”
More about our impact
The environment
The Junk Food Team collect surplus food from local supermarkets, bakeries and other sources such as allotments/pubs etc. To date since reopening at ETNA they have saved 4,624 kgs from landfill. An average of 256 kgs per session.
The local economy
ETNA is home to local charities who employ people within their organisations. The new project has allowed us to accommodate new organisations due to extra office space. The refurbishment work has created a more desirable place to work as well as the benefit of having the cafe three times a week, which allows networking and a better life balance.
Volunteering, jobs & education
The Junk Food Project creates volunteering roles for the local community. To date we have had several students and other individuals volunteer to gain experience in either social media or comms. We have then subsequently seen them go onto find paid roles. Alongside this, other volunteers enjoy being part of an environmental project.
Arts, culture & heritage
ETNA is home to a heritage and arts charity and we work closely with them on projects. The new space allows us to look at other ways to collaborate. To date Arts Richmond has used the new space to host small events in our new Community Kitchen space
Activity, health and leisure
At present we are still in the early days of reopening post COVID closure. We are therefore slowly introducing activities as permitted by the government. The cafe has had a successful launch and is allowing us to open our doors to a variety of people from our local community. We have seen first-hand those who are in need of affordable lunches and food make the most of the cafe and take-away shop. We wanted to reach out to our neighbours The St Christopher Trust who run a home for those moving on from foster homes before independent living, we are pleased to say that we have had a couple of the students volunteer to help in the cafe which is fantastic. Accessibility improvements have meant we have had a few people already visiting in wheelchairs/mobility scooters, or parents with prams, it also means they can enjoy the outdoor deck seating. In future, we plan to engage with other groups/charities who will benefit from the improved accessibility gained from the project. At present this is not possible due to COVID restrictions.
