2025 marks a major milestone for FEAST — we’re celebrating 10 incredible years of improving nutrition, health, and wellbeing for people experiencing food insecurity across London. Check out our 10-year animation, highlighting the journey we’ve been on together 💚
Animation created by volunteer Cheyanne Raymond-Taitt
To help jog your memory, here’s a look back at some of our key moments from the last decade:
2015 began as a community initiative providing monthly nutritious meals at Sapphire Independent Housing (SIH)’s Conway House hostel, Kilburn, with support from local food businesses, volunteers and residents. 🚀
2016 moved to weekly meals at Conway House and won our first award from Mitzvah Day. 🎉
2017 registered as a charity and first Board of Trustees. Won our first grant with the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, and hired our first paid staff member.✅
2018 Began weekly meal at SIH Bethany House Hostel, Islington.🍽️
2019 Started partnership with Mind in Camden Barnes House day centre.🫶
2020 recognised as essential service by the Mayor of London during pandemic; commissioned by Camden Council as food aid provider delivering 25,000 nutritious meals. Partnered with Single Homeless Project to cook daily meals in their hostels. 💚
2022 Partnered with Camden Council to lead the Camden Food Partnership, supporting their Food Mission: improving access to healthy, affordable, and sustainable food to residents.🍇
2023 Launched our healthy eating on a budget programme. Conducted pioneering nutrition research in collaboration with UCL funded by the British Dietetics Association.🌱
2024 Launched Redbridge Food Partnership with support from the GLA and Redbridge Council. Cooked 28,500 nutritious meals in 16 community venues and delivered 48 healthy eating on a budget sessions to 74 people.✨
2025 15 FEAST staff and c300 volunteers provide nutritious meals for 400 people per week in 17 venues across 6 London Boroughs. Published our first academic paper on nutritional challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness.🙌
To celebrate in different ways, We’re also planning several events throughout this year. We’d like to invite you get involved in any of the following, as we’d love to have you involved in our celebrations:
- ‘Tins for Ten’ tinned food donation drives: May to June
- 10th birthday FEASTs in our venues: May to September
- May 6th – Sheltered Housing for over 55s, Barnet
- May 22nd – Sheltered Housing for over 55s, Barnet
- May 23rd – Men’s Hostel, Kilburn
- June 3rd – Women’s Hostel, Islington
- June 6th – Community Centre, Camden
- June 11th – Hostel, King’s Cross
- 10km walk between FEAST’s first venue in Kilburn to most recent in Finchley: September
If you’d like to hear more about these events as details are confirmed please sign up to our mailing list, or email info@feastwithus.org.uk to get involved.