There’s a poignancy about this place,” said the Marchioness of Bath, visiting Brigade, the bar and restaurant in London Bridge that is the heart of the Beyond Food Foundation. “You can feel the sense of change.” The building was once London’s oldest fire station and today its tenant, Brigade, helps people transform their lives through the power of food, offering apprenticeships to those who have been left behind.
Over six months of training, people learn how to run a kitchen, wait on customers and look after a business — developing skills that will equip them for jobs. Beyond Food is one of eight charities being funded with a £31,250 grant out of the £250,000 pot of funds raised for our Winter Survival Appeal from the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, which is administered by the London Community Foundation. So far, our joint appeal with Comic Relief has raised over £2.3 million.
