WHAT WE DO
We support displaced people in Northern France and homeless people in London and Edinburgh. We give people more than a hot meal, we give them a place to gather and connect. Somewhere to recreate a community - providing spaces for medical and legal services, safeguarding groups and other support organisation and people in need to meet.
Northern France
We’ve been serving food in Calais and Northern France since 2015. Since the Calais Jungle was demolished we have been forced to constantly adapt our distribution points and styles. We currently serve food wherever we can find a safe place for people to congregate in the Calais and Dunkirk regions.
UK Outreach
In November 2016 we set up our first London outreach to provide food to the most vulnerable people living on the streets, Edinburgh followed shortly after. We have witnessed increased homelessness, including many refugees. We now serve hot meals at points throughout London and in Edinburgh using food that would otherwise be discarded by local businesses.
For any other questions or getting involved please email outreach@refugeecommunitykitchen.org
Brixton Outreach serves the South London community once a week on a Sunday evening being the youngest of the outreach services starting in 2019 they have now become a trusted feature in the area, founded & run by the top team Hermionie & RCK chef extraordinaire Wilf who coordinate the making of all the highly nutritious surplus food supplied by local grocers, Classic Fresh foods & weekly donations from The Felix project using the amazing Brixton Soup Kitchen.
Camden Outreach, Refugee Community kitchen flagship outreach has been serving food to people in food poverty on Tuesday evenings in Camden Town since 2016. This service was started by Dan & Janie (Refugee Community Kitchen co- founder) who works alongside other support organisations to create a vital safe space for people from all walks of life to access a hot nutritious meal and a warm welcome.
This outreach stands out in that all the food is created from surplus food donated by The Felix Project and then lovingly prepared in people's homes locally, bringing much love and variety to the food served.
Hackney & Bethnal Green are the amazing East London outreach, serving food to people in food poverty 3 times a week since 2016 using surplus local produce provided by local restaurants and The Felix project, coordinated by the lovey Bob & Olivia who have the use of the awesome Ridley Road Social Club have become a trusted service for many people in the area, as well as creating a safe space for other services such as The Mobile Apothecary & Street Vets.
RCK Edinburgh outreach started as a fundraising initiative for RCK Calais in 2016. Founded by Morven, an amazing professional chef who initially joined us in Calais. It is now a local food project running a weekly soup kitchen for people in food poverty as well as running social impact experiences teaching preservation techniques & local food traditions. They raise much needed funds with brilliant fundraising days in Pavilion Park.
RCK Edinburgh is committed to using surplus local produce to help people access warm nutritious food made with lashings of love.