Which restaurants are feeding the homeless this Christmas? From a search online here are five that I have found. I am sure that there are more but perhaps they do not receive as much publicity as they should. Some restaurants do more than just feed the homeless. Read on to find out who they are and what they do.
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Are the ghosts of Scrooge relevant today? Is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come more frightening today than the one that visited Scrooge? The ghosts all represent choices, but what choices can be made today? Could we become a more compassionate society? Must the gap between the rich and poor in the UK continue to widen? What would the ghosts of the past, present and yet to come reveal today?
Continue reading “How the Ghosts of Scrooge are so relevant today”3 Campaigns For Caterers To Help The Homeless This Winter
Do you want to help the homeless this winter? It’s easier than you thought. Read on for three campaigns for caterers that would welcome your involvement.
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Caring Caterers must be applauded for their philanthropy. It’s quite difficult to discover which caterers are helping others, but here are a further five caring caterers that I have found.
Continue reading “Caring Caterers – Five More Examples”Plastic Waste – Can Caterers Afford to Say No to Plastic? A Caterer Trying to Say No to Plastic & be Kind to the Environment
Plastic waste is damaging our planet. As a caterer I undoubtedly contribute to the pollution of our planet and I want to stop. But – can I afford to stop using plastic as the alternatives are more expensive? Although I enjoy catering, I work to earn money, and replacing the catering disposables I use with eco-friendly alternatives will cut into my profits. Will my customers embrace my efforts to be ‘plastic free’ and help absorb the increase in my costs? How much is it likely to cost me to say no to plastic? Here’s what I found out.
Caring Caterers – Five Examples of Caterers helping the Homeless
Caring Caterers across the UK are providing the homeless with free food but it is often difficult to find out who these caterers are. Newspaper headlines sometimes report on these caterers; similarly they report on those who refuse to serve the homeless. Here I showcase some of those caring caterers and I have just added the five examples given in this post.
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Is Kindness Enough?
Kindness helped a lot of people this Christmas – from food banks; gifts of warm clothing and toiletries; to free meals, shelter and company. But what happens now? The problem has not gone away. Kindness will not eradicate poverty. Are we helping by providing temporary relief or are we distracting those responsible from finding a solution? Would the government be more likely to focus on dealing with poverty if they weren’t being helped by charities?
Christmas – A time for laughing and sharing
How to encourage customers to donate money to a charity without embarrassing them
Charity begins at home. Many believe this proverb means that you should look after your family and friends first, but I would argue that it means that charity begins in the home where your children learn what charity really is. One of my daughters, a student, sent me this photograph a couple of days ago:
She explained that small boxes have been placed on each table at a Mexican restaurant called Ojo Rojo, where customers can donate to the charity ‘Wish for Water’. She told me that she and her friends put their loose change into the box. She said that she was happy to donate because although she could only afford to give away her loose change, she did not feel embarrassed at not being able to donate more. There was no pressure to donate – just the opportunity. Our conversation inspired me to write this post.
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10 ways a caterer can help with homelessness and foodbanks
- 47 is the average age of death of a homeless person (Crisis)
- 4,134 people are estimated to be sleeping rough on any one night (Homeless Link)
- 132% rise in rough sleepers since 2010 (Crisis)
- 16% rise in rough sleepers since 2015 (Crisis)
- Over 125,000 homeless children living in Britain today (Shelter)
- 62% of single homeless people may not show up in official figures (Crisis)
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