Brent Council and London's Community Kitchen
Dear Editor,
In a bid to tackle child food hunger across north-west London, Brent Council has become the first London council to hand its kitchen facilities for free to a foodbank.
London’s Community Kitchen used the space to ensure children who receive free school meals during term time also received nutritious meals in the six-week summer holidays.
I visited the project myself in August and was impressed by how the hard work of its founder, Taz Khan, is helping many people in my constituency. 50,000 vulnerable children were fed this summer through his actions and those of the Council. Meals were also distributed to Harrow children.
My City Hall colleague, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, Deputy Mayor for Communities and Justice, commended Brent Council’s inspirational initiative. I join her, and Cllr Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council, in calling upon other local authorities to do the same, as the cost of living reaches crisis point.