The Hargreaves Foundation supports Beyond Food

The Trustees of The Hargreaves Foundation are delighted to announce that Beyond Food has been awarded funding to support their intensive three-week programme that guides disadvantaged 14-18-year-olds across London into employment.

Offering life skills development, education, training, and personal support, Beyond Food helps people whose lives have been unravelled; this includes exclusion from mainstream education, homelessness, mental health challenges, and criminal records.

Using kitchen-based programmes, young people gain the skills to remain employable with the opportunity for work experience in Brigade, Beyond Food’s social enterprise restaurant. Since 2005, Beyond Food have supported more than 8,000 people, providing over 593,000 hours of work experience.

Funding will support their ‘Beyond the Classroom’ project, where young people will complete 10 comprehensive programmes and gain up to six-weeks of work experience in the restaurant. Alongside modules covering the themes of life, employability, and industry skills, young people will access 1:1 support with the Support and Progression team to work on personal development targets and overcome barriers.