About us
HELPING TO FEED THE VULNERABLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES
Our Forgotten Neighbours is a community interest company made up of a small team of East London locals.
Our Forgotten Neighbours came to be after our founders spent time working at a winter shelter in hopes of helping the community but quickly realised that more was needed to actually make a change. Launched in 2020 our mission from day one was to better the community and help those who are often forgotten, on the fringes of society. We work with people sleeping rough, people with mental health issues, people on low income - anyone in need or vulnerable.
Here at Our Forgotten Neighbours, we believe that healthy food is a human right and we aim to make sure that as many vulnerable people as possible have access to nutritious life sustaining food. This is why we are overjoyed to say we are now serving meals to as many as 200 people a week at our weekly Thursday and Friday soup kitchens.
The feedback and support we have received from locals and businesses alike has been heart-warming. We are proud to say we are playing a crucial role in strengthening support systems in London, as our organisation has become more than just a soup kitchen but also a place to engage and uplift our community. As of 2024 we have even been able to expand to a new location in Chiswick, with plans to increase our impact even further in the future.
We want to ensure that no one goes hungry, that no food is wasted in our community and no one is denied the opportunity or assistance to become self-sufficient.
Now, with our own soup kitchen, our mission is simple. To feed people in need regardless of their circumstances.
We offer healthy and nutritious meals, as well as fruit and veg or ingredients such as flour, oil and long shelf life milk to everybody that comes through our soup kitchen.
We are committed to improving the quality of life of the people using our services as well as making sure that no food goes to waste and is instead used to help those who need it the most.
OUR VISION
OUR MISSION
At Our Forgotten Neighbours the MISSION is simple: to provide different support avenues to as many people in need as our resources allow; regardless of their circumstances.
Aside from our Soup Kitchen providing healthy food to multiple sites on a weekly basis, we organise outreach events in which we fill backpacks with essential survival items such as thermals, tents, long shelf life food bars, soap etc which we then hand out to people sleeping rough in different areas.
Our Forgotten Neighbours is committed to improving the quality of life of some of the most vulnerable people within our communities and by doing so restoring their dignity.