As the year draws to a close, December has been a wonderfully busy and joyful month at Nourish Hub, filled with festive celebrations and the warmth of our community coming together. Here's a look at the highlights!

Nourish Hub is seeking a passionate and dynamic Assistant Chef to join our team. This is a part-time role where you will be responsible for preparing meals for both internal and external events, including Surplus Suppers, Holiday Events, and catering for community partners such as Imperial College and Hammersmith and Fulham Council.

On 28th November, the Notting Dale Community Cookbook launched at a special community supper celebration, which used recipes from the book as inspiration for the night’s menu.

Cook for Good provides colleagues with a unique opportunity to connect with teammates in a new and meaningful setting—through food.

Thanks to the generosity of The London School of Coffee, Nourish Hub has received 60kg of donated coffee and 20 members of the volunteer and staff team have completed the Beginners Course in Coffee Preparation, which has provided opportunities to develop coffee skills, whilst ensuring Nourish Hub has the best possible barista coffees for sale!

During October half term, the Nourish Hub welcomed 40 young people aged 10-14 to enjoy three days of Fund Food Clubs. These sessions were kindly funded by LMP Action and part of the wider Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) delivered nationally.

“Nourish Hub's catering was fantastic—high-quality food with a socially impactful approach. The service was smooth, well-organized, and impressively planned, making everything easy and enjoyable for our team. Highly recommended!” Kamile Iris Ozbek, Co-founder at Digipac Consultancy

There was a flurry of excitement and activity when the team of staff and volunteers decided to refurbish the planters at the front of the building. Having spent a few seasons looking a little sad, the time finally came when Hub volunteers, Bud and Franky, took matters into their own hands and submitted a proposal to revamp the planters, bringing them back to life.

With healthy accessible food and meaningful interaction at the forefront of Kindred’s ethos, it was only a matter of time before Kindred and Nourish Hub became close partners, working towards reducing social isolation in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Everyone discovers Nourish Hub for different reasons, but each person that walks through the door brings joy and light into our community. Sophia is one such person. Having met the team at a mental health workshop last year, Sophia felt that Nourish Hub could be a space where she could find support for her own mental health, while learning new skills and feeling that she belonged somewhere important within the community.

Following a fantastic morning in October 2023 celebrating National Poetry Day, Nourish Hub’s Book Club was born. Thanks to contact made by Lucy Anderson, Social Impact Manager at Penguin Random House, Nourish Hub were inspired to start their own book club. The initial response from the community was so positive and inspiring that the call from Penguin couldn’t have been more exciting, or timely.

It’s been an amazing summer at Nourish Hub, and although it’s not over yet, schools are opening again and we’re reflecting on some of the highlights of the last two months.

Take a look at the full list of winners for 2024 Ap'peel'ing Art Competition with Karmabank London.

Mihaela joined Nourish Hub as a volunteer in February 2023. Working alongside the kitchen team, Mihaela has attended the Hub weekly, becoming an important part of the volunteer group, bringing a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm with her, having recently graduated with a BSc in Nutrition. 

Back in March 2023, Karen Ludford, Learning Disabilities User involvement Team Leader at The Advocacy Project, found out about Nourish Hub and the work being done by the team of staff and volunteers. After meeting with Andreea, Nourish Hub Deputy Manager, Karen was overwhelmed not only by the feeling she gained from the safe, welcoming space, but by the ethos and aims of Nourish Hub.

In the spring, one of Nourish Hub’s ex-volunteers, Claire, introduced Nourish Hub to local charity and historic green space, Chiswick House & Gardens Trust who were looking to collaborate with local community kitchens by donating produce grown in their kitchen garden.

Bring a smile to the residents of Hammersmith and Fulham as our new Meals and a Chat Rider. You’ll become the face of our community service as you stop for a chat with the local community whilst delivering delicious handmade food direct from our charity.

Working with local schools is an amazing way to engage young people with the work that is being conducted at Nourish Hub.

Thanks to London Borough Hammersmith and Fulham, Nourish Hub welcomes Dr Bike. Dr Bike is open to everyone in need of support with repairs or maintenance of their bikes, as a main mode of transport for many.

Our new study demonstrates that residents benefit from improved access to food, a healthier diet and greater social connections by using Nourish Hub.

UKHarvest opened the Nourish Hub in December 2022 and since then innocent drinks have been a key partner in helping to build the Nourish Hub’s success.

Our new study demonstrates that residents benefit from improved access to food, a healthier diet and greater social connections by using Nourish Hub.

The relationship between diet and mental health is more linked than we first anticipate. And often this relationship exists in a repeating loop where poor mental health promotes poor diet which in turn again promotes poor mental health. The same is true in reverse with good diet and good mental health.

Nourish Hub have partnered with RBKC to create a community cookbook, celebrating the community projects that have contributed to the Notting Dale Future Neighbourhoods 2030 project. If you have participated in one of the projects, we ask you to donate a recipe!

The relationship between diet and mental health is more linked than we first anticipate. And often this relationship exists in a repeating loop where poor mental health promotes poor diet which in turn again promotes poor mental health. The same is true in reverse with good diet and good mental health.

Ruby came to Nourish Hub on a 6-week work experience placement through Pursuing Independent Paths, an adult learning support programme designed to facilitate education and social skills in order to find employment.

Our network of partners expand the the UK from food donors to local government. One such relationship is with Lendlease who continue to support our mission.

We're in the media spot light! We welcomed Ayshea Buksh and her team to our community kitchen to showcase the important work we do.

2023 has been an incredible year for Nourish Hub.

Do something extraordinary this year and celebrate the end of 2023, or the beginning of 2024 with your colleagues whilst supporting your local community food hub!

Nourish Hub’s Head Chef, Oli shares his story from nomadic chef to volunteer driver, through to crucial culinary creator.

'I am extremely proud of our volunteers, and I am looking forward to building on the amazing relationships we have so we can achieve even greater things in the coming years!’ Andreea, Volunteer Coordinator at Nourish Hub.