We installed another door to allow Ben to work from home but that still didnt stop the loud musical sounds coming from excited eager kids getting to the instrument box for morning worship time in the lounge. So he got head phones. But then he couldn’t hear the knocks on the door when 4 year […]

Street Eats isn’t without its risks. Vulnerable young people + complex mental and physical health challenges + dysfunctional homes + live video calls + first time cooks in a kitchen = What could possibly go wrong??! Well let’s just say one thing we weren’t anticipating was this; We’d just taken our steaming hot soups of […]

We delivered food to one young person and then at 6pm they didn’t hop online to the group video chat. We quickly messaged them to see if everything was okay. When they replied, “I’m not in a good headspace… tears don’t mix well with video calls,” we gave them the opportunity to call us to […]

As people pulled out the ingredients, puzzled by what meal could possibly come from so many ‘gross’ vegetables, a lack of meat and the addition of beans and pasta, we were met with some concern and perhaps a few complaints. However, we encouraged the young people to give it a go, and almost all of […]

15 young people signed up for Street Eats- but the impact went far beyond them. As we delivered ingredients to the young people’s homes, we noticed that each week there was a growing number of friendly faces waiting to chat with us at their doorsteps. In week 5, we created a competition, that had whole […]