Since 2015, Spice Village Uplyft runs #NoOneEatsAlone Campaign around #Christmas to feed free of cost hot meals to the homeless and the most vulnerable members of our communities as well as children from low-income families at our restaurants.

The Campaign is designed to provide free of cost healthy & nutritious meals for all those without a roof over their head this Christmas. Every year, thousands of people are sleeping rough on the roads around the country. They rely heavily on our support and various charities with the likes of Crisis, Shelter, Salvation Army, Nightwatch, and many others, to provide them with food, shelter, and other support and advice.

Despite living in the world’s sixth biggest economy, people are still living with no place to call their home in this country. The research found just under nine in ten people agreed homelessness is a serious problem in the UK, and almost three quarters said they believe it does not get the attention it deserves. Therefore, all of this work is vital. All the supporters of the NoOneEatAlone Campaign would be the first to recognise the long-term impact of charities and social enterprises for the vulnerable and homeless people.

It’s been a really hard year for everyone, the pandemic has spared No one. Thousands of people have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the most harder hit sector has been the disadvantaged communities, vulnerable people, and people without a roof over their heads, who have suffered even more.

This year, on the Christmas day, NoOneEatsAlone Campaign has met an unprecedented level of support with hundreds of heartwarming messages on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms. Local and national media spread the word, residents donated gifts, blankets, jackets and left cards and even volunteered time. Our Restaurants were swamped by calls, emails and visits from the local community. NoOneEatsAlone Campaign has been featured on the BBC, MyLondon News, and has now become our annual event. Our Campaign has gained a massive response, and hundreds of homeless were served Christmas Dinner along with gifts at Spice Village in Croydon, Tooting and Southall on this Christmas and in the previous years. But now, we aim to continue supporting and serving the local communities around our restaurants not just around the Christmas but throughout the year.

I am also leading a food industry-led initiative to end homelessness in the United Kingdom by making the best possible use of the excess food from the restaurants, caterers and food industry. The real ambition behind this initiative is to eliminate rough sleeping and homelessness and enable these homeless people to become significant contributors into society.

I am extremely grateful for the incredible support from Virendra Sharma local MP from Southall , Mayor of Ealing , Mayor of Croydon, members of civil society , local businesses, friends & families for spreading the word.
Also this year, I am urging other #Restaurants and food industry to support our Campaign and help us spread the cheer on Christmas in these tough days to feed rough sleepers and other vulnerable people in London, there is lot more needs to be done, hopefully in the coming years we will see many other food businesses participate in feeding the homeless and the most needy out there, as together we can all make the difference.

We cannot eliminate the homelessness from the UK by just doing this essential work around Christmas alone. But, I hope that it can be an opportunity for everyone to participate and support our work to feed anyone who is hungry, homeless or lonely not just on Christmas but throughout the year.

From its very beginning, Spice Village has been generously Contributing towards several UK & international charities in Southeast Asia, including Prince of Wales’s The British Asian Trust and Homeless and underprivileged people, and has always been supporting local communities and other humanitarian causes.
We are relocating our Tooting branch and will be opening its doors in a rather different era. Now, more than 21 months into the pandemic, we are planning on ensuring that similar initiatives will still be around when our daily lives have regained a greater sense of normality.
If you have any queries, or if you wish to join hands towards the act of kindness, please contact us via email at info@spicevillage.co.uk.