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Food project in Lambeth - Made in Lambeth, Best Before Project and Lambeth Council

Reducing food waste to help Lambeth poorest - a new project in cooperation with Lambeth Council and the lovely Made in Lambeth is finally here!

Best Before

Stage 1: Let's be realistic and creative at the same time! If you live or work in Lambeth come and join us at Impact Hub Lambeth on Saturday 12th April 2014 from 10am-4.30pm and help us make a difference at great brain-storming event. Any skills and experience is much appreciated but we would be particularly happy to hear from IT minded people to help us create a prototype Lambeth-wide food sharing platform.

Every day tonnes of perfectly good food goes to waste across Lambeth, while at the same time thousands of Lambeth families go hungry. Food banks and charities are doing fantastic work to try and meet this growing issue, but they need help to meet the demand. It is a complicated issue to solve, but the Best Before movement (http://bestbefore.org.uk/) in collaboration with Lambeth Council have spotted an opportunity to support and enhance the work of the food banks and charities.

To register for the event and enjoy delicious food prepared by Brixton People's Kitchen click here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-made-in-lambeth-reducing-food-waste-to-help-lambeths-poorest-tickets-10952177257

Briefing for the day:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/212426179/Food-Waste-BRIEF-140314

If you want any more info - get in touch with us at info@bestbefore.org.uk
See you there!

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