The charity supporting people facing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans into careers within hospitality.
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Raising vital funds to support 250 people into employment this year...
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We are excited to be launching our new Life Skills Hub, aiming to provide essential life skills and long-term support to people facing or experiencing homelessness in London.
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The charity supporting people facing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans into careers within hospitality
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The project was inspired by Greg & Gill Mangham’s refusal to accept that all people who are homeless or rough sleepers were in these situations due to some fault of their own or through some form of addiction. Many situations are the result of circumstances beyond the individual’s control. At the same time, there was an increasing awareness that the hospitality industry needed to employ a large number of team members to meet the needs of a growing industry.
READ MOREEstablished in 2018, Only A Pavement Away provides an effective conduit between forward thinking employers in the hospitality industry and charities working with people facing or experiencing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans, to help place them into long term, stable employment.
READ MOREWith thanks to your support, Only A Pavement Away has gone from strength to strength over the past 2 years. 2020 was a challenging year for everyone but with thanks to your ongoing generous support, we have been able to continue to grow and develop the charity as well as support those already on the programme through the lockdown crisis.
Over the next 12 months we want to support a further 250 vulnerable people into work giving each, the chance to forge a pathway to a brighter future.
Your continued support will ensure we can achieve this.
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Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) and celebrated British chef Tom Aikens, are calling on businesses to sponsor this year’s Cook and Dine.
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Only A Pavement Away has joined forces with Johnny Mercer, former MP Minister for Veterans Affairs and Scotty Mills, former Royal Marine’s Officer to promote this untapped talent pool and help get more veterans into the hospitality workforce.
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Only A Pavement Away has appointed a stellar line-up of industry experts to make up its Board of Trustees, with the aim of preparing and strengthening the strategy for its 5-year growth plan.
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Only A Pavement Away has partnered with Mapal Group to develop a dedicated learning resource to offer their employer partners as part of their sign-up process.
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Only A Pavement Away (OAPA), the charity that supports ex-offenders, vulnerable veterans and those having suffered homelessness into jobs within hospitality, has partnered with TV and hospitality legend, Fred Sirieix, to launch the ‘Sponsor a Kitchen’ campaign.
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Our Hospitality Against Homelessness campaign received another boost this week with the recognition of Emma Page of Yummy Pubs being awarded the Outstanding Industry Contribution Award at the Morning Advertiser Publican Awards.
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Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has announced that it is working with Pennies, the UK’s leading fintech charity.
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Following the success of the ‘Tom Aikens Charity Cookery Challenge’ last year, hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away is calling for funding to publish a new cookbook which will contain recipes from the challenge.
READ MOREThere are many reasons why people are forced into homelessness such as lack of affordable housing, losing a job, mental health, leaving prison or the armed forces with no home to go to or escaping an abusive relationship.
There are many thousands of people facing or experiencing homelessness across the country today. Being ‘homeless’ can take many forms such as rough sleeping, people living in sheds, garages and other unconventional buildings, sofa surfing, hostels and unsuitable temporary accommodation such as B&Bs. (Ref: Crisis 2020)
In a country with the fifth largest economy, homelessness is a scandal – it is not acceptable. OAPA wants to help to change that.
