The charity for the employment of the homeless, ex-offenders and vulnerable veterans into careers within the hospitality industry.
STABILITY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT
Our Story
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.
The idea
It seemed only sensible to marry the need for new team members within the hospitality industry with those who, with the right opportunity, would be able to get their lives back on track. Greg then decided to use the knowledge and contacts he’d acquired during his 40 years in the industry to find a way to help those who had not been as fortunate as others. Throughout the design of the project there was always one underpinning realisation; that none of us are ever very far away from vulnerability.
FEATURED EVENT
Tom Aikens invites you to take part in The Charity Cookery Challenge!
We are thrilled that Tom Aikens, one of the UK’s most acclaimed and inspirational chefs, has teamed up with Only A Pavement Away by creating a fun challenge to help raise funds in support of our Hospitality Against Homelessness Campaign.
LATEST NEWS
Hospitality Against Homelessness Campaign wins Most Dynamic Collaboration at the 2020 Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Awards
We are thrilled to announce that our Hospitality Against Homelessness Campaign won the Most Dynamic Collaboration category at this year’s Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Awards held (virtually) yesterday 22nd September 2020. OAPA was shortlisted alongside 5 other...
92 Volunteers Unite With Only A Pavement Away To Fill Water Flasks For Vulnerable Communities
Following the success of the inaugural Fill a Flask campaign in 2019, 92 Only A Pavement Away volunteers in London and Brighton donated their time last week to fill and distribute 1,700 thermal flasks of cold water to homeless individuals who may lack access to...
Only A Pavement Away Calls For Applications For New Crisis Funded Relationship Manager Role
Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away has opened applications for a new first of its kind UK-wide Relationship Manager role, funded by national homeless charity Crisis. The new role, primarily based in London, will see the successful applicant support more than 100...
Our #hospitalityagainsthomelessness campaign is continuing to support #OAPA members with emergency funding as well as helping homeless communities with donations of goods during #COVID19 ....1/2
👏👏 Good luck tonight #youvegotthis 😉👍
Many thanks to our friends @Tried_Supplied who donated £1k in support of #hospitalityagainsthomelessness campaign today and which is already on its way to support a member in need to help with their rent 👏👏🙏
Thank you! Congratulations to you too 👏👏
👏👏 @londonessenceco #hospitalityagainsthomelessness
🎉🎉🙏 thank you so much to everyone who voted for us in the Most Dynamic Collaboration category. A very special thanks to our partners & supporters for making the #hospitalityagainsthomelessness campaign such a great success and a very special shout out to @emdad07 👏👏
Thanks @PastaRemoli 👏and don't forget everyone...voting closes today at 12pm.
#hospitalitylockdownawards
One for all the footie fans out there⚽️Our friends @LeisurejobsGB have launched a #fantasyfootball league -
£100 Cash Prize alert - WINNER TAKES ALL
Free to join in. Donation to #OAPA
Go to https://lnkd.in/dYnVdNf - register your team & click 'Leagues' use league code arvw0b
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for 2 categories in this year's
@HRC_Event #hospitalitylockdownheroawards 🙌🥳
VOTING IS NOW OPEN 👇
https://www.hrc.co.uk/most-dynamic-collaboration-shortlist (Hospitality Against Homelessness)
& https://www.hrc.co.uk/outstanding-individual-of-lockdown-shortlist (Greg Mangham)
👏💪 Congratulations and many thanks to #BillyGibbs of #SirRichardSuttonHotels who took part in the @BlenheimTri last weekend & raised a whopping £1.5k (so far) for #OAPA. Billy is hoping to get the total to £2k so there is still time to #donate 👍 https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/WilliamGibbs7
HUGE thanks to our friends @TheGardenHouse5 @craftunionpub who have helped distribute a further 108 flasks to #homeless people in Norwich & Yarmouth this week in partnership with @SoulChurchUK @tribaltrust2017 and @stmartinsnfk #FILLAFLASK 👍❤
Our bespoke #hospitality jobs board is available free to any charity working with homeless, veterans and exoffenders. To find out more and to sign up please visit "Jobs Board - Only A Pavement Away" https://onlyapavementaway.co.uk/jobs-board 👍
THE PROBLEM
HOMELESS
REGISTERED HOMELESS IN 2018 - AN INCREASE OF 4%
ROUGH SLEEPERS IN LONDON FOR 2018-19 - AN INCREASE OF 18%
ROUGH SLEEPERS IN GREAT BRITAIN - 49.2% INCREASE SINCE 2011
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A WOMAN LIVING ON THE STREET
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A MAN LIVING ON THE STREET
COST IN £ TO GOVERNMENT FOR EACH PERSON SLEEPING ROUGH
AVERAGE COST IN £ TO NHS PER HOMELESS PERSON
EX OFFENDERS
PRISON POPULATION IN 2018
EX-OFFENDERS RELEASED EACH YEAR
PRISONERS ON PROBATION
PRISONERS ON ROTL
%
OFFENDERS WHO WERE HOMELESS BEFORE OFFENDING
%
AN EMPLOYED EX-OFFENDER IS UP TO 67% LESS LIKELY TO REOFFEND
£46: THE DISCHARGE GRANT GIVEN TO PRISONERS ON LEAVING PRISON
%
IN P45 EMPLOYMENT ONE MONTH AFTER RELEASE
%
IN P45 EMPLOYMENT TWO YEARS AFTER RELEASE
VETERANS
VETERANS COPING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
VETERANS IN PRISON
VETERANS ON PAROLE
VETERANS HAVE NO PERMANENT ADDRESS
VETERANS SLEEPING ROUGH
SOLUTION: THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
1.3 MILLION
VACANCIES IN PUB & RESTAURANT INDUSTRY BY 2024
300000
WILL BE NEW POSITIONS
3RD LARGEST
EMPLOYER IN THE UK
£130 BILLION
IN SALES PER YEAR*
3.2 MILLION
DIRECT JOBS
2.8 MILLION
INDIRECT JOBS
* Bigger than automotive, pharmaceutical & aeronautics industries combined (£126 billion)