Impact Report

Looking back over the last year 2023/24.
Thanks to funding from councils and grants, we have had another busy year at Bread n Butter supporting people in need.
See what we’ve achieved at a glance here or download our impact report for more information on each of our deliverables.

Download our Impact Report PDF

Attendees to all our classes

Participants at our demo’s

Recipe Meal Kits distributed

Kilograms of surplus food that avoided food waste

Meals provided

Food bank users received food

654

Family members

944

Community residents

773

Youths

848

Individuals with special needs

We gather feedback in each of our sessions via evaluation forms and testimonials. These figures are a collation from all our sessions.

Felt less isolated

64%

Likely to repeat 1 or more recipes again at home

74%

Feel more connected to their local community

78%

Tried new food/dish

95%

Learnt something new

100%

Increase in wellbeing

98%

We are always looking to be environmentally friendly. These figures are from our classes when the specific aims were to help reduce food waste. As funded by North London Waster Authority.

Learnt multiple ways to use one vegetable

82%

Said they are now a more confident, innovative cook

86%

Said they are less likely to waste food

88%

Learnt new ways to use overripe fruit & veg

89%

Learnt how to use up odds and ends of ingredients

95%

Learnt how to utilise all the vegetables – stalks and all!

93%

Learnt how to use unfamiliar ingredients, particularly seasonal veg

96%

See what our service user say in this impact film.

The people we’ve helped through our classes

The difference we’ve made…

How we helped to reduce food waste

We have delivered community cooking together classes in Edmonton Green for 3 years