Real, healthy food should be affordable and accessible to everyone – and even more so in these challenging times. And this belief is at the heart of the Twickenham Real Junk Food Project.

This local group, based at the East Twickenham Neighbourhood Association (ETNA), is part of a global movement that aims to fill bellies not landfill sites with unused – but perfectly edible - food that would otherwise go to waste.

For the first time today, volunteers from the Real Junk Food Project braved the cold and set up their stall outside Noble Green's wine merchants in Hampton Hill, now that their usual Tuesday venue at the Greenwood Centre has been taken over as a vaccination centre.

Food is donated to the project by local catering and food outlets. And the idea is that anyone can shop for food and meals (they also run a takeaway service from their community café at ETNA community centre) and 'pay as they feel' they can. It doesn't matter if you have deep pockets or are eating on a tight budget, you just pay what you can.

With lockdown restrictions, the Community Café and food stall at ETNA in Rosslyn Road is offering a takeaway-only service at the moment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11.30am – 1.30pm.

If the Noble Green trial works, the project should be back in Hampton Hill on Tuesdays at lunchtime.

Read all about the Real Junk Food Project in our feature-length report from November.

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