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StreetSmart charity raises £805,000 for homeless
t a reception at the Cabinet Office to celebrate homeless charity StreetSmart raising
£805,000 last year, broadcaster and StreetSmart Patron, Richard Bacon praised those who donated: “All the restaurants who take part in StreetSmart are tremendous: the finest joints in town. Well done for eating in one of them. You may not have noticed the £1 on top of your bill. But somebody will.”
In total, over 550 establishments took part including many in the Barbican/Clerkenwell area. Under the scheme StreetSmart works with restaurants nationwide by adding £1 to every bill throughout its November/December fundraising season. Thanks to StreetSmart's sponsor, Deutsche Bank, which covers the charity’s admin costs, 100% of the money raised from diners’ tables is donated to homeless charities local to their area. The charity supports all sorts of homeless projects, from those providing shelters and meals, to those offering rehabilitation and supporting art projects that aim to build people’s confidence.
This campaign, supported by Deutsche Bank, also saw The Cabinet Office match diner’s donations throughout December. Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society says “We have given money to innovative charity appeals like StreetSmart, to support their work helping the vulnerable.” The funds raised will support 98 projects in 19 cities aimed at helping homeless people return back to sustainable independent living and into employment as well as support homeless prevention programmes for the young.
StreetSmart is run by a team of only two people, Glenn Pougnet and Barbican resident, Jennie Blouet.
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Whitecross food stalls continue to multiply
hitecross Street market has been changing over the past three or four
years from a traditional London street market to a bit of a lunchtime
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course), vegetarian, cake stalls – the choice seems endless, and with Mediterranean, Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Fish and chips and various other restaurant options too one can almost sample something different every day for a month, and still not cover nearly everything on offer.
On a recent sunny Friday I counted 42 food stalls operating running from Old Street right down almost to Waitrose.
take-away heaven. Indeed coupled with the various pubs and restaurants along the street spilling out on to the widened pavements it is becoming an enormously popular lunch destination for local office workers and residents, and indeed for those from further afield who will regularly make the trip. The
Yell.co.uk website has 25 reviews on the Whitecross Market street food and every single one of them is four or five stars. See
http://www.yelp.co.uk/
biz/whitecross-market-london to read these.
The range of food available nowadays is extensive, with cuisines from all around the world – Indian, Thai, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Greek, West Indian, British (of
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Tunnel borers getting closer
here will be no Barbican residents who will not be aware of the various Crossrail construction sites in and around the estate, and many are inconvenienced by them on a day to day basis. However on the positive side the Barbican will perhaps be the best served residential complex in London with respect to transport links when Crossrail is built and operational in a few years time, and for those who take a long term view of these things, the new links will further enhance Barbican residential property values. So far though the Crossrail tunnels are still a fair way away and we are aware that some residents are worried about possible subsidence when the tunnel boring machines pass under the complex probably around the middle of next year. While serious
Whitecross Street market on a sunny May afternoon
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