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particularly amongst young people, is a problem for society as a whole but appears to be particularly prevalent amongst employees of the hospitality industry.


The Ark Foundation reported that with funding received from the Trust they were able to visit 200 Colleges in 2012/13.


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Support was given to the Star Bistro – a project which offers work-skills opportunities to young people with disabilities. Located at the National Star College near Cheltenham, the Star Bistro offers young people with physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities the opportunity to gain practical work-skills in the hospitality industry in a sustainable quality setting that offers fresh, simple and localised menus. The grant from the Trust was used to purchase additional specialist equipment including talking scales, a talking thermometer,


angled measuring jugs, and specialist cutlery and crockery from the ‘good grips’ range to support the needs of their trainees whilst working in the kitchen and front of house; Food Hygiene certificates, and chefs whites and aprons (including some with poppers for those trainees with restricted hand function).


The Star Bistro team participated in the national cooking competition, Food Glorious Food, on ITV1 which set out to find Britain’s best-loved recipe. Four of their young trainees took part in the TV programme and made it through to the final which was aired on Wednesday 24th April 2013.


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Shoreditch Trust is a multi-purpose charitable organisation formed in 2000 working to address the causes of disadvantage in the most deprived areas of the London Borough of Hackney. It was originally established through the Government’s New Deal for Communities programme. It aims to tackle a range of issues in a multidisciplinary way maximising synergy across priority areas, through strong partnerships and delivery models.


They successfully applied for funding of £13,750 per year for a 2 year term to be used to help with their Blue Marble Training programme which seeks to support and nurture young people and adults to develop a long and fulfilling career in food and hospitality. The programme works with those most marginalised from the labour market that might not ordinarily get the chance to develop a career in the catering industry.


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