Save The World Club, a Kingston-based charity established in 1985, provides food and household goods to locals in need.
Over the last three years, the non-profit organisation has provided over 50,000 people with free food. In the process, they have saved 3,000 tones of quality, surplus food and goods from going to waste.
The charity also runs a repair shop, the Revive-All Hub, which encourages mending and upcycling household goods, rather than disposing of them.
Hugh Williams, head of media and marketing, said upcycling “extends the lifespan of goods and reduces your carbon footprint.” He added that “rescuing the goods provides quality items at an affordable rate for other people.”
Their community-oriented approach sees 95% of their income go to those in need in Kingston.
As well as providing food and goods to the community, they host and facilitate a range of cultural, artistic and environmental events. The charity frequently collaborates with mosaic artist, Kim Porrelli, to create the mosaics that colour Kingston’s walls.
This year, Save the World Club relocated their circular economy hub, The Circulatory, to 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH.
Here they accept donations, run the Revive-All Hub, host art workshops and run a community kitchen.
Des Kay, Founder and Chair of Save the World Club, said: “it is my dream come true to have a facility like this. It’s an adventure, because every day, we never know what’s going to be arriving, what’s going out and what new opportunities there are.”
Winter is often the busiest time of the year for food redistribution charities, food banks and community kitchens.
London’s largest food redistribution charity, The Felix Project, has warned that demand for food banks will be high over the course of this “tough” year, as many Londoners face the cost-of-living crisis.
Save the World Club is accepting donations for non-perishable, sealed, foodstuffs and usable household goods at The Circulatory.
