Posts in category: Food banks & staff shops

Access to fresh food without doing battle with the empty shelves at the local supermarket is vital for key workers. To help, we provided an event catering company who’ve repurposed as a food bank for Basingstoke and Winchester hospital staff with a queuing system and some portaloos, and got some fridges into a hospital to keep the milk for those more-important-than-ever cuppas chilled:

Lovely to receive some photos from an #NHS hospital showing the fridges & freezers which we arranged on loan from a music tour catering provider – full of free food for frontline staff to take home after their shift.
Thank you everyone who helped make this possible. #HereToHelp pic.twitter.com/sdnYkzNHw7

— People Powered 💙 (@peoplepowered20) April 15, 2020

At the Royal Free, we helped convert a sports hall into a free shop for NHS staff, so they could pick up produce and essentials after their shifts. Fridges were donated by the lovely Eat Your Hearts Out and the shop is now run by volunteers. We also converted a gym studio into a relaxation room to give the hospital team a place to take a break, which is much needed at a time like this.

This week we supported the @RoyalFreeNHS by providing project management, crew & furniture, to create an internal shop for #NHSheroes.

It’s a joy to be able to put our skills to use and we feel grateful to be been so welcomed. #HereToHelp pic.twitter.com/NL5wBEnI1c

— People Powered 💙 (@peoplepowered20) April 4, 2020

Lewisham hospital were in need of a rest space for their hardworking staff. We liaised with our friends at Vans for Bands and now, rather than hosting its usual post-gig shenanigans, a tour bus is being used as a break zone. When every spare inch of hospital space is being utilised to expand capacity, creating breakout areas to give doctors, nurses, porters, and cleaners a place to take a moment to themselves is incredibly important.

Support from the world of rock n' roll! @VansForBandsLtd are letting NHS staff (including ours) use their luxury tour buses while they’re off the road, crowdfunding so hard working teams can take time away to recharge in style – please RT: https://t.co/jiKDdNGl0D🎸 #NHSheroes pic.twitter.com/z57HfkcAVX

— Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (@LG_NHS) April 9, 2020

Here it is providing some much-needed respite for hardworking NHS staff. We’re looking at sourcing more buses to use in the same way around the UK:

Great to see the Tour Bus in use that we helped arrange for @iculondon #NHSheroes – do you need a break out space! A Wobble room? We can help, nationwide. Drop into our DMs or email in all your details to help@peoplepowereduk.org https://t.co/wycJnEUqW6

— People Powered 💙 (@peoplepowered20) April 18, 2020