En Route International is partnering with a number of UK charities and organisations to support frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable people, with more than 30 Palettes of cheese, bread and other snacks donated.
The Windsor-based company has teamed up with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to offer meals and produce to local communities and NHS staff across 15 locations which sit within the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, all based in Hampshire.
The caterer has also teamed up fellow caterers Thomas Franks and Fooditude.
En Route’s donation to Thomas Franks will be distributed via SOFEA, a national organisation who fight hunger and tackle food waste. The caterer will distribute them to children’s charities and food banks for homeless shelters such as Oxhop and Matilda House in Oxford.
The Fooditude donation will be delivered through FoodCycle, which brings together volunteers, surplus food and spare kitchens across the UK; and Bermondsey EST which is making 2,000 meals a day for self-isolating people across Southwark.
Hamish Cook, Executive Director, En Route, said: “This is an incredibly difficult time for so many communities as well as frontline healthcare services across the country.
“We are pleased to be able to support in this way and hope that our collective efforts can alleviate some of the pressures some people are facing during this period.
“We have an extensive charitable programme already in place, but understand the role that all food businesses can play in offering support to those struggling with the challenges this pandemic has created.”
