run by ‘made up kitchen’ & youth organisation ‘rise.365’, our KIngsmead community shop opened in November 2020, transforming our Cooked Food Emergency response service into a social supermarket.

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So far we have distributed nearly 90,000 bags of shopping to our hackney community, and this foundational initiative has bought so much joy and purpose to our huge team of local people gifting their time and skills.

there’s been amazing recognition of the RISe365 young leaders who not only help co-run the shop, unloading and packing stock, but also deliver to elders on the kingsmead estate.

we’ve also added a over 50’s social club every wednesday, with additional weight training and local trips project beginning in the new year. Additional plans for Community Batch Cooking Sessions are underway.

We need elders like Solomon, our community thrives with the wisdom, humble knowing and love he brings. He joyfully observes what we are all growing together, tells us how it connects to community systems set up 40 years ago, how proud he is to see th
Much love to @dailymirror for celebrating our work creating the Kingsmead Community Shop, and the amazing growth of our partner organisation @rise.365 leading the youth in showcasing their majesty. To date we have created 30,000 culturally appropriat
This post is in appreciation of @shirleychinna_ who came to help cook one day and has been bringing her good good energy every Saturday ever since. Shirley is a caregiver at heart, a midwife, a strong community driven woman and she is powerfully comm
This is our team... inter generational... an empowering community response. But it has always been so much more than food. We have suffered and celebrated together, shared losses of those dearest to us and births. In some of the most challenging time
This is the news we should be seeing! Front page celebration of @rise.365 Young Leaders, who dedicate so much time and joyful energy to serving and supporting their community every Saturday. It’s a pleasure to see them being rightfully honoure
So Amira first came to help deliver our cooked food on Saturdays last year... and ended up starting her own homeless outreach (Hot Munch) on Sundays, waking up at 5am to start cooking lunch and then delivering 100 meals across Hackney. Now on Saturda
@ms__f.rank is a generous, community and activism driven soul... Hackney through and through. She reached out online to join us and became part of the family straight away. It’s safe to say a lot of us have had a challenging year, but Frankie a
We are blessed to have the wisdom of elders & youth at Kingsmead Community Shop, of lived experience leaders, creatives, change makers, food creators, business owners, entrepreneurs, parents, caretakers, hope builders, visionaries, and people who
We need you to help our Community Food Shop become sustainable. There’s lots of different ways, one of them is creating a product or event and donating some of the proceeds... or you could donate to the gofundme ( link in bio) and if you’
This is true community collaboration/support/solutions. @londonboroughofjam_uk are selling 300 unique canvas bags, lovingly dyed by so many different folks... and all the proceeds go towards our Kingsmead Community Shop (Run by @madeupkitchen & @
It’s simple... walking and talking in nature... and yet there’s something powerful about black and brown people taking up space in areas we don’t usually feel a part of. These areas are our neighbourhood, within walking distance, an
Hackney Walking Club... (run by @madeupkitchen & @rise.365). Community Lead Solutions. It’s been a difficult year and we are growing projects to support our mental and physical being. If you’re in the area, join us at 3pm for some tim
We strongly believe in the power of good... and in turn we are blessed with more and more good good people and organisations reaching out to support at a time when we need it the most. @watesgroup, who are working in Hackney, got in contact with @ri
For everyone reaching out and asking how to support our Community Food Shop... we’ve made some visuals so it’s easy to figure out how you can help. Last week @madeupkitchen and @rise.365 ran out of our funding from @tnlcommunityfund and A
We celebrated a year of serving our community with our first ever Kingsmead Community Walk. It was a blessing to connect with each other and the nature around us. @madeupkitchen and @rise.365 are committed to nourishing,supporting and empowering our
This amazing lady overheard one of our young people saying his bike had been stolen while she was at the Community Shop, and decided to gift money to help buy a replacement. The rest came from our latest crowdfunder. @madeupkitchen and @rise.365 have
Here’s 1.5 mins of good good vibes... cause we could all do with it. There is greatness in our communities, joy, resilience, there are people young and old growing goodness, all of it built on love and service. Please share the good vibes, caus
We are blessed... multi-generational, driven to serve, support and empower each other... sharing new skills and possibilities daily... with joy... and the joy is important... we protect it fiercely at a time where the injustices are all around. We ar
Please spread the word: Kingsmead Community Shop... Every Saturday E95QG... 1-5pm. By the people for the people. @madeupkitchen @rise.365 This week £8 provides at least 6 bags of shopping: sweet potatoes, plantain, white potatoes, carrots, onio
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We are blessed to have the wisdom of elders & youth at Kingsmead Community Shop, of lived experience leaders, creatives, change makers, food creators, business owners, entrepreneurs, parents, caretakers, hope builders, visionaries, and people who believe truly in community and acts of service.

Here’s most of the 50 or so great great people that make up our intergenerational project, gifting over a year of Saturdays to connect, nourish and empower our Hackney neighbours and each other.

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Having initially been funded by the National Lottery community fund, and Awards For All, our shop is Currently (MAy 2021) run totally on crowdfunding, with over 600 people helping us keep on going every week.If you’d like to support us, please click the image below: