Fulham hero Robert Barrett highly commended by Beacon Fellowship
Local hero Robert Barrett has been highly commended by The Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust in the category of Beacon Prize for Community Builder.
Bob, who lives in the Oswald Stall Foundation in Fulham Road won the award for his work setting up The Beef Kitchen.
The Beef Kitchen is a mobile catering business co-founded by Bob and other residents to provide fulfilling employment for former homeless ex-Servicemen and women who live at the Foundation.
Since July 2005 it has provided Sunday lunch for the Foundation's vulnerable residents to enhance a sense of community, and has also catered for special events held by the charity.
On match days, the Beef Kitchen provides quality food on the go for football fans from a licensed pitch within the Foundation which is next door to Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club.
The Beef Kitchen’s success led Bob to encourage the Foundation to set up Pryors Bank Café, a café in Bishops Park which also provides apprenticeships for former homeless ex-Servicemen and women.
The café has been open since July 2008, and its first apprentices are now nearing the end of their placements, and soon to move into secure employment established by the Foundation.
January 27, 2009
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