{"id":2,"date":"2019-01-02T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T09:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-21T00:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T00:19:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olu&#039;s Soup Kitchen Intro\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dU29Z_lw3XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-pale-pink-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Olu&#8217;s Soup Kitchen is an initiative  encouraging young people between the ages of 18 -30 to volunteer and give back to the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are a Hackney based service for\nthe homeless, vulnerable people and people in need of support and advice.\nHowever, we help people who are from London and surrounding areas. We rely on\ndonations and volunteers to continue our work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our founder Linda has been working with charities in and around the UK over the last 10 years. And after experiencing the impacts of homelessness herself she felt that it was necessary to educate young people about the importance of volunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We as a team have fed over 1000 people over the last year in hand outs in and around London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our dream is to branch out and recruit more willing young people to help those less fortunate with food and life essentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.12.07.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.olusoupkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-21-at-01.11.47.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olu&#8217;s Soup Kitchen is an initiative encouraging young people between the ages of 18 -30 to volunteer and give back to the local community. We are a Hackney based service for the homeless, vulnerable people and people in need of support and advice. 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