Summary
The Livery Food Initiative and the Livery Kitchen Initiative supports 2.71 million meals for people facing food insecurity.
The Livery Food Initiative and the Livery Kitchen Initiative supports 2.71 million meals for people facing food insecurity
Combined, the Livery Kitchen Initiative and Livery Food Initiative have raised £1.2 million for food-related initiatives between 2020 and 2025.
Historic pan livery collaboration for London
Livery Kitchen Initiative
In 2020, The Livery Kitchen Initiative (LKI) launched early in the Covid-19 pandemic. This initiative utilised livery kitchens to prepare meals for the NHS and vulnerable communities in East London.
Livery Food Initiative
In 2022, following an event where its members discussed working collaboratively to create more impact, the Livery Charity Chairs Group (LCCG) established a three-year programme, the Livery Food Initiative (LFI), to address food poverty across London.
The LFI has involved participation from 72 Livery Companies and Guilds who have collectively provided funding to support City Harvest.
2023: £190,000 raised for a van to deliver free food to vulnerable London communities.
2024-25: £270,000 raised for a 7.5 tonne truck to collect surplus fresh food from further afield.
2025: £120,000 pledged to support City Harvest’s New Covent Garden Market site in collecting surplus produce reached with LFI hoping to reach a total of £140,000. In total, £600,000 over three years.
(Above) 2021, co-founder of City Harvest, Laura Winningham OBE, and community impact manager, Tay Motyl, present Richard Winstanley, clerk of the Drapers, with a commemorative plaque. This was thanks for the incredible partnership formed in lockdown, alongside the Fishmongers and the Grocers to help feed people in times of crisis.
(Below) Short video showing highlights of livery support to City Harvest food charity.
Thank you to the Livery Food Initative – Innholders Hall
2025, the Livery Charity Chairs Group, the Livery Food Initiative and City Harvest were delighted to have this opportunity to say thank you to the 44 Livery Companies and Guilds who have contributed to the Livery Food Initiative in the last year and to reflect on the successes achieved by the three-year Livery Food Initiative programme.
An incredible pan livery effort to support London in times of ongoing crisis. City Harvest thanks you all from everyone who finds themselves in the situation where they need free food services.
£1=3 Meals
City Harvest ensures that no good food is wasted, and people experiencing food insecurity can access food for themselves and their family.
