"Solomon Smith said he founded the charity with money from his job as a youth worker after being unable to secure funding for the project. He began helping others after witnessing poverty among his peers as a child. He said: "We got cooked meals every day. It's not until I was actually going to my friend's house, when I realised poverty. I realised that if they didn't go out and steal, they were not eating.""
"Ms Wilson said the charity also creates secret hampers for those in need. "Parents will contact myself or Solomon and we deliver a Christmas dinner to the house, outside the door," she said. "We'll let the parent know that it's there, and then the child doesn't know that it was from a soup kitchen, because some parents are embarrassed." She added that hampers of food are given to all service users, "so that they feel wanted and they feel appreciated"."
Brixton Soup Kitchen began more than a decade ago to feed homeless people and now serves anyone who cannot afford to eat. Solomon Smith founded the charity using money from his youth worker job after failing to secure funding. The charity cooks roughly 7,000 meals each month and experiences consistently high demand. Volunteers distribute food and toys and create secret Christmas hampers and doorstep dinners so children need not know the source. Volunteers deliver hampers and food to help service users feel wanted and appreciated. Visitors describe the kitchen as a lifeline that empowers and strengthens them.
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