Social Pantry recognised by The King’s Awards for Enterprise.
It's great to hear the news that our client, Social Pantry, has been recognised by The King's Awards for Enterprise.
This was an application Bold Green Strategies | Sustainability Consultancy was pleased to support. We value the opportunity to assist businesses like Social Pantry in showcasing their exceptional contributions and commitment to creating meaningful change.
The announcement post in full from Social Pantry
”We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Social Pantry are the proud recipient of a prestigious The King's Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity through Social Mobility!
The King's Awards for Enterprise recognise leaders in their field who adopt exemplary working practices and inspire other businesses. Social Pantry has been recognised for its excellence in promoting opportunity and social mobility through its work with prison leavers, an initiative which has been driven by the passion, vision and determination of Social Pantry’s founder and CEO Alex Head.
Alex’s ethos when she established the company in 2011 - and which remains today - is that Social Pantry’s core mission is to deliver ‘Food with Impact’, aiming to make catering about more than just the food and to show it’s possible to make a positive impact on the world.
We began to employ prison leavers in 2015 when it was just an 8-person team, as a result of Alex’s first prison visit, alongside charity Key4Life. Since then, we have employed 42 prison leavers, facilitated work tasters to 22 and aim for 10% of our core workforce to be prison leavers.
“It’s ten years since I met my first mentee in HMP Isis” says Alex, “ I knew that even as a small business I wanted to make a difference and could remove the barriers that faced prison leavers to give them an opportunity at Social Pantry. I’m really proud that I have been able to help so many prison leavers with paid work and training in the hospitality industry and take time to encourage other businesses to begin their own initiatives with prison leavers.”
We are so honoured to have received this award and can’t wait to see what opportunities lie ahead for continuing Alex’s incredible work.”
