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With one in four UK workers already on or facing furlough during the coronavirus pandemic, some food lovers are cooking up a storm for the NHS.
Oxford graduate Floris ten Nijenhuis was travelling in South America when he had to return home due to the developing coronavirus pandemic.
While between jobs and with free time, he wanted to help the NHS as much as possible. Reaching out to a doctor friend, he found they were after simple, nutritious, evening meals.
“I started cooking and delivering meals to a London hospital. But after a couple of days, I couldn’t do it all myself. So I asked for some help, and everyone who responded turned out to be furloughed”. And so, with the help of Floris’s friend Chloe Hall and her marketing skills, Furloughed Foodies was born.
It’s a simple and effective idea – workers who have been placed on furlough volunteer their time to shop and batch cook meals. They are linked up with a driver in the local area who will drop the meals to NHS staff in a hospital, and all volunteers are reimbursed through donations.
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