Peterborough college staff serving up delicious food to homeless residents

A team at the college’s Brook Street campus have been busy using their catering facilities and vans to help those in need.

They’ve cooked meals including Beef Stew, Quorn shepherd’s pie and fish and chips while keeping the correct social distance apart from each other and ensuring the meals are delivered hot.

Pat Carrington, the college’s executive principal, said: “I’m really proud of the team - they’ve been fantastic and become a real well-oiled machine! They’re now in their second week of making hot meals - on their first day they made 20 but now they’ve got into a real rhythm and are making and delivering around 150 hot meals and 70 sandwich lunches a day - it’s an incredible effort.”

The City College also lent one of their chefs to help out at The Phoenix School when they were struggling due to staff sickness.

Meanwhile, college staff who are working from home have been busy creating online training programmes designed for people about to start care work or volunteering.