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Meals for the NHS is helped to provide free Food to these Workers from the Whittington Health NHS Trust

As NHS doctors and nurses in the intensive care units throughout the Kingdom the battle to save as many lives as you can, outside of their hospitals, networks of volunteers, to ensure that these key people are fed and know that they are appreciated.

"you can't save an entire nation on an empty stomach," says Alick Varma, a tech entrepreneur And One of the co-founder of meals for the NHS.

It is one of the grassroots organizations diving in an attempt to ensure that no NHS Workers going without Food while the coronavirus crisis.

In just a few days, he and his other co-founders have raised More Than £200,000 and a network to deliver Set Up , in 17 hospitals in London, providing free hot meals to NHS Staff .

The Food is not gone, only doctors and nurses, but also play an essential role in the maintenance of The Hospitals run by the security service, and cleaning Staff .

to keep The Meals for the NHS team to co-ordinate the use of Whatsapp and other apps in an attempt, their social distance,

Mr Varma adds: "On Sunday I was talking with a friend who is a doctor, and when I Heard how the employees 18-hour shifts - and it is not so, that you do not have canteens, it is not only the canteens were really open, or were there were nothing other than something, what you grab from the vending machines - it really hit home The Need , to meals, to doctors and nurses. "

The Team has been hungry for NHS Workers , with several thousand free meals. Its members are in The Process of applying for a charity, but in The Moment as a company to help you organize the logistics.

Andrew Muir-Wood, another co-founder, says they have made sure to team up with companies in the vicinity of hospitals, as they wanted to help the communities and the local economy continue to thrive during the lockout.

you are not the only ones, but.

Daksha Varsani's team has the delivery of meals to hospitals in London, including Barnet

Wembley is a mother of three Daksha Varsani has galvanized an entire community to make Indian dishes and sandwiches to be sent to hospitals in London and beyond. It is Set Up , the Covid-19 reaction kitchen.

Mrs Varsani, who is from Newham, said She was moved to take action after I posted a video of Yorkshire nurse Dawn Bilbrough, who was left in tears after he was not able to find or buy supplies after a busy shift.

"I saw the video And Then decided something had to be done," She Said . "A lot of family and friends offered their help, after I post on my Social Media and it's snowballed from there. "

After the detection of two chefs with The Right foods certifications, a batch was sent of 50 meals to Staff at London's Northwick Park Hospital, where her niece works in his Covid unit.

Then, you together with Desi Dhaba, restaurant in Wembley, and Katie-Louise Barber, a mother of three from Barnet, who is also fundraising. Spread The Word so that more and more people and companies involved, and further deliveries were in hospitals in the capital.

So Far , they delivered at least 5,000 free meals and are looking to expand further.

Mrs Varsani, said: "people want to help. There is a demand, and we want to make it. We have seen nurses cry and tell us, this is something that you need. "

But She stressed that it was absolutely essential that those who the Food they were delivered to The Hospitals had the proper certification, such as local authority registration and Food hygiene certificates, plus The Right insurance.

"Only The Chefs Cook . All the volunteers wear masks, hair nets, aprons when handling Food . "You said you followed the washing a "strict" regime's hands, cleaning and wearing gloves.

the coffee-house to take owner Packed boxes of Bubble Tea , to Peterborough City Hospital

Meanwhile, in Peterborough, Aleksandra Zarnowiec and Her Husband , Pawelco, are now to deliver the planning free Bubble Tea to The Hospital Staff on a weekly basis. The few that give The Double -Bubble Tea House, say, it is an opportunity to go back to.

Ms Zarnowiec, said: "We were pretty much forced to close because of the government lockdown, so All we can do is deliveries.

"We have tried to consider what we might do to help, and thought, well, the only thing we know How To do is to have a good Bubble Tea , so we give that to the Workers in The Hospital . "

Ros Paterson to provide Food for their local hospital, while your business has been opened a good

adopted In Inverclyde, baker Ros Paterson stoves are rare. They thought their business was in danger, after the Scottish Government said, close to cafes and Fitness Studios.

But if a friend asked to buy to send a box of brownies to the Staff at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, he continued a chain of human kindness.

"I've got a post on Social Media , and said that if people want to buy a box of brownies to a 40% discount, I will deliver them free of charge to The Hospital . In The First day, over 40 boxes have been ordered. I thought a few more orders would come, but not so many. The People shared [The Post ] left, right and center.

"It helps me to keep my sanity, even if I have not so much money. It comes, to give back to The People a way. "

The sole trader, added: "We need to be careful, The People who Take Care of us. "

Of course, you are not the only ones. Fundraising pages Set Up nationwide for local and regional initiatives.

In Cardiff, traders, calling themselves Holy, whisk the egg yolks have Set Up the Help The Heroes campaign and far exceeded their £200 Target for a weekly shop for NHS Staff .

Al Maidah the deployment of 1,000 meals per week for the NHS Staff in the North Manchester General Hospital ; Nando's employees have the dropped Food to the exhausted packages to hospitals across the country, while volunteers from Khalsa Aid , hot meals NHS employees, also. Fast-Food chain Leon is a not-for-profit campaign called FeedNHS has.

hospitals around the country have gratefully accepted that eating made packages and employees to the Social Media , say thanks to personally. However, some hospitals had flooded to ask them to stop the deliveries for now.

All the organisations that have emerged to say they need help to sustain the demand, especially in these uncertain times.

Andrew Muir-Wood, said The Meals for the NHS: "We have estimated that we need to Raise £1m of the funding to the feed of The Hospitals we already have on Board for The Next 90 Days . "

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Source of news: bbc.com