Welcome To Tracy's Street Kitchen
There are many families within the greater Nottingham area who find themselves struggling to survive on a low income, this includes young families, single parents and the elderly. Everybody deserves to have enough food to feed themselves and their families a nutritious and healthy diet and to have basic toiletries such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste and cleaning products for their homes. As an organisation we are providing much needed support to help people facing difficulties live more comfortably.
We can only deal with referrals from Local Authorities, DWP or any other recognised body.
We have limited supplies and have to ensure that they go to those most in need
About Us
The Kitchen was set up in October 2016 by Tracy and Andrew to help the increasing numbers of street homeless, every Friday and most Saturdays. A choice of two hot meals, sandwiches, hot drinks and desserts were available ........ bread and butter pudding being one of the most popular dishes. Clothing was also available and on several occasions we had a couple of hairdressers giving free haircuts to "Tracy's extended family".
The Pandemic saw a change as most of the street homeless were housed in hotels or shared accommodation but still needed to be fed, and the Kitchen rose to the task.
It was in June 2021 that saw the shift to helping other areas of the community as it was felt by Tracy and Andrew that there was still a need for the Kitchen's services.
A little about Tracy and Andrew
At the young age of 14 Tracy found herself living on the streets of Nottingham, at that time she was extremely vulnerable and often the target of random acts of violence from other rough sleepers and members of the public who saw them as fair game!
It was during this period that Tracy met Andrew who used to pass her on his way to work.
A drink and sandwich broke the ice and a lifelong friendship ensued.
With a bit of help Tracy got a job and turned her life around, got somewhere to live and became part of the community again but never forgot the trauma and despair of those she met while rough sleeping.
The next phase of her life was to put herself through university, Nottingham Trent University was where she got degrees in Sociology, Psychology and History then her Master's in Literacy and Numeracy so she could teach. Tracy's teaching career was spent helping special needs children.
Tracy is now a Director for Emmanuel House and a full Rotarian, both charitable organisations.
As for Andrew he has led a varied and interesting career from local radio to logistics until his recent retirement but is still very active behind the scenes with the Kitchen.
How Can I Help?
Tracy's Street Kitchen is an unfunded and not for profit organisation and do not employ any paid staff. We operate all year round including through the cold winters and challenging rainy months and we would greatly appreciate any support you are able to offer. If you, your company or organisation can help with a donation of goods or even a financial donation to enable us to buy essential goods then please do contact us. It is through the kind support of you all that we are able to continue our much needed work.
We are currently looking for around 6 volunteers to help on a couple of Friday evenings a month from 18.30 to around 19.45. If you are interested please call us.
For more information about our organisation or to offer your support, Contact Tracy's Street Kitchen today at or