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14/05/2026
Food = Community 🍛💛
Yes - we do a lot of cooking at Fat Macy's. We also do a lot of eating.
Sharing a meal is a deeply social act. It can be an act of care, of love, of celebration...
These pictures might look like your average WhatsApp group media section, but included in here are:
- a community iftar, where trainees and staff came together to learn about Ramadan from their Muslim friends
- biscuits baked for colleagues at the end of a stressful run up to Christmas
- cake to celebrate the end of an anxiety-inducing benefits tribunal process
12/05/2026
Moving house is one of the most stressful things you can do 😟🏠
As you can see from these happy faces, moving on from temporary accommodation is great! Our graduates talk about feeling free, independent and proud when they move. 💛
But that doesn't make the process of moving any less stressful than it is for any of us. From traipsing to viewings after work, to trying to pack your life into boxes, to looking for the gas meter whilst your friend is asking where that lamp goes - moving is HARD WORK. 📦
Alongside their housing deposit grant, our graduates can access £200 to cover moving costs. Whether that's paying for a big taxi, ordering some boxes so you're not moving with shopping bags, or giving your mate with a van some petrol money - that £200 can take away some of the main stressors on moving day.
If we've given horror flashbacks to moving days past, and you'd like to reach out a helping hand to our graduates who are moving right now, all you need to do is make a small donation via our website!🔗
08/05/2026
"You build up a close rapport! It's important that you're treated like a friend and not like you're another quota to fulfil." - Fat Macy's Graduate 🤗
So much of being a Fat Macy's trainee is about developing strategies for good emotional wellbeing. That doesn't mean being happy all the time - it means having emotional health that can withstand the highs and lows of life.
Whether you're growing your social network at community events, learning to express your needs with our team, or learning to celebrate your own achievements, we always make space for emotional growth.
Our trainees and graduates are the experts in what they need, and we are guided by them. Sometimes that means counselling or coaching. Sometimes it means opening up whilst we cook side-by-side. Sometimes it means trying on the engineer's boots at the Tower Bridge museum and getting hysterical giggles with your pals. 😂
07/05/2026
"In our culture food is like 'I love you'." 🍛💛
Fat Macy's graduate Mahlet shared these pictures of Ethiopian food she cooked with friends. She told us how food and community go hand in hand for her.
"This is all vegan food. We don’t eat separately when when gathering - in our culture food is like 'I love you'. We eat for 6 or more people on big plates.
"In these pictures there is goman (kale), lentils, shero (chickpeas), beetroot, dinch wote (potato stew), tomatoes with some onions and spices, some salad, and injer. And firfir! Firfir is everyone's first love - it’s the easiest thing to make out of all of our food."
05/05/2026
Congratulaions to our spring cohort! 👏👏👏
This small but mighty group have all graduatd from our Training Academy! 🎓
This is no mean feat! All 4 trainees have completed:
- 4 weeks of hospitality, catering and employability training
- Life coaching sessions
- CV development workshops
- 3 work experience days
- A Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene qualification
Huge congratulations to Isaac, Kyanne, Richard and Serena!
03/05/2026
Confidence doesn’t happen overnight.
At the start of the programme, many of our trainees feel unsure of their skills, their place, and what’s possible for them. Week by week, that begins to shift.
Through training, work experience and being part of a supportive community, we see self-belief grow. By the end, people aren’t just learning new skills - they’re backing themselves in a way they hadn’t before 💛
01/05/2026
What's changing for renters today? 🏘
In short...a LOT!
From today, some new protections for renters come into play thanks to the Renters' Rights Act.
This is a game changer for our graduates. Discrimination against benefits recipients, rent bidding wars and requests for huge amounts of rent in advance all put people staying in temporary accommodation at a massive disadvantage.
If you rent, make sure you know your rights under these changes. You can find a link to a guide for renters in our bio 🔗
30/04/2026
Cooking is self care 💛👨🍳
Something many of our graduates take away from Fat Macy's is a love of cooking. For some that means a career as a chef, but for others it means more time and care spent on their own meals.
Fat Macy's graduate Thomas has a demanding full-time job in the public sector, but he makes sure to build time into his week to prepare tasty and nutritious meals to take care of himself 🥗
Plus he's rather good at baking cakes to take care of the people around him 🧁
1. Banana, chocolate and date cake Thomas baked for the team on his last day
2. An epic yule log with a strawberry and orange filling
3. Thomas' go-to quick and tasty dinner of spicy sausage pasta
4. Sachertorte because baking trumps boredom on weekends
5. Chicken and roast veggie tray bake with a sauce 'so good you could drink it'!
28/04/2026
Brava Mimi 🎓🙌
Fat Macy's Graduate Mimi has been completing the Foundation's Rising Stars programme this spring, and last week she graduated!
Mimi and Tasneem went to celebrate with the Pret team last week. The way Mimi's confidence and belief in herself have grown is a delight to see. A massive congratulations to her and her course mates! 🤩
Mimi is now looking for a permanent role and is as confident speaking to customers as she is in the kitchen. If you have a role she could apply for, drop us a DM!
26/04/2026
Community and cake 🍰
Fat Macy's graduate Mahlet baked this chocolate and vanilla sponge cake with peach and buttercream filling to celebrate Orthodox Easter with her friends.
All around the world, people cook for each other when they want to celebrate. It is an act of creativity and friendship.
We just love to see our graduates take what they learned with Doug and cook for the people they love!
24/04/2026
Why does 'home' matter? 🏠
Having somewhere to stay is not the same as having a home. A home is somewhere you can feel safe and stable. You can build a life from a home.
When you are settled in your home, you can be part of a community.
When your home is your sanctuary, you have energy to focus on things like following your ambitions.
Home is where we can truly be ourselves. And when we can be ourselves, we can build relationships.
A home means a future. 🔑💛
22/04/2026
"I feel like I have come back to life and I finally have some hope for the future. Coming to the sessions has given me a sense of purpose and structure." 💛
Last year we introduced the Fat Macy's Academy - a four-week introduction to all things catering, hospitality and employability.
From baking brownies to brewing the perfect espresso to making sure you're on time to work - our trainees cover a lot of ground in our academies. ☕👩🍳
We have some exciting changes coming this summer, so watch this space for news about our next academy and how you can refer someone.
21/04/2026
Because actually our job...it's just beach 🏖
Sort of...
A big part of what we do at Fat Macy's is building a community. Staying in temporary accommodation can be incredibly isolating. Money is tight. You're often not allowed visitors. It's hard to just have fun and make friends.
So whilst our days to the beach or evenings bowling might seem frivolous, they are about building social networks that can be there for people long into the future. And they are also about having fun because that is important too! 🎳
19/04/2026
£10,750 RAISED! 🥳
Thank you to everyone who donated to our 10th birthday crowdfunder 🙏
And a special thank you to who provided £4,410 in match funding!
These funds will help make sure Fat Macy's can continue to support Londoners out of temporary accommodation and into stable jobs and homes 🏠
16/04/2026
Are you looking for staff? 🔭
Our graduates are looking for opportunities in hospitality, catering and retail! 👩🍳
If you want to give someone the boost they need to leave temporary accommodation, whilst filling your vacancies, get in touch.
You can drop us a DM or email our Employability Officer Tasneem - [email protected] 📧
14/04/2026
Why is it so hard to save for a rental deposit when you live in temporary accommodation? 🤔
Residents in hostels and other supported temporary accommodation currently face a financial cliff-edge when they work over a certain number of hours.
If they work more they rapidly lose their housing benefit and must pay high rates of rent or service fees. Some supported temporary accommodation providers do not allow residents to work more than part-time hours, meaning working more can lead to eviction.
This catch-22 forces residents to choose between risking rent arrears or eviction, or working minimal hours at the cost of saving a rental deposit.
There is hope on the horizon though! The government announced changes for autumn 2026 that will reduce the benefits cliff edge and make it pay to work.
09/04/2026
Bravo Yannick! 👏👏
Yannick graduated from the Milestone Programme last December. Thanks to his hard work and new found confidence, Yannick moved into a lovely flat with the support of his accommodation provider before he finished his placement with us.
As Yannick has recently started work as a commis chef with , we were able to approve his Move On Grant for something different - setting him up with all the kit a budding chef needs. Last week Yannick and Doug hit the shops to get him a beautiful set of knives. And the shopping will continue. 👨🍳🌟
08/04/2026
Birthday lunch with Lexington 🎂🎈
Our friends at have been shouting about our 10th birthday all month, and we could be more grateful.
Last week Tori and Laura stopped by to see the incredible installations on the security gates at one of their client's buildings, and were treated to a celebratory lunch with the Lexington team and a cameo from Fat Macy's graduate Chef Yannick! 👨🍳
06/04/2026
FINAL PUSH 💪💪💪
We have ONE WEEK left to reach our crowdfunding target.
Until Sunday, every donation up to £250 will be doubled.
£25 ➡ £50
£50 ➡ £100
£100 ➡ £200
Donate via the link in our bio 🔗
03/04/2026
NEW GRADUATE!!! 🥳🎉
A huge well done to our newest Fat Macy's graduate, Halima!
Halima has impressed us all during her placement with , particularly with her new latte art skills.
If you're hiring baristas, get in touch! We have a pro here☕
13/06/2023
129,000 young people approached their councils as homeless last year. That’s 353 people a day, or one person every 4 minutes.
The true extent of youth homeless could be double that number, and with the cost-of-living crisis, it’s getting worse.
Young people often aren’t considered a priority or taken seriously by authorities and services, and face additional barriers to accessing secure rental accommodation. In short, they are failed by the systems that are supposed to help them.
Fat Macy’s has joined 100 other charities and frontline services to call for the government to commit to a strategy to tackle youth homelessness now.
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22/10/2022
Look, we know it's only October...but is it ever too soon to make festive plans?
For expert forward-planners, we’re now taking bookings for Christmas parties.
We have two options: you can hire our whole venue and enjoy our Feasting menu, or book for a group of 6+ with our Festive Set menu. Discover everything you need to know at: https://sohailarestaurant.com/xmas
12/10/2022
of recent graduate Amika’s headshot shoot
It’s not just about hospitality at FM. Whilst we offer hospitality training and work experience to all our trainees in our restaurant Sohaila, we also support trainees throughout the programme to explore other work opportunities and help them make the first step toward the career they want.
We’ve been working with our new partner to offer our trainees support with CV writing, LinkedIn Profiles, job applications and network building. Chris (we love you!), from LTR was recently on set to get Amika the perfect headshot and intro video for her CV. All these opportunities are important steps in a person’s journey from hostel to home.
Amika is looking for roles in so drop us a line if want to work with a hardworking, dedicated, resilient person. 👇🏼
07/10/2022
Meet our latest trainee graduate: Amika
Amika is an incredibly hardworking, dedicated and resilient individual who is looking for London-based jobs in . During her time on the programme, she’s completed over 200 hours of training, learnt new skills and become an incredibly valued member of the team.
Any team would be lucky to have her. Let us know if you know the perfect job for Amika.
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Fat Macy's is not just your average caterer, deli, or restaurant. It is a social enterprise that is making a real difference in the lives of Londoners living in hostels. By using their food and hospitality businesses, Fat Macy's provides a pathway for these individuals to move into their own homes.
What sets Fat Macy's apart is their 200-hour program that allows trainees to gain valuable work experience and new skills. But it doesn't stop there - by the end of the program, trainees also receive a deposit for a flat. This incredible initiative has already raised an impressive £35k in housing deposits among 33 trainees.
The impact of Fat Macy's goes beyond just providing delicious food. It offers hope and opportunities for those who need it most. By supporting this social enterprise, you are not only treating yourself to a fantastic dining experience but also contributing to positive change in the community.
Located on Lumley & Coleshill Flats Pimlico Road in Westminster, Fat Macy's is more than just a place to eat; it is a life-changing dining experience. So why not visit their website at fatmacys.org to find out more about this incredible initiative and how you can support their cause?
