Help the Hungry: Nation’s top restaurants rally behind charity left out of pocket by pandemic

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of the nation’s top restaurants will continue to pledge their support to a charity focused on feeding the most vulnerable after the pandemic left them in urgent need of support. As part of the 2020 campaign, venues including Michelin starred restaurants The River Cafe, St John and Core by Clare Smyth are to add a voluntary £1 to diners’ bills to raise money. Throughout the second lockdown OXO Tower Restaurant has backed the charity’s mission and provided lunchboxes of hot meals to be delivered to those who depend on StreetSmart for support. “We reboot the campaign this week in London and given the impeccable safety of hospitality venues we have no qualms about urging people to dine out and simply donate £1 per table to help raise these now urgently needed funds” The charity is also encouraging diners to donate the cost of a meal if they were planning to dine.