Restaurants

StreetSmart is that impressively efficient and professionally run charity that raises money via restaurants to help homeless people. In 2008, nearly £321,000 was raised in London alone to offer practical help for people less fortunate than you and me. In London 281 restaurants took part last year, and the money went to 45 projects. That’s why Time Out are happy to support it.

Because the main sponsor, Deutsche Bank, covers the full costs of administration and production, every penny raised during the two-month scheme (running from November 1 to December 31) goes towards helping the homeless during the difficult winter months.

So please do participate this year. If you’re dining out at a restaurant which participates in the StreetSmart scheme, please add the voluntary donation of £1. Visit www.streetsmart.org.uk for more details and a list of participating restaurants.Guy Dimond, Time Out Group Food and Drink editor

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How to participate

EAT – Enjoy some fine dining at one of London’s top restaurants. This year, around 300 London restaurants are participating in the scheme, including Bocca di Lupo, Hibiscus, St John, Ottolenghi and more. For a full list of participating restaurants, click here.

GIVE – A voluntary £1 per table will be added to the bill at the end of your meal in the months of November and December. At the end of each month, the restaurant passes on the total amount raised to StreetSmart. For a full list of the projects that benefit from the scheme, click here.

BE MERRY – Every penny of your pound will go to help the homeless in London this Christmas. Last year, Streetsmart raised £320,000 in the capital and every single penny of the money collected went directly to where it is needed most because all the campaign’s administration costs are covered by StreetSmart’s sponsor, Deutsche Bank.

To find out more, visit the StreetSmart website.

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