17,160 hot meals per year
The social restaurants serve 17,160 hot meals each year to about 199 households.
Opportunity
220 volunteers support social restaurants
The assessed social restaurants in Amsterdam-Noord involve 220 volunteers and about 275 people in activation and return-to-work pathways.
Urban agriculture activates 183 volunteers
Three urban agriculture projects deliver 9,504 boxes or portions to 110 households and involve 183 volunteers.
The food hub distributes 416,000 kg
Voedselcirkel Amsterdam rescues and redistributes about 416,000 kg of food each year through local initiatives.
2,750 households reached indirectly
The food hub supports connected initiatives that indirectly serve about 2,750 households through the wider network.
Less visible groups are reached
Food initiatives also reach families without stable housing, people without DigiD and households living in hidden poverty.
Informal aid fills formal gaps
RIVM describes informal food initiatives as accessible social shadow work between formal and informal support.
€2,790 in basic security per household
Structural food access is valued in the SCBA model at €2,790 per household per year; this is a valuation parameter, not a payment.
Volunteer value: €3,500 per year
Activation and personal development are valued at €3,500 per volunteer per year.
One package, ten times the value
A package of five cost-effective interventions costs about €1.13 million per year and generates about €11.5 million in social value.