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Marcus Roberts

Walking dead actor David Morrisey and chef Melissa Hemsley prepare meals for homeless for The Felix Project

Actor David Morrissey with Felix Project volunteers

David Morrissey is set to join forces with celebrity chef Melissa Hemsley to turn surplus food into healthy meals for the homeless.

The pair have teamed up to support the Felix Project's aim to reduce waste and food poverty in the capital.

They will visit a Camden hostel run by the Single Homeless Project (SHP) where to deliver and cook the food for the 28 residents next Tuesday.

The Walking Dead star has been a volunteer for the charity at its Enfield depot since last year.

He has enlisted the help of Ms Hemsley who shot to fame alongside her sister Jasmine as the face of frugal cooking with a series of cook books.

Damien Conrad, Enfield depot manager, said: "David started retweeting us last year and when we made contact with him he said he loved what we do in tackling food poverty and waste.

"He came on board and has been collecting food and delivering it to charities around London.

“He came to help deliver and cook food at Haringey Play, near Tottenham's new football ground.

"The children knew who he was from The Walking Dead and called him The Governor like in the show.

"They all knew him and were amazed he was such a normal bloke."

The Felix Project was set up by Justin Byam Shaw in memory of his son Felix, who died from Meningitis in 2014.

It has since gone onto establish links with high street chains, supermarkets and restaurants where it collects unwanted food that is earmarked for the landfill.

The charity uses a fleet of vans to deliver the produce to more than 270 charities and schools in the capital.

Mr Conrad said the charity was in urgent need of new volunteers at its depots or as delivery drivers as they struggle to keep up with demand.

He said: “The fact is that every one hour of volunteering time means you can cut down on the food going to a landfill by around 40kg.

“And for every hour someone volunteers it enables us to get out a hundred meal’s worth of free food to the schools and charities we work with.”

The charity is also working with Healthwatch Camden for the event next Tuesday where rough sleepers will be asked how food poverty affects their health and wellbeing.

Healthwatch Camden is set to launch its own campaign on April 30 and will produce a report on its findings later this year.

:: For more information visit http://thefelixproject.org/help-us/volunteer

SHP uses the food that The Felix Project supplies as part of their Opportunities Programme that encourages healthy eating, behaviour change and supports the most vulnerable into a more independent way of life.

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