A COMMUNITY meal will connect strangers in Cowley.
The 'Neighbourhood Kitchen' will see residents from all backgrounds, ethnicities and ages sit down to share a meal in the Ark T Centre on Friday from 6pm until 8pm, no booking needed.
It is being put on by Camerados, a charity based on the concept that the best way to solve the problems in society is people helping each other.
Izzy Harriss, development manager for the charity, said: "The idea is that we use food that is surplus locally, from vegetable patches etc, and the meal is then prepared and eaten by people in the local community.
The charity is best known for creating public living rooms, described as "spaces where anyone can come, on good days and bad, to be around people, make connections and enjoy being out of the house."
In Oxford, it is the Crowell Road centre where Ms Harriss helped create the city's first public living room nine months ago in the community hub's cafe.
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