A free, phone-first course teaching AI creative skills — images, short video, storytelling — to the people we already feed across London.
The hardest part of any programme is reaching people. We don't have that problem — thousands come through our food points each week. The academy meets them exactly where they are.
A QR code and a friendly volunteer at our food points. A two-minute chat, a name on the list. No forms, no barriers.
Short video lessons you watch anytime, one live online class a week, and a group chat for support. Everything works on a phone.
By week six you've built a portfolio, entered our Challenge, and taken first steps toward volunteering, freelance gigs or a placement.
If you have no phone, no data or nowhere quiet to work, we provide a tablet and a SIM with internet for the length of the course. Nobody is left out because of what they don't own.
Designed for people with no background in tech or design. Every week is practical, forgiving, and built around a phone.
Meet your group, receive a tablet & SIM if you need one, and make your very first AI image together. A gentle, welcoming start.
Turn words into pictures. Create a poster, a portrait, a scene — and understand how to guide the tools with good prompts.
Make a 15–30 second clip on your phone: cuts, captions, music. The format that pays on social platforms today.
Add voiceover and sound. Tell your own story, or a client's, in a way that holds attention.
Bring it together into a look and a message. Build a small brand kit for yourself or a local cause.
A brief that matters — for a charity, a small business, or your own idea. Mentored, start to finish.
An in-person celebration at a Food For All venue: work on the wall, Challenge awards, photos, and next-step introductions. Pizza included.
Every piece below will be replaced with real creations from the people in the room — made on a phone, in six weeks, starting from zero.
Placeholders now — filled with genuine student work after the first cohort.
Every lesson watched, every piece made, every classmate helped earns points. It turns learning into momentum, and gives everyone something to aim for.
An illustrative board. Top learners earn premium AI-tool seats, kit, and a direct route to volunteering & freelance work with us.
A set of images, a video and a project you made yourself — proof of what you can do, on your phone.
The skills small businesses and causes pay for today, plus introductions to first paid work.
A group that has your back, a reason to show up, and a place inside Food For All beyond the meal queue.
The academy runs on the generosity of funders, tech partners and local businesses who believe skills change lives.
⚠️ Placeholder slots. Add a partner's logo only with their written permission — including any grant funder, which is added after an award is confirmed.
💛 Your place at our table never depends on this. Joining, leaving or skipping the academy has zero effect on your access to food or any other support. This is an opportunity, never a condition.
Fifteen places per cohort. If it's full, we'll hold your name for the next one — no one is turned away.
