Help the homeless
Buy a bowl.
Fund another.
Your bowl funds a matching meal through local support partners — not necessarily on the same night. Buy 1 Give 1 ramen from a Stockport kitchen — and a UK challenge called 382k Reasons.
382,000
People experiencing homelessness in the UK — the number behind the name.
The model
One for you. One given.
When you buy a bowl, your purchase funds a matching meal for someone sleeping rough or facing hunger. Direct. Through local support partners — not photo ops.
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You eat
Restaurant ramen in a pub kitchen. Real broth. Real night.
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We match
Your purchase funds a matching meal, provided through local support partners — not necessarily on the same night.
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Scale
382k Reasons funds kit, capacity, and the first flasks.
Honest numbers
People helped + the raise
We don’t invent meal counts. These are confirmed figures.
Meals given
115
Confirmed cumulative total. No fake live counter.
Campaign target
£8,000
Crowdfunder · closes 27 Oct 2026 · grow areas + build workforce + flasks
£— raised of £8,000 · Crowdfunder / support · — days left
— supporters
Partners joining the campaign (It’s a Wrap · Branded Cups) — in-kind / product support. No separate partner £ total confirmed.
Partners
Who’s joined the war
It’s a Wrap and Branded Cups have joined as supplier / packaging partners for the campaign — product and brand support, not meal-distribution charities. Booth Centre, Manchester remains a past meal-support partner (not an exclusive current claim). We keep those roles distinct on purpose.
382k Reasons
Feed the UK, one bowl at a time
~382,000 people experiencing homelessness in the UK. The Crowdfunder funds mobile kitchen kit, operating capacity, and reusable flasks so meals stay warm.
The 382k Vault
Campaign records
Field notes and press from the mission side — lean archive, not invented posts.
Other world
Same brand, hotter face — Raving Ramen · bowls, nights, pubs. Or back to both worlds.