A RESTAURANT has opened a community hub in its Colchester branch designed to help with free meals for families.

Wagamama has opened the hub in Colchester as part of a charity partnership initiated earlier this month, allowing one million homes to be distributed to families.

The restaurant opened its doors to members of The Bread and Butter Thing charity and this month Wagamama will also be heading out to the charity’s hubs providing cooking demonstrations and a donation of more than 10,000 retail products.

Thomas Heier, Wagamama CEO, said: “In these challenging times it is important that we all continue to nourish ourselves and our communities.

“Typically, every veganuary we like to surprise and delight our guests with a plant-based showstopper, but we know this veganuary is a little bit different for families across the UK.

“It is a privilege this year to support local communities through our newly launched partnership with The Bread and Butter Thing.”

Children receive free mains and Wagamama will also hand out children’s activity packs.

The restaurant will also be serving hot teas and coffees with sides for the adults to enjoy.

The hubs will be running once a week until Tuesday, February 7.

There is a maximum ticket quantity of four per person, to find out more visit wagamama.com/nourishingothers.