Our organisation

Grandma’s Soup Foundation facilitates events for the elderly. In every city that we organise our weekly cooking session, a local student board is responsible for running the end-to-end operations. 

Meet our team

Grandma’s Soup is inspired by the work of Oma’s Soep in the Netherlands, which has successfully brought generations together through cooking and shared meals.

Grandma’s Soup is a fully independent organisation established and operated in the United Kingdom.

The UK foundation:

  • Has its own independent Board of Trustees

  • Is separately governed and makes its own decisions

  • Maintains its own bank accounts and financial controls

  • Operates entirely under UK charity law

  • Does not transfer funds to the Netherlands

While we share inspiration, values and recipes, the UK charity operates entirely separately from the Dutch charity and from any overseas commercial activities.

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Board of Trustees

Lies Tiedemann (Chair)

Lies has been closely involved in establishing Grandma’s Soup and brings a strong commitment to its mission of reducing loneliness through intergenerational connection. As Chair, she provides strategic leadership and ensures the charity remains focused on delivering public benefit in the UK.

Andrea Wigfield

Andrea is a Professor and leading researcher on loneliness and social isolation, specialising in the wider social determinants and implications of loneliness through research, programme evaluation, and evidence-based policy and practice. She is also a Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness. Her expertise strengthens the charity’s evidence-led approach.

Faith Ogala

Faith is a PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, focusing on loneliness and intergenerational connection. Her academic work supports the charity’s commitment to informed, research-based community practice.

 

Commercial activities

At this stage, Grandma’s Soup operates solely as a charitable organisation.

We do not operate a UK commercial company.

Any commercial soup production and retail activity takes place in the Netherlands and is managed independently from the UK foundation.

The UK foundation focuses exclusively on:

  • Community cooking days

  • Intergenerational events

  • Volunteer coordination

  • Reducing loneliness among older people

No UK charitable funds are used for overseas commercial activity.

Funding

Grandma’s Soup is funded through a combination of philanthropic support, grants and donations.

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We receive financial support from Oma’s Soep in the Netherlands. The Dutch organisation operates a separate commercial model, selling soup through retailers including Morrisons in the UK. 50% of profits generated from UK retail activity is donated to support the charitable work of Grandma’s Soup in the UK.

These funds are provided as donations. The UK foundation remains independently governed and retains full control over how all funds are used in furtherance of its charitable purposes.

In addition, we are actively seeking:

  • Charitable grants

  • Corporate partnerships and sponsorship

  • Individual donations

  • Community fundraising support

Diversifying our funding ensures we can sustainably deliver intergenerational activities, expand our reach, and continue tackling loneliness among older people across the UK.

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