Have you heard of community fridges? These are spaces     1     locals can share food with one another and save fresh food     2     going to waste. The Community Fridge Network     3    (connect) 300 community fridges across the UK. It offers guidance to people     4     (look) to set up their own fridges, and support to groups running fridges. The fridges are open to everyone. Of course, there are some rules for what can and cannot     5    (share) in order to keep things safe. But otherwise, you’re welcome     6     (take) what you need, and leave anything that might otherwise end up in the waste bin.

According to     7     survey by the Food Foundation, in April 2022, 15. 5 percent of UK households were food insecure, meaning that they ate     8     (little) than normal or went a day without food because they could not access     9     afford food.

The benefit of community fridges has never been clearer. In difficult times, with pretty much all costs increasing greatly, it is reassuring to know that     10    (community) are coming together and helping each other as much as they can.

More than twenty-five years ago, Philadelphia started a program     1    (stop) graffiti on public buildings. Instead of illegally “tagging” buildings, graffiti artists     2    (give) the chance to make murals (壁画) on building walls in their     3    (community). Now, more than 3, 000 murals have been created through the program, which has taken off in neighborhoods across the city. Since 2001, the program has homeless worked with young people who are in detention centers (临时拘留所) or     4    (home) shelters. The program has also helped teach high school students how to make murals and provided after-school and summer arts education activities.