COVID 19 has given us no option but to change and adapt the day to day running of Newbury Soup Kitchen food provision sessions.Early on it became apparent that we had to rethink how we could and continue to provide food to vulnerable people in our community. Now June 2021 and the hope that restrictions[...]

This week we were particularly busy, for the second time a lovely GP from Wargrave Surgery came to give the second Astra Zeneca vaccine to our clients. It was a bit chaotic when he arrived trying to sort out all the paperwork while our volunteers took charge to ensure everyone queued with their consent forms.[...]

This is the first week of the new rota, it has been decided to increase our volunteer bubbles now guidelines are lifting, and the numbers locally are dropping. The Takeaway service is still outside as we feel it is safer and much better for social distancing. We are not making any decisions as to when[...]