Ex-Serviceman has lost his job and his home! Whilst we help him find a place to live with his cat, we are looking for a cat lover to temporarily acommodate his 18 year old home bound moggie. He cannot afford the £10.00 a day cattery fees while his partner is in hospital.

Rough sleepers wishing to access the support offered under our severe weather emergency protocol should come along to our Market Street offices between 10.00am and 2.00pm to see how we can help.

Donations have dried up as the weather is so good. We are still desperate for rucksacks, head torches and bike locks. We have a wish list on Amazon which is easy to access. We cannot help our clients in the way we do without donations from the public.

Again a full-on evening, however only 48!!! It is amazing how our numbers now are consistently in the 40's. Admittedly many clients are not street homeless however their need is just as great. Many people just come in for the social life and company.

It is considered that feeling dirty and unclean is one of the main contributing factors that affects mental health in Street Homeless individuals. Keeping respect and dignity is important to us all, including our rough sleeper community.

One of our drug users was very excited and wanted to tell me and made a point of coming to find me during the session. I would never have thought I would be sitting drinking tea with a known alleged drug dealer/user and discussing the whys and wherefores of drug taking!

We are delighted to receive this grant money and have given a great deal of thought to the initiatives that it will fund. They will all make the most positive impact and provide the most practical benefits to rough sleepers. Homelessness and rough sleeping in a priority for the council.

She feels the Soup Kitchen is a place she feels safe and non judged. She also commented how much she like Matilda our retired GP. Gaining trust is just as important for our clients.

We have been informed that there is a bad batch of heroin in Newbury, causing psychotic episodes. I did sit down with all the users I know and talked to them. They said shockingly that it didn't really bother them so long as they could get their fix.

There are issues at the campsite because a tent had been set alight. There was a lot of accusations and gossip going on as the street homeless community feel very vulnerable all the time. Things settled down and the session became one of laughter, card games, chess and a good meal in the end.