Newbury Soup Kitchen has a drop in service to help rough sleepers, homeless and vulnerable in Newbury and West Berkshire set up and run by Meryl Praill and a team of dedicated volunteers.
It was a quieter session this evening, with 38 in through the door. It did seem much busier than that. There were a few comings and goings - we think many people came in for the supermarket donations, as they are always so generous...
The queue was long this evening, with 48 people through the door in total. Many people left quite quickly after they had eaten and helped themselves to the supermarket donations. For some this makes a huge difference to their weekly food accessibility.
