I thought you would want to know how our first Newbury Soup Kitchen session for nearly six months went.  Up until now we have been feeding people in emergency accommodation on a delivery basis. We have provided nearly 5,000 meals.  Now the hotels are emptying and the people from them are being housed it is[...]

We had 55 people in this evening, the sessions seem to be reliably in the 50s every week, so this brings new challenges. The hall is not that big really so with 20 volunteers also is can seem pretty crowded.  Julie cooked carrot and orange soup, Henry and Joes made the main meal of sausage and[...]

Sometimes new people come into the Soup Kitchen who are temporarily in the area, and have found themselves homeless after losing work or due to a relationship breakup.