St John's Summer Café: Free take-away food

Another voluntary initiative providing a lifeline to people struggling to feed their families launches on Friday 24th July. St John's Summer Café will operate from 12 noon to 2pm on Fridays during the school holidays. Visitors will be given one bag with a hot meal of their choice (veggie option available) as well as a sandwich for later in the day and a dessert and hot drink - all to take away in these Covid-19 times. Families welcome.

Jenny Godfrey from St John's Parochial Church Council explains:

"The Summer Cafe is a project that Rev Julie has initiated and is aimed at anyone struggling at this difficult time. It’s all registered properly and the volunteers who are cooking have got a food and hygiene certificate. The food comes mostly from donations from the local community as well as local supermarkets who we have registered with to receive donations from.

"We also have groceries available and clothing and people can speak to us discreetly if they would like to have a bag of groceries as well or are in need of clothing for themselves or their children. We have sent this information to local schools as well."

The Summer Cafe will be held in the Parish Centre, which is the modern building that you can see at the back of the church if you walk up Bourne Hill.

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