Helping with homelessness
Our Drop-in is open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10.00am to 2.30pm. A two-course hot lunch is available, as well as laundry, showers, access to the internet, breakfast and hot drinks all day. Rough sleepers can also receive food parcels, sleeping bags, underwear and donated clean clothes.
Our expert team can advise on accommodation and job searching, and provide access to other services such as alcohol/drug dependency support, medical help, refugee advice etc., as well as leave to remain guidance.
10 GoodGymers have supported Faith in Action with 21 tasks.
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Previous sessions
The last seat
Wednesday 11th March
Written by Jade
We rounded off 8 weeks of support with one final push, vacuuming the hall and arranging chairs to leave the space spotless. It’s been great to be involved in such an important cause and we are proud to have seen it through to the very last seat.
Sucking up
Wednesday 25th February
Written by Jade
We made light work of packing up the night shelter this morning, proving that two hands are definitely better than one and with Henry the vacuum helping, the a mountain of bedding and chairs to shiftwas sorted with time to spare before cracking onto the next job.
Bed-ter together
Tuesday 24th February
Written by Jade
Tonights job was fairly speedy preparing the church hall for the night shelter, expertly shifting rows of chairs and making up the beds to ensure a warm welcome for guests. We also got the tables laid and Suja lent an extra hand in the kitchen to help get the evening's food prep underway.
Levelling up
Wednesday 18th February
Written by Jade
The early bird (Jon) had already cleared the beds and was working on the vacuuming with Henry when I arrived (on time). So with the floors being handled, the focus was on the chair shifting which was a massive game of Tetris, moving and rearranging the hall until the space was officially reset.
The great cutlery correction
Tuesday 17th February
Written by Jade
Welcome to newbie Marina who was already getting stuck into setting up when I arrived at Martin Way Methodist church tonight. After making the beds we headed into the kitchen/eating area to help finish off laying up the tables.
It seems everyone had been using the wrong cutlery (since last year!), so tonight there was a formal intervention and the rights knives, forks and spoons made their way out for dinner. Who knew!
Congratulations to Marins on completing your first GoodGym session. it was great to meet you and hopefully see you again soon.
Chair-ismatic effort
Wednesday 11th February
Written by Jade
Following a call out for extra hands, it was fantastic to have four members of the team and a Councillor rally together to tackle the church hall after the night shelter. We made quick work of clearing away the chairs and other items. Once the heavy lifting was done, we ventured into the kitchen area for a photoshoot to capture the team behind-the-scenes. A huge thank you for helping out at such an early hour!
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