Weekly Kitchen

This week the kindness and humanity of our guests touched our hearts..

Despite the extreme weather conditions this week, the kitchen ran smoothly…

This week we joined in a local initiative for voter registration. Marginal communities like the one we serve often have no voice in the halls of power…

This week we welcomed the blessed month of Ramadan…

It was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that declared “there is no such thing as society – there are [only] individual men and women..” that “people must look after themselves”. We are still seeing this legacy of denying community being pushed by today’s elite.

Someone once said “the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” Despite being ruled by an uncaring elite focused on greed and personal gain, we live in a caring community of generous souls.

Every week we see some of that generosity at our kitchen.

Today we met a teenage boy who was an asylum seeker from a war torn African country. Although just a child, he had arrived alone without family, crossing the dangerous sea on a small boat…

We are seeing more homeless people come to our kitchen, some of them rough sleepers including women…

We saw many new faces this week. One in particular moved us, an elderly gentleman, who it was clear hadn’t visited a food bank before…

When serving food, detail to presentation is important as it contributes to the dignity with which we serve our guests. Giving in the manner we would like to receive ourselves is a very important cornerstone of the culture of our kitchen.