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A busy Sunda,y with over 100 meals served. On the menu - a choice of pasta dishes, sandwiches, soup, hot and cold drinks, lots of treats and extras. Thanks to EVERYONE who dropped off their Reverse Advent Calendar donations. We started sharing the items straight away. One sleeping bag and two blankets given out, with all three recipients being referred to Path Devon Rough Sleeper Team. Thanks as always to the team.
People’s generosity is just wonderful. On Saturday, thanks to Ian Hallett, Plymouth Soup Run received a huge amount of donations from #Babcock, supporters at Tesco and Deborah Killone. Just amazing, thank you ALL so much. And, you guessed, the boxes are full! 🙏😃
A buzz of excitement filled the air at the first Plymouth Soup Run stop on Saturday night, when 'shoebox' presents were distributed along with the food. Many thanks to the Lighthouse Community Centre CIC, Liskeard Baptist Church-Cornwall, Lighthouse Baptist Church Roborough, and Sir Robert Geffery’s School who all contributed to the run.
And the donations are rolling in - such amazing #communitysupport. This time, we send many thanks to the University of Plymouth for this Reverse Advent Calendar donation delivered to Mutley Baptist Church for their Plymouth Soup Run team.
Friday night's run was slightly quieter, with 68 people served. As well as food and drinks, the team Plymouth Christian Centreentre had been given some lovely donations of gifts which were well received. 2 sleeping bags were also given out. Tonight, Saturday, we will have some blankets as requested. Thanks to all.
Many thanks to Services Design Solution for their generous donation of reusable cups and thermal snoods. This morning at Shekinah we took the opportunity to give them out to people who are #streethomeless. Everyone was delighted. Thank you so much for your continued support.![]()
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(Client image used with permission).
Reverse Advent Clendar donations are arriving at drop-off points around our network (see pinned post). For this donation delivered to St Paul's Church Efford yesterday, we thank GracPath DevonDevon and her family for joining in the effort to bring some Christmas cheer to the people we serve.
As we approach Christmas, Reverse Advent Calendar donations are starting to come in from our generous supporters in the community. This thank you is to Jade Stevens-Astell and colleagues at DWP and PGS Theatre group for the gift boxes and bags of treats shown here. These and other donations will be shared among Plymouth Soup Run teams to give out to our clients over the festive season.
Last night, volunteers from the many Plymouth Soup Run teams had the rare and welcome opportunity to get together for a 'thank you' event at Plymouth Methodist Central Hall. As one volunteer put it "It was so nice to sit and enjoy seeing so many other Soup Runners. A lovely get together." Hilary, John and Gavin are themselves thanked for organising, hosting and catering the event, and looking after us all so well.
Huge thanks to the Lions Club of Plymouth CIO for organising the Soup Run on Thursday which then meant they missed a social gathering for souprunners. It was another night of spot on catering. The team prepared 78 meals and served 76 people including friends and family members not able to come to the stops. Many people needed to share their worries and get advice; two particularly vulnerable clients were listened to and given support.
Despite the cold, the Plymouth Soup Run team from Mutley Baptist Church were kept busy Wednesday night serving 69 people, and providing food for an additonal 12 family members and friends not able to come to the stops. Everyone was calm, friendly and grateful for the food and the diverse additional support provided: two sleeping bags (with referrals to Path Devon), blankets, coats, and other items of outer and underwear, shoes toiletries and a rucksack. Thanks to the team.
Thanks and well done to the team of Plymouth Marjon University students who organised the Tuesday Soup Run from start to finish: fund raising, purchasing and preparing the food, then serving on the night. The team catered for 80 people and served 79. Toiletries, dog food and two 2 sleeping bags were given out. Thanks to St Matts Plymouth for the use of their kitchen and equipment.
So many groups to thank for their help on Monday: Hope Baptist Church for coordinating the run, The Salvation Army - Plymouth Whitleigh for preparing the food, #babcock Trades Union for serving, Tamar Saracens RFC for sponsoring the evening and providing everyone with a Christmas selection box. Thanks also to the team from Trevi Women and StreetVet for their support. 86 people served, 5 sleeping bags and lots of blankets given out, 2 referrals and 4 updates to Path Devon. Great #teamwork.
Sunday was a cold, busy night with approximately 100 people collecting food. Many thanks to everyone who helped: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Mass Vaccination Team who joined us to offer Covid and flu vaccinations, to Devon & Cornwall Police who responded rapidly when we called for assistance, to our volunteers, and to FareShare South West.
On a cold, very windy Saturday with Storm Darragh still raging, the volunteers from St Paul’s Church Efford served 60 people, with 8 bags of food collected for family members not able to come to the run. All were glad of hot food and soup on such a cold and windy night. Everyone received a Christmas gift from the team, and lots of warm clothing was also given out. Thanks to all.
These keys were handed in at the Mayflower Street/Money Centre Plymouth Soup Run stop tonight (Saturday). The can be collected from Shekinah, Stonehouse Creek, Kings Road, Plymouth, PL1 3SF tomorrow (Sunday) night 5-8pm.
Huge thanks to everyone who dropped off Reverse Advent Calendar donations for Plymouth Soup Run this morning. We will be sharing them with people over the weekend. ![]()
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On Friday, with storm alerts going off, only 47 people were waiting for food. They all had plenty, including Pot Noodles as an extra. Emily from @PathDevon joined the team from #Chaddlewood community, and arranged accommodation for 3 people who were #streethomeless. 1 person’s electricity was topped up. Whatever the weather, Plymouth Soup Run volunteers will always be out in the evening, serving food, listening, signposting and checking people are as safe as they can be. Thanks team.
It was bitterly cold on Thursday night, but still 64 people came to collect food with 12 extras collected for family/friends not able to come to the run. Hats, gloves and socks were in great demand, and dog cat food was also collected. Many thanks to the team from #callington who continue to cross the Tamar to serve on Plymouth Soup Run
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you ALL for your amazing generosity. So many really helpful donations have arrived from our Amazon Wish List: sleeping bags, rucksacks, underwear, pot noodles, cups, drinks, toiletries, biscuits, and cutlery. As many of the donations arrive anonymously, we won’t mention people individually but our thanks are no less heartfelt. These donations will really help the vulnerable people we serve nightly and provide welcome extras in the run up to Christmas.
