Nottingham connected
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PATHWAY HOUSING SOLUTIONS SPONSORS SOUP KITCHEN
By Carol Young
A St Ann’s based Soup kitchen recently received
a financial boost from a community based
organisation. Pathway Housing Solutions, a
social enterprise, set up with the sole purpose of
improving communities through the provision of
training and housing, made a donation toward the
work of the soup kitchen.
Pathway Housing Solutions sources disused properties
for renovation, and land for building homes that
are secure, decent and affordable. The refurbished
properties are let at affordable rents to those in
housing need. Carol Young one of the co-founders
commented that “Pathway Housing Solutions works
hard at generating housing solutions, to ensure that
no one is adversely affected by homelessness”.
Pathway Housing Solutions provides opportunities
for unemployed people to gain on site and classroom
training in construction. Through this programme
trainees are given the opportunity to participate fully
in all aspects of construction so that they can gain
qualifications and practical experience.
The soup kitchen, located at the Seventh Day
Adventist church in the St Ann’s area of Nottingham
is just one of several community initiatives that
Pathway Housing Solutions is involved in. The Soup
kitchen serves food on a weekly basis for people in
need. The Community Ministries department of the
church first opened the church doors to serve hot
meals to the homeless and hungry in November
2013. The department also holds a senior citizens
club every Tuesday where exercise classes, arts and
craft sessions and dominoes are played. Those that
attend the club can also look forward to receiving
a hot meal.
The soup kitchen was started following a spike in
the number of homeless people sleeping rough on
the streets of Nottingham. Mrs Wilfred Anderson,
the Community Ministries leader for the church saw
the impact that the changes to the welfare system
and recession was having on her community and
decided to do something about it. Her response to this
problem resulted in the start- up of the soup kitchen
at the church. “The mission of the church is simply, to
provide a warm and nutritious meal to anyone who is
hungry regardless of their situation or condition”. The
department are appreciative of the donation provided
by Pathway Housing solutions. it has enabled the soup
kitchen to provide additional food provisions such as
cake and biscuits in addition to the weekly soup.
Mrs Anderson states that the doors to the soup
Kitchens are open to all. No one is required to attend
a religious service, all are welcome; they only need to
be hungry”
FOR FURTHER DETAILS:
Soup kitchen times: Tuesdays 6-8pm, Nottingham
Seventh Day Adventist Church, St Anne’s Wells Road,
Nottingham, NG3 1EJ
www.nottinghamadventist.org.uk
PATHWAY HOUSING SOLUTIONS
www.pathwayhousingsolutions.org.uk
THE RESEARCH TEAM
Alice Davey: [email protected]
Dr Edith Ogochukwu: [email protected]
Henri Baptiste: [email protected]
Mrs Winifred Anderson
cooking for the soup
kitchen