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The Globe Luncheon Club, is a service of care and hospitality to the BAME Elderly in Reading. It offers a safe and nurturing environment, supporting the health needs of the Elderly in the Community. The Globe Luncheon Club provides hot and nutritious meals for the Elderly every Tuesday between 12:30 and 3pm.. There are also activities to motivate participants to live engaged, alert and physically active lives. There is an on-going exercise programme run by " Get Berkshire Active", geared towards Prevention of Falls and Mobility. Attendees help with Menu planning, and to a great extent organise activities. Emphasis is on assertiveness, independence and empowerment. Games for Brains - games for varied interests and abilities, encompassing computer games, trivia, puzzles, chess, chequers and much more. Reading and studying the book of a local author began on 10.1.2017. This will be a monthly feature, lasting 20 minutes per session Short talks on Nutrition and the Ageing process, story-telling, and a twice-monthly Quiz are on -going events A Variety Concert organised by attendees to be held at Easter and Christmas. Excursions to neighbouring places of interest and to the seaside with other Community groups.

(Food Pantry & SHAP Housing Project empowers vulnerable young adults aged 18–30 through our housing project and food pantry. We provide stable accommodation, essential food support, and mentoring to foster independence and build resilience. About Our Work & Who We Help: Registered as an independent charity (No. 1186029), we operate a dedicated community food pantry alongside our supported housing initiative. Our primary focus is delivering vital nutritional aid, safe accommodation, and life-skills development to young people aged 18–30, care leavers, and local families experiencing severe hardship. What Support We Need Most: To sustain our daily food distribution and support our housing project residents, our organisation relies heavily on consistent surplus food donations—particularly ambient goods, fresh produce, bakery items, and chilled essentials. Reliable access to quality surplus food allows us to reduce local waste while directly alleviating hunger and hardship for the young people and community members we support every week.

We feed more than 250 homeless people every week, as well as catering for vulnerable families with children. We organise soup kitchen, drop-in centres, women and children club, pension club. We hope to widen our project by hosting a dementia club for the residents.