Pret Southampton

Preaching and teaching god's word through regular meetings. we provide shelter and support for homeless people. we also provide support to people with drug and alchohol problems. we feed the hungry and provide advice and language support to polish immigrants. we encourage people to sponsor orphans in the various countries.

St Mary's serves one of the poorest wards in Southampton - over 50% of our children are entitled to Free School Meals and nearly three-quarters attract the pupil premium funding (a marker of poverty). Our work with neighbourly will support us to open a foodbank, a community resource to serve our parents and children so that they may take what they need - when they need it. We hope that local supermarkets will be generous in supporting us with food that would otherwise be wasted, which will be utilised to support our most vulnerable families first - through boxes and food hampers. With the rest reaching our school community at the end of the day - posted on our Facebook page and through our school website. Hungry children cannot learn, retain and understand information as well as their peers.

The Food Hub was as formed a year ago with the help of Victory Gospel Church, every Monday evening we have a team of dedicated volunteers serving Food, and Bevarages along with sleeping bags and clothing. Many people we meet are the homeless in Southampton whilst some are struggling with addictions and mental health issues. We currently serve food to about 50 hungry people in need, most have no other means of finding food to eat. We would be very grateful if you could help with any donation of food that you can offer us, it would be appreciated by all who come.