GAIL's Bakery The Cut

We are a day centre for single homeless people and those in need. We are open 7 days a week, 51 weeks of the year. A breakfast & lunch and washing facilities are available 7 days a week, Housing & Welfare Advice four days a week, a clothing store twice a week, medical surgeries three times a week and access to computers from Monday to Friday. All of our services are free at point of use. On an average day we see 100-120 people. 50% of whom are street homeless, 40% in tempoary accommodation and 10% in secure (council or housing association) accommodation.

We are a youth centre based in Bermondsey SE16. As a charity we have been in existence for over 100 years supporting the young people of the area from our now purpose built youth centre. Young people from local primary and secondary schools drop in 5 days per week to access our youth clubs which range from 6-25 and work with young people from many cultures and backgrounds. Supporting young people with a range of needs from SEN and risk of exclusion from schools. Our young people pay 50p to use our facilities for each club and have access to our Sports Hall, Homework areas, Music and Dance studios as well as our arts facilities, the latest consoles and even a 90ft high climbing wall. This 50p also includes a meal. We would love to recieve food donations to help increase the level of food that we can donate to the young people and families that attend and due to our catering facilities we could take donations of pre cooked food or ingredients that we would use in the meals that we cook on site. We have been partnering with a local takeaway service Stuffyadumppling who donate us their excess food weekly as well as Gails bakery in Bermondsey who do the same. We also have a team of volunteers that support our youth sessions and we are always looking for new volunteers to join.

Set up over 130 years ago, Blackfriars Settlement is a vibrant community hub deeply embedded in the local community. We support over 400 older people each year through our Positive Ageing service (PA) and 120+ people with mental health challenges through our Mental Health & Wellbeing service, as well as providing adult education to 1000+ students. We also support local grassroots and peer support organisations, provide a free legal clinic, a free osteopathy clinic, and run a social integration project aimed at bridging the divides between different local communities.