Homeless Project
The MU homeless initiative, which started three years ago by the MU DM Friendship Group at St John Baptist Church, Berkswell continues to go from strength to strength with lots of support from MU members within the diocese.
We deliver food donated by Sainsbury three times a week to 4 Homeless Hostels in Coventry City Centre on rotation.
The Christmas lunch at Gateway Hostel where we donated turkeys and mince pies, with each resident receiving a Christmas card was a huge success with even more in attendance. This year, for a change, Gateway staff organised Karaoke and residents enjoyed singing as well as completing festive puzzles.
Thank you to those branches that have invited me to speak at branch meetings. Following on from my homeless talk at Canterbury Provincial Conference, Oxford (as part of the Midlands Cluster) I have received two invitations out-with the Diocese. Namely, Birmingham and Leicester Diocese to speak at their Members’ Day.
I am grateful for all donations received which are put to good use in supporting the summer and Christmas events.
Donations of toiletries, clothes, long dated tinned food like Fray Bentos steak pies and meatballs are also in big demand as is donations of clothes, toys, household items, dried and tinned food also are much appreciated.
A new initiative Mothers’ Union Coventry is sponsoring is a monthly soup kitchen for the homeless in Hillfields. This initiative is being carried out by Marcia, Helia and Valeria, three ladies who approached MU having heard about the work MU are doing at Gateway in Hillfields and referred to MU by Pedro, a previous resident of Gateway Hostel.
For more information, please email paulstephenmorris@outlook.com. The blue wheelie bins that are used for clothes and toiletries that are held in the churches have a list of items we place on the wheelie bins to direct donors to what the homeless need.
Those of you who have heard Paul's talk might like to refer back to his slides.
