Dear Rev Alison and the congregation of St Lawrence's,

Thank you so much for your very generous donations of food which will be of great benefit to our friends. I am attaching a certificate of appreciation which you might like to display on your church notice board.

As you will be aware this year is particularly difficult for everyone and especially the vulnerable in our society. The cost of living crisis is proving to be very challenging. Our work continues to expand as we try to help more and more people who may have just about managed in the past but are now starting to struggle.

Each month we email out a House of Bread Newsletter. This is a great way of keeping up to date with what we are up to, any new initiatives you might be interested in and has details of fundraising events that you might like to support. Please let us know if you would like to be included in this.

If you would like to donate either as a one-off or on a monthly basis please have a look at the local-giving link at the bottom of the page.

Would you, or any of your friends or family be interested in volunteering with us? We have a number of different ways in which you could help. You might help to prepare and serve food in Cafe 43, you could be involved in putting food bags together at our Food Bank unit on Beaconside, we have a tin collection team who collect and distribute our Charity Money collection boxes, or, if you are only available at weekends, then our pop-up cafe held at Church Lane Church, Stafford on the second Saturday of each month. Please get in touch with us if you’d like further information or an informal chat about how we could work together.

Once again thank you for thinking of The House of Bread.

With very best wishes,

Judy Palmer

Administrator