A week of networking, meeting people and celebrating local work

 This week I have been out and about meeting people and networking. I have had the pleasure this week of working with www.schoolhousecafe.co.uk/. This low cost café is at the heart of St Paul's community. It is a safe place to come and meet a friend, catch up on some work or get some peace and quiet away from the hustle of life. The new menu is affordable an delicious with sumptuous cakes on offer. What more could you want? I was sitting there one lunch time when someone I hadn't see for a while walked through the door! What a good place for a catch up. Please come and meet me there for a cup of tea. I'll even buy you a cake!
Fresh Hope who run the School House Café, have extended their opening times for their food pantry at the Rock on Tewksbury Road. get in touch here for more information. 
I have taken part in the Feeding Gloucestershire Launch in Cheltenham which was key to bringing people together across Cheltenham to talk about food, growing and sustainability in Cheltenham  www.feedinggloucestershire.org.uk/ I so love being a part of this organisation as it not only celebrates the fabulous work we do across Cheltenham to get food to those who need it. The more we can do together the more we can achieve for the good of those in our communities. We can all provide food support to someone who needs it, either by helping them with food, helping people to grow their own or giving people tools to help people learn about sustainability and the journey of food and waste what  we eat goes on. A huge shout out to Faith from www.springbankcommunitygroup.org/ for providing the delicious lunch as we shared our knowledge and talked about how we can help each other in this partnership. 
I spent a lovely afternoon visiting and learning all about the fabulous work they do at www.gloscitymission.org.uk/ I was so impressed with the high levels and huge range of support they give to those that need it living on the street in Gloucester as well as providing food, clothes and a soon to be refuge place for those who need somewhere to sleep in the day. Kevin their manager is fabulous and so inspiring to drive this mission to those who need love and hope whose lives are in turmoil and can see no way forward. 

#Be a Good Neighbour seeks to connect people together, and help people to get help and help each other. We can make our community a better place by working together, sharing resources, time and ideas to offer hope and love to those we meet. 
Everyone can do something to play their part however small. What can you do to help where you are.