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Family Funday
Pam and Stuart raised £1360 for us on Saturday 22nd July! It was a fantastic family funday and we are so grateful. Thank you both for your dedication and hard work and to everyone who contributed to the day: the stall holders, the volunteers and the following businesses who contributed to the wonderful raffle: Arsenal Hub, Bridget's Bakery, Flip Out Brent Cross, Gambado Chelsea, Greggs, Kilis Kitchen, The Little Angel Theatre, The London Transport Museum , MegaJump Trampoline Park, Oldroyd Restaurant, Pret A Manger, Rowans Tenpin Bowl, TKevents Uk, Tinseltown and Trullo, Islington.
Pam and Stuart raised £1360 for us on Saturday 22nd July! It was a fantastic family funday and we are so grateful. Thank you both for your dedication and hard work and to everyone who contributed to the day: the stall holders, the volunteers and the following businesses who contributed to the wonderful raffle: Arsenal Hub, Bridget's Bakery, Flip Out Brent Cross, Gambado Chelsea, Greggs, Kilis Kitchen, The Little Angel Theatre, The London Transport Museum , MegaJump Trampoline Park, Oldroyd Restaurant, Pret A Manger, Rowans Tenpin Bowl, TKevents Uk, Tinseltown and Trullo, Islington.
Kemi celebrates 10 years at The Manna
In the third week of July, our Catering Co-ordinator Kemi celebrated serving food with a smile here at The Manna for a decade. St Stephens kindly adapted their Sunday service on the 16th July to incorporate The Manna Singers, a card, a gift and speeches about how dedicated and faithful Kemi has been. You can listen to part of the service here. The Manna also hosted a party with donations from The Pret Foundation on Wednesday 19th July, with baloons, LED signs, banners and cake. Kemi, thank you for all you have done for the charity over the years and here's to the next 10!
The Manna Gardening Project is back!
Sam our Gardener will be at The Manna and in Canonbury Gardens from 11.30am-2.30pm every Wednesday. She will be planting, weeding and mulching away so please do come and join her for some nature therapy.
Clients and volunteers all welcome and all tools provided.
FRIDAY SESSION CHANGE
Friday sessions at The Manna will now be 9am-11am. There will be no large meal (but showers, laundry and a key work service will still be available) and tea and coffee too. Come in and ask us if you have any questions.
Matt completed an ULTRA Marathon
The Manna's Matt Hoggarth has completed his UltraMarathon in just over 5 hours! What an achievement - well done Matt! Speak to Rachel Woolf or go to his Virgin Giving Page at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/matthew-hoggarth to find out more about his journey. Thank you to all of you who have supported him and donated.
Kemi is a FINALIST!
Delighted to announce The Manna's Kemi as a FINALIST alongside Sue Mahon @LandWorksHQ and Mike Spackman @commchef for the Cook of the Year in the #BBCFoodAwards! Watch this space (or go to this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/9bbk13KDY9SM0yP…/bbc-cook-of-the-year) for more information and CONGRATULATIONS KEMI - this is a huge achievement and is definitely recognition of the great work that you do for us!! Here is an article in the Islington Gazette too:
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/st-stephen-s-church-volunteer-kemi-buraimoh-is-one-of-britain-s-top-3-cooks-1-5022657
N.B. Corrections: The awards have been moved to September and Kemi is a paid member of staff.
Co-op Local Community Fund - vote for The Manna!
Please help support us! The Manna has been chosen as one of the organisations in the running for the Co-op Local Community Fund - if you are a member then please click away!
A huge thank you to Costa Coffee on Essex Road
A huge thank you must go to the Costa Coffee Essex Road branch manager Aslihan Gul who has chosen The Manna as their charity to support in 2017! She arrived with some much needed toiletries last week and we will be working together in different ways throughout the year.
And another huge thank you to our loyal and brilliant funder Crash......
The Manna is currently featured on our brilliant funder @CRASHcharity's website thanks to their emergency dishwasher donation! Thank you so much again Crash Team! http://www.crash.org.uk/projects/day-centres-dishwasher-disaster-averted/
In the third week of July, our Catering Co-ordinator Kemi celebrated serving food with a smile here at The Manna for a decade. St Stephens kindly adapted their Sunday service on the 16th July to incorporate The Manna Singers, a card, a gift and speeches about how dedicated and faithful Kemi has been. You can listen to part of the service here. The Manna also hosted a party with donations from The Pret Foundation on Wednesday 19th July, with baloons, LED signs, banners and cake. Kemi, thank you for all you have done for the charity over the years and here's to the next 10!
The Manna Gardening Project is back!
Sam our Gardener will be at The Manna and in Canonbury Gardens from 11.30am-2.30pm every Wednesday. She will be planting, weeding and mulching away so please do come and join her for some nature therapy.
Clients and volunteers all welcome and all tools provided.
FRIDAY SESSION CHANGE
Friday sessions at The Manna will now be 9am-11am. There will be no large meal (but showers, laundry and a key work service will still be available) and tea and coffee too. Come in and ask us if you have any questions.
Matt completed an ULTRA Marathon
The Manna's Matt Hoggarth has completed his UltraMarathon in just over 5 hours! What an achievement - well done Matt! Speak to Rachel Woolf or go to his Virgin Giving Page at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/matthew-hoggarth to find out more about his journey. Thank you to all of you who have supported him and donated.
Kemi is a FINALIST!
Delighted to announce The Manna's Kemi as a FINALIST alongside Sue Mahon @LandWorksHQ and Mike Spackman @commchef for the Cook of the Year in the #BBCFoodAwards! Watch this space (or go to this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/9bbk13KDY9SM0yP…/bbc-cook-of-the-year) for more information and CONGRATULATIONS KEMI - this is a huge achievement and is definitely recognition of the great work that you do for us!! Here is an article in the Islington Gazette too:
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/st-stephen-s-church-volunteer-kemi-buraimoh-is-one-of-britain-s-top-3-cooks-1-5022657
N.B. Corrections: The awards have been moved to September and Kemi is a paid member of staff.
Co-op Local Community Fund - vote for The Manna!
Please help support us! The Manna has been chosen as one of the organisations in the running for the Co-op Local Community Fund - if you are a member then please click away!
A huge thank you to Costa Coffee on Essex Road
A huge thank you must go to the Costa Coffee Essex Road branch manager Aslihan Gul who has chosen The Manna as their charity to support in 2017! She arrived with some much needed toiletries last week and we will be working together in different ways throughout the year.
And another huge thank you to our loyal and brilliant funder Crash......
The Manna is currently featured on our brilliant funder @CRASHcharity's website thanks to their emergency dishwasher donation! Thank you so much again Crash Team! http://www.crash.org.uk/projects/day-centres-dishwasher-disaster-averted/
