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It’s a wrap!

January 24, 2018

Over Christmas ladies’ fashion and beauty salon Maya Maya, in Wainwright’s Yard, ran a wrapping service with a difference –…

Skills Cafe: Making curry

January 11, 2018

This week’s Skills Cafe was led by Nela, our Kitchen Lead, and was all about making a delicious, nutritious Indian…

Jazzing up for January

January 11, 2018

This week our Sew What? craft group enjoyed jazzing up a few plain knitted hats with some gorgeous crafty flowers…

66 for Christmas dinner!

January 11, 2018

A belated thanks to the super kitchen volunteers (just some of whom – Anna, Hazel, Glynis – made it into…

… and we’re back!

January 2, 2018

Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters. Castle Lodge is open today and we’re back up to full…

Crisis over Christmas?

December 22, 2017

Our offices and drop-in at Manna House are closed from today, Friday 22 December, and re-open for full service again…

Tropic party boost for Christmas Getaway

December 17, 2017

A big thank you to Tamath Coleman-Kernan who drove over from Kirkby Stephen to Kendal on Saturday to deliver the…

Vote for our tree at the Parish Church!

December 14, 2017

On Wednesday 6 December, we had a great time putting the decorations that we’d made at the Skills Café and…

Neil steps up to lead our Christmas Getaway

December 14, 2017

We are thrilled to announce that Neil Ralph has stepped up at short notice to take over as Lead Volunteer on our 3-day…

Manna House is on the move!

November 22, 2017

Thanks to the magnificent generosity and vision of the Stephenson Trust, Manna House will have a new home in spring…

The icing on our cakes

November 21, 2017

This week at the Skills Café we iced our Christmas cakes and then enjoyed a marvellous yoga session with Nes…

100 Winter Shelter volunteers and counting!

November 20, 2017

Winter Shelter training is going well, after two busy evenings at the Salvation Army – including sessions on Homelessness, Ethos,…