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Shrublands Trust Food Bank

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Items currently needed at the Shrublands Trust Food Bank.

Cereals · Crisps · Fruit in juice/dried · Instant deserts · Jam/honey · Pasta · Rice · Spices · Stock cubes · Tomatoes · Vegetables · Shower gel · Toilet rolls

Please make sure donations have a shelf life of at least six months.

Donated goods can be brought to the Shrublands shop at 7 Broom Road, Shirley, CR0 8NG on: Mondays 09:00 – 12:00 or Thursdays 12:00 – 15:00; or popped into the collection box at the Shirley CO- OP: Wickham Road; or at Sainsbury’s Central in the Whitgift Centre; or left at the back of church.

Thank you!


Thank you for the sandwiches!

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Thank you to everybody who provided sandwiches for NIGHTWATCH on the Sundays in November and December. On the 7 Sundays we handed NIGHTWATCH 8 loaves of assorted sandwiches and, on the basis of 9 sandwiches per loaf, that is 72 rounds per night so just over 500 sandwiches over the 7 weeks in total. All the churches which would have hosted the Floating Shelter agreed to provide sandwiches on ‘their nights’ so Croydon Churches Floating Shelter’s churches will be providing sandwiches every night until 31st March 2023.

NIGHTWATCH fed 130 people, so our sandwiches go part of the way towards feeding all the rough sleepers. Thank you.

The future of community floating shelters like the Shirley Methodist Church is in the balance as the government are in favour of static shelters in buildings offering single room accommodation. However, such a building is not available to CCFS.

Jonathan Baxter (Floating Shelter co-ordinator Shirley Methodist Church)

The Utopians “Patience”

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We are delighted to welcome back the Utopians. Founded in 1980, they stage Gilbert and Sullivan shows in churches in Croydon and nearby boroughs for church fundraising and enjoyment. Their productions are costumed and lit, with the music and dialogue performed by a dedicated core group of principals and chorus. Staged in our beautiful Grade II listed Gilbert Scott church this is a night not to be missed!

Click here to buy your tickets online.

To all knitters at St. Johns

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Thankyou for the continuous stream of Beanie hats that were knitted during the year.

To date we have received 132.

These have been distributed, as the cold spell set in , to the Croydon Nightwatch team who were

so pleased to be able to distribute in the bitter weather.

Following a request from the Prison Chaplin at Wandsworth we sent 40 hats to them.

Our last 50 have been sent to Ukraine via our young guests and they have been passed on, via their

Scout group to a home for children who have lost homes and family during the fighting.

They have promised photos . I will pass these on when received.

All groups have said they would appreciate any more that are made so we can keep knitting .

I have 3 completed blankets to pass on from the previous project with some more

squares waiting to be made up if you have any extras around.

So THANKYOU TO ALL KNITTERS.

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