We need your help! We need cardboard moving boxes for somebody moving out of supported accommodation and into their own place! We may also be looking for support helping her when she comes to move nut for now could you help us with any boxes? 🙏

A bitterly cold outreach tonight - we werent expecting to see many since SWEP had been activated but gave out 23 meals & lots of hot chocolate! Not all were street homeless but all were glad of a hot meal & hot drink. Thank you McDonalds for refilling our hot water flasks for us

What a fabulous session our Thursday Soul in a Bowl group had today! Mark Adams aka markliatelles on Instagram came and gave the group a masterclass in pasta making! The group absolutely loved it!

Our Second Bite team led by Michele & Vicky made 80 meals for rough sleepers who will be acessing SWEP over the winter- 40 lasagne & 40 chicken curry to replace the 100 + meals already prepared and delivered over this cold snap! The team know how important a hot meal is❤️

Meatballs & Spaghetti from The Cook Shop in Hoole and Bacon loin chops from David Joinson Quality Meats were on the menu tonight and were much appreciated by our guests alongside dignity & respect which are always on the menu ❤️ Thanks to our great team of volunteers tonight

We celebrated a birthday at one of our Soul in a Bowl sessions today - the birthday boy requested a birthday menu and the results were outstanding ❤️

A quiet night on our Wednesday welfare walkabout. The people we met were very grateful for a hot meal & a chat. It’s not just about the food but the connections we make with those who are experiencing hardship in our community. Check out our website - forwwww.soulkitchenchester.org.uk

Tommys cheese souffles at yesterday’s Soul in a Bowl session

Lots of delicious food at this evening’s drop in -over 50 hungry people were treated to cottage pie from The Cook Shop in Hoole and Louise’s sausage casserole and bacon steaks supplied by the very generous David Joinson Quality Meats For more info about Soul Kitchen soulkitchenchester.org.uk

Soul in a Bowl Tuesday group made - soup, pie and roulade, homemade baked beans and colcannon as an accompaniment to the pie and blueberry muffins ❤️❤️

Soul in a Bowl sessions are the Empowerment part of our program at Soul Kitchen & today we were blown away when one of our attendees who is currently in a hostel came to us with a list of suggestions & ideas for things he’d like to cook at our sessions! THIS IS EMPOWERMENT ❤️

Our brilliant Second Bite team of Donna, Tommy & Cal have been back in the kitchen today baking more shortbread biscuits! The Chester Townhouse and Share Chester - ShareShop are now re/stocked and ready for you!!

Wednesday Welfare Walkabout We handed out 18 pots of hot food & joined Paddington for a photo. Thx to our volunteer for the chicken casserole & to the kind soul who donated sandwiches. Grateful for everyone who supports Soul Kitchen. Small acts of kindness really do add up.

A quiet Soul in a Bowl session today but great food! Corned beef hash pie, cauliflower cheese and lemon curd roulade with freshly made lemon curd. Boom 💥

Soul Kitchen Chester is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here: membership.coop.co.uk/causes/97843

Soul Kitchen Chester Christmas Appeal 2025 If you’re able, please support our Christmas Appeal: Donate here: justgiving.com/campaign/ten?u… Learn more about the appeal on our website: soulkitchenchester.org.uk/christmas-appe… Thank you for helping us spread warmth, hope, and community this Christmas

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to David Joinson Quality Meats for their continued support throughout this year- every week they donate their fabulous meat fo us so we can provide wholesome tasty meals for those we support- we honestly can’t thank them enough for their generosity ❤️

Thank You to Laura & Colin for running the Soul Kitchen stall at Farndon Christmas Fair today - selling Second Bite shortbread and cakes & cookies made by our volunteers ❤️ The village is also showing a Christmas movie tomorrow with all proceeds being donated to Soul Kitchen

There was the usual warm, friendly welcome at Soul Kitchen this evening. There were a few old friends, but lots of new faces too. We enjoyed Mike’s mash with David Joinson Quality Meats sausages, luxurious shepherds pies from The Cook Shop in Hoole & some fabulous desserts

Today our team of volunteers prepared and provided a Christmas lunch for OAP’s in the Westminster community in Ellesmere Port- looks fantastic! And will be back on Weds with free breakfasts at Wezzie Wednesday❤️