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)