ReadiStreet – Street Outreach

St Mary’s Butts

March 10, 2017March 2, 2018malkimalk

Since April 2016 we have been operating our “Soup Runs” Tuesday through Friday out of St Mary’s Church. A big thank you to [...]

Government Report on Rough-Sleeping

October 15, 2019malkimalk

The number of rough sleepers in England has increased significantly in recent years. According to Government statistics, the total number of rough sleepers [...]

Find us with “What 3 words?”

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019malkimalk

The mobile phone app “what3words” has randomly allocated the words “edit.proper.dinner” to one of the 3 square metres of our building. We thought [...]

Modern Slavery and Homelessness

July 23, 2019October 16, 2019malkimalk

It is a tragic truth that many people in this country are being severely exploited and some in actual modern slavery whereby they [...]

Lord Bourne visits Reading

June 28, 2019July 2, 2019malkimalk

Lord Bourne, Minister for Faith, visited Reading University on 28th June 2019 to meet with various representatives of Faith Groups working in the [...]

New vans

June 20, 2018malkimalk

We are very blessed to have received a brand new replacement van from Toyota (JEMCA) But also raised money for a second hand [...]

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour and Begging

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017malkimalk

New anti-social behaviour orders are being considered by Reading Borough Council, to tackle issues including begging, dog control, drug activity and street drinking. [...]

Befriending

January 19, 2017March 10, 2017malkimalk

The Tea Bar, like the Soup Run, is as much about befriending and showing the love of Jesus to the men and women [...]

Tea Bar

January 19, 2017April 19, 2017malkimalk

The ‘Tea Bar‘ started going out onto the streets in May 1998 after the closing of the St Andrews drop-in centre on London [...]

Soup Runs

January 19, 2017April 15, 2017malkimalk

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening teams of volunteers, supported by staff, provide food and drink for local people in real need. [...]