Big Breakfast Plus

Big Breakfast Plus

07706 364982

Provides Swindon's homeless with a hot breakfast / access to outreach workers and other services.

Big Breakfast Plus (formerly known as Broadgreen Breakfast Club) provides a hot breakfast on Thursday and Friday mornings all year round for single homeless in Swindon in an easily accessible central location. This provides a safe place for colleagues from partner agencies to signpost to advice and help on issues such as housing, health, drugs and alcohol abuse, mental health and benefits. It also provides a sense of dignity/normality and can often be the start for them to break the cycle of homelessness.

Why the community needs us
We do more than just cook breakfast (and provide a choice of menu). We work in partnership with other organisations and statutory agencies to offer a safe and informal environment in which outreach workers can identify new faces among the homeless community, meet our guests and build trust to enable them to identify and address underlying issues including unemployment, mental health problems and addiction as well as a Housing Options assessment, and to introduce them to / signpost appropriate support.

Our impact on the community
We're reaching over 400 individuals every year. The majority of our male guests report that they spent the previous night rough sleeping or sofa surfing; for the increasing number of women who come to us, it's over 80%. Outreach Workers stress the importance of the access that we provide for them to engage with highly vulnerable people living very chaotically, and who may not want to get involved. The relaxed environment at breakfast provides that opportunity.

Volunteers needed

Cooking, helping in the kitchen serving, washing up, clearing away and having a cuppa with our guests. No qualifications needed.

What your gift could provide

£5

pays for one cooked breakfast

£15

pays for 3 cooked breakfasts

£50

pays for 10 cooked breakfasts

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Charity Information

Telephone: 07706 364982

Address: The Pilgrim Centre, Swindon Wiltshire SN1 1PX

Established in: 1993

Registered charity no.: 1197825