Activities
"The Church in Reading ....... on the streets of Reading"
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With fairly limited resources FAITH has always tried to focus its activities where the need is the greatest.
We are
best known for our |
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We are as much about listening and befriending
as about just giving out free food and drink Over recent years we have sadly seen numbers on the streets rise rather than fall. In particular we have seen considerable numbers from Eastern Europe. They of course are not entitled to our state benefits and so have no chance of being housed other than in appalling conditions. |
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| However, we are less known for other services which we provide | ||
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and for our housing project | we also do other outreach work such as |
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The Church in Reading at Reading Festival |
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| our emergency food parcel delivery service | Stepping Stones - housing the homeless |  |