The Manna Day Centre

The Manna Society is a registered charity founded in 1982 to help homeless and vulnerably housed people. We run a day centre (the Manna Centre) which is open seven days a week, 51 weeks of the year, offering a wide range of practical help and advice to some of the most disadvantaged people in our society. We are based at London Bridge, and we provide both a compassionate and practical response to the problems faced by London’s poor and homeless. 

We ensure that all of our service-users receive a hot nutritious meal and have access to washing facilities, health care, clothing, housing & welfare advice and to the internet. On an average day we see about 120 people. All of our services are free to our service users.

We offer a place of warmth and security where all of our service-users can access all of the services mentioned above. For some it will be the only hot meal they will have in the day. The showers & washing facilities perk people up after a night on the street, hopefully encouraging them to persevere. A change of clothing (especially clean underwear & socks which every user of our clothing store receives automatically) also helps people feel better about themselves. The medical personnel (Nurse Practitioners, Mental Health Workers & Podiatrist) help address any medical issues our service-users are facing.

It costs approx. £48,000 per month to provide the above services and as we ended the last financial year with a substantial deficit any help that you can give would be very much appreciated.