Tickhill Methodist Outreach Team

Feeding the Homeless and Vulnerable in Doncaster

Tickhill Methodist Outreach Team (TMOT) continues to feed around 50 homeless and vulnerable people outside Christchurch every Monday evening. We are one of several voluntary meal services that run daily apart from Saturdays, when currently there doesn't seem to be any provision.
We are managed by Tickhill Methodist Church although many of the volunteers come from the community in Tickhill and from other churches. We are fortunate to have enthusiastic, committed volunteers, many of whom have been with us since the project started. Please contact Mandy on 07745167300 for information on volunteering with the team.

The food preparation team of 4 works hard to produce 6 loaves of sandwiches and 4 flasks of hot chocolate each week and we are able to offer 5 different sandwich fillings. This choice has evolved from listening to our homeless friends who are always very appreciative.

The basic meal is funded by the Church and we are very fortunate to receive donations from individuals and from Tickhill and District Lions which fund "extras" of a chocolate bar, a sausage or cheese and onion roll and drink of hot chocolate with every meal. Recently a grant of £1000 has been awarded by Tesco via the "Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme" after voting took place at local Tesco stores. Many thanks to all who voted!

We have had donations of money, clothing and sleeping bags whilst at the handout and one evening were even donated a large chocolate celebration cake to share out by a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary! People are so thoughtful.

There is always a queue of hungry people waiting outside Christchurch at 6pm when the team of 4 volunteers distribute the meals. Sometimes people stay around for a chat whilst they eat and it's encouraging to hear when someone is given their own accommodation and supported to get their life back on track.

We are grateful for donations of sleeping bags, coats, socks, gloves and warm hats but don't have the storage space for other clothing, although we do try to distribute any that we are given.

Historically at Christmas we have appealed for gifts of toiletries, warm accessory clothing and sweets/chocolate so that we could provide a gift bag to every homeless person. These have been well received but we may do something a little different this year, depending on what other services are providing. I will update you via the Circuit News after our annual meeting later in September.

Thank you for your prayerful support of this project.