With funding from Canterbury Diocese and a Thanet District Council Shared Prosperity Fund grant, Community Soup is now operating regularly on Wednesday and Saturday lunchtimes, 12-2pm, from the main St George’s church building on a ‘pay what you can’ basis.
As the cost-of-living crisis has intensified there has been increased demand from people in Ramsgate for low-cost food. Community Soup offers a way for those who can afford to pay for lunch to support the church, whilst not excluding people who can only afford to pay a small amount.
Community Soup has received £10,000 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, as well as funds via Project 200, our 5-year regeneration project supported by Canterbury Diocese in advance of the 200th Anniversary of St George’s Church.
Delivery of the soup project has the added benefit of providing employment for local people. The longer-term goal for Community Soup is that it should eventually become self-sustaining in future so that it does not rely on grant funding but generates sufficient income from sales.
Regeneration Officer, Jemima Brown said ‘We are excited to be serving delicious soup cooked by Jenny Harris from St George’s Hall kitchen. The soup is now being taken over the church to be served in the church on Wednesdays and Saturdays, which is also a really nice way of getting the church building open more often’.
This project is funded by Thanet District Council as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Programme.
St. George's Church Ramsgate 
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