A happy, if somewhat belated, New Year to you all. I have just returned from a wonderful holiday. I had a great time with members of my family and I now feel refreshed and ready for the year to come. It is going to be a busy and positive year.
I can’t believe how quickly the new building is coming along. The basement is almost finished and the site is a real hive of activity. We are putting in a new computer client recording system and this has meant a great deal of work for our systems manager and other staff. In December our foodbank coordinator saw 869 people and gave out in excess of 2,300 food parcels. The demand on our services is still ensuring that we all work really hard so that we can help those in need.
A staff member who is leaving us told me that she really loved the commitment of the people she worked with and had a happy time while working at the City Mission. This makes me very glad. What more can we want than to work hard at something we enjoy, helping people, in the company of supportive, caring colleagues .