A massive thank you to the team from @vmo2news Virgin Media O2 who came in earlier this week.
Diane, Claire, Jake, Sam and Mark gave the kitchen a fantastic deep clean and the pantry a much needed sort out!
You were all brilliant 🌟🙌🏻
Thank you for all your hard work, it's very much appreciated and will make life much easier for our volunteers and guests!
Thank you! ☺️🤗
A huge Thanks to the women's football team of Reading University @_ruwfc for coming to drop off a large donation of pantry stuff 🫶🏻
We really appreciate your support 😍
Liam (8) and Ava (5) completed a mini marathon at the end of May and did an amazing job! Their unofficial time was 24 minutes and 31 seconds.
They have raised an impressive £705 for New Beginnings!
Well done Liam and Ava! And thank you so much for raising funds for New Beginnings. We're absolutely thrilled 😍
We're delighted to offer our Breakfast Café every Saturday from now on! 🥳🙏🏻
Huge thanks to our lovely volunteers who donate some of their spare time to make this possible 🤗🫶🏻
A huge thank you to Virgin Media O2 @vmo2news
We were invited to talk at their Engineers' meeting about the importance of volunteering in our local community. We were given the opportunity to talk about New Beginnings which was streamed out to over 400 VM02 employees!
We also brought back a car full of donations which will make a massive difference!
Thank you so much for your time and your ongoing support over the years and we look forward to working alongside you in the future! 🫶🏻
A big shout out and thanks to Lonny, Maisy, Zac and Leila from @kenvue
This amazing team came in this week to support our Community Fridge session by sorting all the produce before we opened, assisting our guests and helping clear up at the end!
Thank you all so much 🙏🏻 We really appreciate your time, energy and kindness! 😊
A really big THANK YOU to our amazing volunteer Isabel for organising the University of Reading Women's Football team and this amazing donation of pantry and toiletry items!
These are much needed and will help make a big difference!
Thank you all! 😊🎉
Our wonderful Operations Manager Dave is doing a fundraising walk to support our vital work in the community in Reading. He will be joined by Jason, one of our volunteers and Steven, a friend and local resident for the walk.
We'd love it if you'd be able to donate via his JustGiving page. 🙏🏻
Every penny will be greatly appreciated 🫶🏻
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Huge THANKS for the very kind and much needed donations from @_koltshouseclearance in Reading.
We really appreciate your support 🤗🙏🏻
A big Thank You to the team at Pets at Home in Tilehurst for their continued support. 🙏🏻
This store has a collection point for donated pet food, and along with Blue Cross, we are privileged to be their charity of choice!
Thank you so much - our guests and their four legged friends massively appreciate it! 🐱🐾🐶
An absolutely huge THANK YOU to the awesome team from @kenvue who came in for a volunteering day this week!
Lauren, Fiona, Tiff, Jack, Astrid, Rebecca, Alex, Ellen, Annie, Maisy, Maiya, Gareth and Olivia completely moved mountains at New Beginnings today bringing structure and order to previous areas of chaos!
You have all made such a difference and were a joy to have here! You are all welcome back anytime!
Thank you all☺️❤️🙏
A huge thank you to the fantastic team from @dentaidthedentalcharity who came to New Beginnings this week.
Eight of our guests were seen and treated from extractions, fillings and descaling!
Lynette, Ria, Minna and Megan came up from Kent, London and Southampton to provide this amazing service and care.
Thank you so much ladies for your time, professionalism and kindness. See you back in a few weeks! ☺️🫶🏻
A very big THANK YOU to the wonderful Tilehurst Crafters!
They were holding a raffle and used the proceeds to buy a huge amount of much needed donations for us!
The Tilehurst Crafters have been supporting New Beginnings for a long time now and we're extremely grateful for their continued support and effort! 🫶🏻💛
Thank you so much to Sam & Katie-Mai from Basingstoke.
They came and donated 2 tents, bread rolls and toiletries. All of it was much needed so thank you very much. We're very grateful 🙏🏻🥲
Massive THANKS to the wonderful pupils at Crosfields school who chose us as their charity after a fundraising event.
They raised an amazing £317.93 for New Beginnings Reading 😍
We're very grateful for this amazing donation 🤗
A huge thank you to Sam and Katie-Mae from Basingstoke who came in this week with a pile of fantastic donations including tents, socks and cakes!
Thank you both so much - we really appreciate it!😊🙏
Over at Luminex there is some serious training going on!!!🏃♀️➡️ 🥵
The Reading Half Marathon is in 5 days!
6 of the team (including three of our regular volunteers!) are running to raise much needed funds for us here at New Beginnings which we're absolutely thrilled about!
Any much needed donations will be very gratefully received and will go towards making a real difference to those who need it most in our community.
Thank you to this awesome team and all the fantastic, continuous support from Luminex - we know you can do it!
A huge THANKS too for all those donating - you are all brilliant!
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A really big "thank you" to the lovely team from @officialthameswater who came in to support our All Day Cafe this week and brought in donations too!
Lucy, Millie, Stella, Ana, Karolina and Lorna were fantastic at not only looking after our guests but sorting out clothes, making sandwiches for the Community Fridge and tidying the pantry!
You were all amazing and welcome back anytime! 😊🧡
A really massive thank you to the team from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK who supported us last Tuesday night.
This awesome team supplied and cooked wonderful chicken pasta and lentil Dahl meals for over 80 guests!
To top this the group has confirmed that they would like to come back for the next three weeks through Ramadan to supply and cook again! We see truly astounded by your kindness and generosity - thank you so much!☺️ 🙏
A very huge Thank You to Luke Watson who dropped off loads of duvets and pillows to New Beginnings!
These were very much needed, especially during this time of year.
Thank you so much 🤗🧡
