Helping Hands of Birmingham

Helping Hands of Birmingham Our team of volunteers help feed the homeless on the streets of Birmingham.

Just want to say a massive thank you to Elaine Thomas & her husband Mark who has been on a mad home cooked batch fest of...
30/04/2026

Just want to say a massive thank you to Elaine Thomas & her husband Mark who has been on a mad home cooked batch fest of home cooked dinners for us & filled 3 freezers of delicious dinners & puddings for us to heat every week ❤️
Also Tina Townsend who cooks fresh for me every other week like tonight ❤️
These 2 ladies never get the recognition for what they do in the background, but that’s why the homeless eat flavoursome home cooked food every week because of these 2 wonderful invisible heroes ❤️❤️

Tremendous Thursday crew were out tonight on what was a lovely evening, sun was out & everyone was grateful for what the...
30/04/2026

Tremendous Thursday crew were out tonight on what was a lovely evening, sun was out & everyone was grateful for what they received.
Tonight we were armed with Chicken Tikka & chips (thanks Tina they loved the chips with curry) Greggs, crisps, chocolate, cold drinks, hot drinks, clothes, shoes, toiletries, sleeping bags & blankets, hats, gloves, socks, boxers & rucksacks & we returned in quick time as everything went 👏👏👏

I thought they may be a bit wild tonight due to it being warm today, but it was warm & wonderful nice & calm for my capeless heroes who tonight were

Jackie & Pete
John Simpson
Nicola Lamond
Stephen Farrell
Mary Fox
John Flanagan

Good luck to John who is running in Brum this weekend, enjoy your bank holiday weekend followers & supporters see you next week 😉

Something of a straightforward and uneventful shift tonight. We like those! The weather was typical for the end of a Spr...
29/04/2026

Something of a straightforward and uneventful shift tonight. We like those! The weather was typical for the end of a Spring day; clear skies, but breezy with the temperature getting cooler quickly. But as ever, we started with 4 choices of hot food (lamb dinner, campfire stew, veggie lasagne - thanks Elaine), sandwiches (thanks Pam), clothes, toiletries, hot && cold drinks, gloves / hats / socks / boxers and sleeping bags.
And again, as usual, we ended up with nothing.
Tonight's mega-heroes were:
Janet Halpin
Adamson
Wall
Katie Webber and Frank
Bevins
Ian Miller

Just want to say a massive good luck to Olivia who is running the London Marathon for our charity today 🏃🏃🏃
26/04/2026

Just want to say a massive good luck to Olivia who is running the London Marathon for our charity today 🏃🏃🏃

There was only a small, but perfectly formed group of 5 us tonight, so we were limited to what we could take with us to ...
22/04/2026

There was only a small, but perfectly formed group of 5 us tonight, so we were limited to what we could take with us to hand out. So we dropped the clothes, and went for hot food (Elaine's veggie lasagne, beef casserole, campfire stew and shepherd's pie), cold food from Greggs, hot and cold drinks, toiletries and a few assorted socks, hats, etc. Apart from the guys dressed and acting like clowns, it was a pretty calm night, but it was surprisingly cold for what had been a warm day earlier.
Tonight's bunch of heroes were;
Wall
Adamson
Gilchrist
Janet Halpin
Ian Miller

A mild busy Thursday for us this evening!! Everyone was extremely grateful for what we had & tonight Al finally got his ...
16/04/2026

A mild busy Thursday for us this evening!! Everyone was extremely grateful for what we had & tonight Al finally got his size 14 trainers!! We were armed with Cheesy, bacon pasta (thanks Tina) Greggs, fizzy pop, crisps, chocolate, clothes, trainers, bedding, toiletries, hot drinks & ran out of everything👏👏

No drama so very pleasant walk round the city & tonight my thanks as always goes to my capeless heroes & tonight they were

Mary Fox
Jackie Darnley & Pete
Kevin Gill
Stephen Farrell
Nicola Lamond


What a cold and eventful night that was! We had to intervene in a confrontation, got overwhelmed early on, had a complet...
15/04/2026

What a cold and eventful night that was! We had to intervene in a confrontation, got overwhelmed early on, had a complete stranger donate £100 to us and had a 3-way kick about with a homeless guy who somehow got a football. The old skills are still there 😀
As usual, we started with hot food (pork dinner, beef stew, veggie lasagne, b&b pudding - thanks Elaine), sandwiches (thanks Pam), banana loaf (thanks Janet), toiletries, hot drinks, clothes, hats, sundries and sleeping bags. And as usual, we returned empty handed. Tonight's keepers of the peace were:
John Flanagan
Pam Adamson
James Wall
Zoe Daye and Pratik
Vim Dviza
Katie Webber and Frank
Janet Halpin
Ian Miller

Beautifully warm outreach 😎An extremely busy night full of addiction & extremely volatile at times, but we survived lol ...
08/04/2026

Beautifully warm outreach 😎
An extremely busy night full of addiction & extremely volatile at times, but we survived lol 🤣🤣 we’ve had worse!! The weather encouraged the masses of groups of teenagers within the city centre too 🙄

With just 6 this evening, we loaded up & headed off with more than we could carry & tonight we were armed with quite a selection of food. Fish pie, beef casserole or Chinese chicken curry followed by crumble or cake with custard, Lots of Greggs, cold drinks, crisps, chocolate, toiletries ( thanks Pete) clothes, warm stuff, hot drinks, sleeping bags & we run out of everything 👏👏

Tonight my patient saints whom I’m forever grateful for were

Janet Halpin
John Simpson
Ian Miller
Julani
Pete Bevins

Enjoy the rest of your week 😉

A busy Easter Sunday outreach for our ‘Easter Bunny team’. Our homeless friends enjoyed their sausage sandwiches, hot dr...
05/04/2026

A busy Easter Sunday outreach for our ‘Easter Bunny team’. Our homeless friends enjoyed their sausage sandwiches, hot drinks, clothing essentials and of course Easter Eggs.

A very happy Easter to our volunteers and supporters.

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Although a pleasant evening it was still cold 🥶Being the famous five tonight we carried as much as we could & all very g...
02/04/2026

Although a pleasant evening it was still cold 🥶

Being the famous five tonight we carried as much as we could & all very grateful this evening for what we had ❤️
Tonight we were armed with sweet & sour pork with rice as well as apple crumble & custard, Greggs, cereal bars, cold drinks, hot drinks, clothes, shoes, sleeping bags, hats, gloves & socks, boxers as well as a Cadburys crème egg seeing as it’s Easter 🐣

Dave & Janet will be out Easter Sunday morning with breakfast & a Easter Egg 🐰🐰

Back to tonight & my fabulous 4 capeless heroes whom I am forever grateful for & tonight they were

John Simpson
Stephen Farrell
Pete & Jackie

Have a great Easter Weekend 🐰🐰

Tonight was one of those "bonkers" nights. We had everything. Confrontation, being encroached, getting swamped, getting ...
01/04/2026

Tonight was one of those "bonkers" nights. We had everything. Confrontation, being encroached, getting swamped, getting inappropriately hugged, being ranted at, plus all the usual positive stuff. But we got through unscathed as usual, and were cleaned out of everything we took out; hot food (beef stew, chicken dinner, fish pie, veggie mash - thanks Elaine), sandwiches (thanks Janet), hot drinks, toiletries, clothes and sleeping bags. And we finished just before the rain started. Tonight's stars were:
Janet Halpin
Allen
Palmer
Aiden Greene
Webber & first timer Frank
Ian Miller

(Hope you enjoyed it tonight Frank)

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