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Food and Friendship Luncheon Club

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Food and Friendship is a place for older people and adults with learning disabilities to meet and eat on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We even have a resident poet.

Welcome to the Hove Luncheon Club brand new page. We will be chronicling the food we serve, the people we meet and some of the wonderful things that happen. We are a lunch club for older people in the area around Hove that's been around for more than 8 years. We meet every Tuesday during school term time at Hove Methodist Church between 12:30 and 2:30. A three course meal with door to doo

r transport provided by Brighton and Hove Community Transport currently costs £2 thanks to the generosity of our funders and Hove Methodist Church. We are a club that is run by volunteers - (Currently 18!) with one paid worker (me - Caroline Henderson). We have a management committee made up of a mixture of members and volunteers and we are a not for profit community group. We use surplus food provided by the charity fareShare Brighton and Hove to produce a 3 course meal for approximately 70 older people and volunteers. We have an after lunch programme that can be anything from music and singing to gardening to talks on hobbies. Above all - we are a friendly and inclusive group.

12/03/2026

Thanks all for a tuna-tastic lunch today. Lovely to see everyone as ever and really nice to meet Ahlam from Kingsway Care, thank you to her. Thank you as ever to everyone who helped today and happy birthday to Terry!

11/03/2026

Tomorrow we will mostly be eating tuna pasta bake with veg and a de-constructed black forest gateau

10/03/2026

Really good to see everyone today and lot's of nice feedback from guests about our menu which was really lovely to hear.

Huge thanks to the volunteer team - it's always something of a logistical challenge every week to set the hall up, prepare the 3 course lunch and cater for different dietary requirements as well as serve, support bus passengers and clear up. Lunch club volunteers manage it all with such dedication and good humour. They were aided today by lovely Amy and Jodie from Kingsway care - thank you so much to them.

We celebrated Jeans birthday and also Michaels very special birthday - congratulations to him!

09/03/2026

Tomorrow we will mostly be eating vegetable soup, jacket potato with cheese tuna and salad and jam roly poly with custard

05/03/2026

That was another fun lunch club - thanks all for all the prepping, serving, setting up, tea and coffee making, clearing away, washing up, drying up, putting away, raffle-running and everything else in between. We had to abandon the sprouts - they pervaded the crush hall with their sulphourous perfume...(apologies to anyone who had to get a whiff of that.) Pretty full on today as lots of people away. Thanks to Jodie from Kingsway Care for her help too, very much appreciated.

Happy Birthday to Claire, Richard and Anna and how lovely to walk home in balmy sunshine!

04/03/2026

Tomorrow we will mostly be eating posh cottage pie with veg and apricots with ice cream

03/03/2026

The volunteer team and trustees ran the show today - huge thanks to them, I can confirm that the lunch was lovely.

James's birthday was celebrated, and the team were supported by Bobby and Amy from Kingsway - many thanks to them.

02/03/2026

Tomorrow we will mostly be eating carrot and lentil soup, quiche, saute potatos and peas and bananas and custard

26/02/2026

Thanks all for today! The curry was a crowd pleaser but a
broken dishwasher gave us a challenge. The fantastic kitchen team worked really hard with lots of big pots and pans to deal with so huge thanks to them and all the lovely volunteers as ever. Thanks to Brandon from Kingsway care for helping out too. Happy birthday to Karen and we celebrated Peter THE Poets birthday...again...cos why not.

25/02/2026

Tomorrow we will mostly be eating chicken curry, veg curry, dahl, rice, and warm mince pie with custard or fruit salad

24/02/2026

Thanks all for today - and what a gorgeous day it was - so nice to have some blue sky and sunshine to bathe in after lunch.
Many thanks to the team as usual which this week included Nicky who heard we were a few volunters down and stepped in to help with soup prep. Mel and Lola made a lovely Rick Stein apricot tart and the tomato sauce and meatballs went down very well.

Janet entertained us with "Memory" from Cats amongst others and we celebrated Peter THE Poet, Fiona and Hazels birthdays. Looking forward to Thursday club already.

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Hove Methodist Church
Brighton And Hove
BN35DR

Opening Hours

Tuesday	12pm - 2:30pm
Thursday	12pm - 2:30pm

Telephone

01273 728678

Website

http://www.foodandfriendship.org.uk/

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UPDATE April 2020

Due to the covid-19 emergency we are now operating a meal delivery and food parcel service for our most vulnerable and isolated guests. We are also taking referrals so if you know of anyone in the Hove, Hangleton, Portslade and Mile Oak area who would benefit from a hot lunch delivered free of charge on Tuesdays and Thursdays please email Caroline: [email protected] with details or check out our website.

Welcome to the Food and Friendship page. We will be chronicling the food we serve, the people we meet and some of the wonderful things that happen. We are a lunch club for older people in the area around Hove that's been around for more than 8 years. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday during school term time at Hove Methodist Church between 12:30 and 2:30. On Tuesdays, a three course meal with door to door transport provided by Brighton and Hove Community Transport currently costs £4 thanks to the generosity of our funders and Hove Methodist Church. On Thursdays a 2 course lunch costs £2 but there is no transport.We are a club that is run by volunteers - (Currently 28!) with one paid worker (me - Caroline Henderson). We have a management committee made up of a mixture of members and volunteers and we became a charity in 2018. We use surplus food provided by the charity fareShare Brighton and Hove to produce meals for over 100 older people, adults with learning disabilities and volunteers. We have an after lunch programme that can be anything from music and singing to gardening to talks on hobbies. Above all - we are a friendly and inclusive group. We even have a resident poet!