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Wells Soup is a not-for-profit bringing people together through quarterly lunches to support local charities.

Guests enjoy homemade soup, hear from community projects and vote on funding, helping ideas grow and strengthening community connections.

01/11/2026

🎃 Been wondering what to do with your leftover pumpkins? Our friends at Fresh & Good Sustainable Wells have the perfect soup recipe for you (which works equally well with other winter vegetables)...

🍲Rough & Ready Roasted Veg Soup

🍠Use at least two the following vegetables - pumpkin/squash, carrots, parsnip, sweet potato, leeks.

🔪Cut up and de-seed the squash in large chunks (leave skins on), cut carrots and parsnips into 'chunks', leave sweet potatoes whole, clean and chunk leeks.

🧅Peel and quarter a couple of onions.

Put all veg in a roasting dish with the onions, leeks and a few cloves of garlic (skins left on) underneath the larger veg so they soften and don't burn. You can put the sweet potatoes directly on the oven rack.

🔥Roast in the oven - 180 degrees/gas mark 4 - will do it, but ideally, you'll be cooking this alongside something else, so whatever temperature you need for that!

🧄When the veg are all soft, scoop the squash and sweet potato out of their skins into a saucepan, squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins and add all the other veg.

💧Add water and stock cubes/bouillon powder and blitz with a hand blender or liquidiser to achieve your preferred consistency.

🧂Season to taste - you can add some curry paste at this point if you want to 'heat it up'.

🥣Enjoy (and do let us know how your soup turned out).

🗓️ Next Wells Soup Saturday 21 November where we'll hear from:

Sounds Joyful CIC
5th/7th City of Wells Scout Group
Connect Community Trust
Wells Lantern Festival Project Factory CIC

🗳️ Presentations and voting 1pm to 3pm.
🥣 £7 donation includes soup and bread, prepared by Fresh & Good.

⬆️Details https://www.wellssoup.org.uk/events/winter-soup-2026

19/10/2026

🍲 Definite chill in the air and no better time for a delicious mug of home-made soup, chunky break and great company at the next Wells Soup on Saturday 21 November in our regular corner of the magnificent Wells Cathedral.

Another four, wonderful local causes will be pitching for a share of the funding:

Sounds Joyful CIC
5th/7th City of Wells Scout Group
Connect Community Trust
Wells Lantern Festival Project Factory CIC

📍 Wells Cathedral
🕧 Doors open 12.40pm
🗳️ Presentations and voting 1pm to 3pm
🥣 £7 donation includes soup and bread

Read all about it at https://mailchi.mp/wellssoup/wintersoup2026

14/10/2026

💛 We’re proud to be a part of this free webinar bringing together five collective giving initiatives from across the UK.

When we pool our donations, even small amounts can help fund local projects and support people who need it. 🥣

Hear from:

💛 500 Acts of Kindness.
🌸 Bath Women’s Fund.
✊ Black Funding Network.
🌱 North East Giving Network.
🥣 Wells Soup.

Find out how each group got started, how it works and what it has learnt along the way. There’ll also be time for questions and ideas if you’re thinking about starting something similar.

📅 Wednesday 25 November.
⏰ 1pm to 2pm.
💻 Free online webinar.

🔗 Book your place via the link in our bio.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collective-giving-in-the-uk-webinar-tickets-2003193082434?aff=oddtdtcreator

15/09/2026

🥣 What a wonderful Autumn Soup.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Wells Cathedral on Saturday. We sold every space and had a brilliant mix of new and familiar faces joining us to support four fantastic local projects.

🎷 Wells Jazz and Blues Festival.
🚐 Wells Community Network .
💜 Forever Loved Baby Loss Support.
🎨 Wac - Wells Art Contemporary.

After four inspiring presentations and the all-important vote, Wells Community Network came out on top, securing the largest share of the funding, with the remaining funds shared between the other three projects. 👏

A special thank you to our supporters Martin Stanley, Somerset Community Foundation and Church House Investments, and to our event sponsor Chubb Bulleid. ❤️

Thanks too to Fresh & Good for keeping everyone well fed, our volunteers for all their help and Wells Cadets, who helped out the Cathedral Virgers.

❄️ Next up is Winter Soup on Saturday 21 November and we’ve also announced all our dates for 2027.

Read more and catch up on Autumn Soup 👇
https://mailchi.mp/wellssoup/autumnsoup2026thankyou

Pictured Niamh McGrogan from Wells Jazz and Blues Festival, Zoe Costelloe and Emily Sheppard Forever Loved Baby Loss and Miriama Samiotis Wells Community Network with Cathy Judge and Paddy O’Hagan from Wells Soup and the Right Reverend Michael Beasley, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
📷 Philip Welch.

10/09/2026

🍂 And all of a sudden, Autumn is here and we’re gearing up for another Wells Soup this Saturday 12 September. Do hope you’ll join us. 🥣

We’re looking forward to another afternoon bringing the community together to support and raise funds for brilliant local projects at Wells Cathedral 💛

This time, four inspiring local causes will be pitching for a share of the funding:

🎷 Wells Jazz and Blues Festival
🚌 Community Transport Wells Community Network
💜 Forever Loved Baby Loss Support
🎨 Community Projects: Wac - Wells Art Contemporary

👉 Read all about it at
https://mailchi.mp/wellssoup/autumnsoup2026

✨ And check out our delicious new website at https://wellssoup.org.uk

15/06/2026

🥣 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Summer Soup on Saturday. We had such a great turnout and it’s always good to hear about the wonderful work being done by local organisations.

The afternoon began with Sweda, winners of our Spring Soup event, who shared how they have used their funding to provide resources for children and families. ❤️

We then heard from:
🎵 Friends of Wells Cathedral Grand Organ Appeal, who have already raised £2.2 million towards restoring the Grand Organ, with £1 million still to raise. They spoke about the Cathedral as a place of community and how music brings people together.

💙 Focus Counselling, founded in 1991, which provides affordable counselling and a range of support services, including a weekly drop-in centre in Wells for young people aged 13 to 19.

🚴 Edric Hobbs' campaign to improve access to community defibrillators, with his fundraising challenge to "Everest" Old Mendip Road by cycling it 49 times, choosing to ‘earn’ support through the challenge.

🎭 Westbury Footlights, which has been helping young people build confidence through theatre for more than 40 years and is fundraising for the Handlebards production of As You Like It at the end of June, a free community event where everyone is welcome.

👏 Congratulations to Focus Counselling, who received the most votes on the day and were awarded £500 towards their work. Each of the other presenters also received £150.

Our thanks to Cooper and Tanner for sponsoring this Summer Soup event. We are also grateful to Fresh & Good for the delicious soup and bread, our Wells Soup volunteers for making the event run so smoothly, Wells Cathedral for hosting us in such an incredible space and Rosie Lunn for the beautiful table flowers. 🌸

Be sure to join us and/or apply for the next Wells Soup on Saturday 12 September. Details at https://www.wellssoup.org.uk

📷 by Philip Welch

12/06/2026

🍵 Looking for something different to do tomorrow?

Join us at Wells Cathedral for Wells Soup, where you'll enjoy a delicious bowl of freshly made soup, hear four inspiring local projects pitch for funding and vote for the one you'd most like to support.

Tomorrow's presenters are:
🎹 Friends of Wells Cathedral Grand Organ Appeal
🫶 Focus Counselling
🚴‍♂️ Edric Hobbs Cycle Challenge
🎭 Westbury Footlights

For a minimum donation of £7, you'll receive soup, bread and a vote that could help make a real difference to local organisations.

📍 Wells Cathedral
🕧 Doors open at 12.40pm
🕐 Presentations begin at 1.00pm

Wells Soup is volunteer-led, with the money raised going into the prize pot for the presenters.

Bring your friends, enjoy lunch and help support brilliant ideas in our community.

Find out more: https://www.wellssoup.org.uk/event-details/wells-soup-june-2026

🙏 With thanks to our Summer Soup sponsors, Cooper and Tanner, for their generous support.

08/06/2026

🍵 Join us this Saturday at Wells Cathedral for another Wells Soup and help decide where community funding goes next.

Hear four local projects pitch for support:
🎹 Friends of Wells Cathedral Grand Organ Appeal
🫶 Focus Counselling Wells
🚴‍♂️ Edric Hobbs Cycle Challenge
🎭 Westbury Footlights

Enjoy a delicious bowl of freshly made soup and bread, prepared by our friends at Fresh & Good, while you listen to the presentations. Then cast your vote for the project you think will make the biggest difference.

📍 Wells Cathedral
💷 Minimum donation: £7 (includes soup, bread and your vote).
🕧 Doors open at 12.40pm.
🕐 Presentations begin at 1.00pm.

Wells Soup is a volunteer-led initiative, with the money raised going into the prize pot for the presenters and the audience deciding who receives the largest share.

We'd love to see you there. Bring a friend and support brilliant local projects.

Find out more: https://www.wellssoup.org.uk/event-details/wells-soup-june-2026

🙏 With thanks to our Summer Soup sponsors, Cooper and Tanner, for their generous support.

14/05/2026

We are pleased to invite you to Summer Soup 2026 at Wells Cathedral on Saturday 13 June 🌻

This is a community funding event where attendees help decide how funds are shared between local projects.

The presenter with the most votes receives half of the money raised on the door, up to £500 including match funding from a local business. The remaining half is shared between the other presenters, around £150 each. All presenters receive funding and all are given a platform to share their work with the community.

We will hear from:
🎹 Friends of Wells Cathedral Grand Organ Appeal
🧠 Focus Wells
🚴 Edric Hobbs Everest Challenge
🎭 Westbury Footlights

🚪 Doors open at 12.40pm.
🕐 Presentations and voting take place from 1pm to 3pm.
💷 Entry is a £7 donation, including homemade soup and bread from our friends at Fresh & Good.

Come along, hear the ideas and vote on the day 🌻

🔗 https://www.wellssoup.org.uk/event-details/wells-soup-june-2026

31/03/2026

🥣 Record Turnout at Wells Soup – Biggest in 10 Years! 🎉

The latest Wells Soup welcomed the largest audience in the grant-giving lunch’s ten-year history.

🙏 Bishop’s Palace Pastor Rosey Lunn opened the afternoon in Wells Cathedral with a heartfelt tribute to Ross Young, the lead organiser of Soup, who sadly passed away in early March. The audience responded with a warm round of applause.

🥖 Aaron Oats from Keward House, a supported housing service for people with mental health issues, shared how last year’s Soup funding is supporting their Brunch Club. The increased profile has also attracted a major anonymous donation and backing from a local bakery.

🍽️ Gavin Osborn of SWEDA, which supports people aged 4–80 with eating disorders, highlighted the growing number of young people seeking help and the vital work being done to support them.

🏁 Mary Ellis called for volunteers to save the August Bank Holiday Wells Moat Race, where Bishop Michael has been spotted paddling a raft in a long blonde wig. With Wells Lions now too few to organise, volunteers are urgently needed.

🏘️ Sandra Marshall spoke about the campaign to reopen the Britannia Inn as a community pub and social centre for West Wells, which has lost its village shop. They have raised £100,000 but need more support. Sandra also read a poem to strengthen their appeal.

🍕 Finally, Kim Robinson from Fresh & Good explained how their team of cooks helps other community groups raise money, such as making pizzas for Oxfam, without taking work from paid cooks.

💖 Most votes went to SWEDA. Gavin Osborn said:
“The money we were given today will go towards our children and young people service. More often than not, they open up a lot more when they’re holding something, playing with something or drawing. We’re so grateful to Soup because we can use all that money to really help as many young people as possible.”

💰 SWEDA received half of the £750 available, with the remainder split equally among the other three good causes.

📅 Next Wells Soup: Saturday 13 June 2026, 12.40pm, Wells Cathedral.

📷 Jane Vernoit, Claire Rise, Mary Ellis, compere Paddy O’Hagan, Aaron Oats and Sandra Marshall at Wells Soup in the cathedral.

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