Are you moving house? Are you downsizing? You can help people struggling to make ends meet. Donate your used furniture, that is in good condition, to help families furnish their long awaited homes.
- Beds and mattresses, tables and chairs, sofas, chests of drawers and white ware. Our shop in Fitzroy welcomes donations of household linen, kitchen utensils pots and pans. We have a delivery and pick
up van that can relieve you of the stress of finding new homes for these items. Finally have a permanent family home?. St Vincent de Paul can help you furnish it. When it’s time to leave temporary accommodation behind, St Vincent de Paul in New Plymouth can help you furnish your family home, with second hand furniture , donated to us by people who want to help you get established. We provide beds and mattresses, sofas , tables and chairs, chests of drawers, We can also provide bedding and other household linen. AND we’ll deliver it to you without cost. Could you help with this service? To find out more about our furniture supply and delivery service telephone:
027 251 9998
COMMUNITY MEALS AND TAKE OUT MEALS
Do you need a hand up with your meals? Is cooking difficult for you? Would you like company at meal time? Each Tuesday of the year at 5.30pm there is a free home cooked meal for anyone who arrives at St Joseph’s hall on Devon St West (opposite Phipp’s motors) . We observe protocols which keep our diners safe from COVID. Come in, sit down and enjoy a full two or three course hot meal (with soup in winter), cooked and served by a team of St Vincent de Paul volunteers. Great food, companionship, and most weeks there is great music too! TAKE OUT MEALS: After the meals, a boxed takeout meal is delivered to people in the community who need a hand up with a meal, but cannot get down to the hall to eat. AND IT’S ALL FREE TO THOSE RECEIVING FOOD! Could you help with the Community meals? To learn more about the Community Meals telephone:
WHARE KAI
Do you want to build confidence in cooking cost effective nutritious meals for your family? Every Tuesday, at 9am, in St James Hall in Lawry St, Moturoa, those enrolled in our Whare Kai sessions, cook up a delicious family meal, which they get to take home for that night’s family dinner. St Vincent de Paul provides the ingredients and the recipe, which is tailored to feed the number of people in your family. You do the cooking in the hall kitchen. Friendly, experienced cooks are there to help answer your questions about the recipe and demonstrate, the skills you need you cook it. Child-minding is available for pre-schoolers who play in the hall while parents cook in the kitchen, in sight of the children. Morning tea is available in the hall, so cooks can stay and socialise when the cooking is done. Could you help with Whare Kai? To find out more about Whare Kai telephone: