Matthew’s House – Securahome’s charity of the year
It’s our 25th year and to celebrate we wanted to find a local charity to support that meant a lot to our customers and community.
At the start of the year we set about asking you what we should support and we had a lot of great nominations. We put the front runners to the public vote on our Facebook page and are delighted to say that Matthew’s House in Swansea was selected.
This homeless charity carries out truly inspiring work in Swansea city centre, providing support and a fantastic ‘pay what you can’ café that is open to all (do visit, the food is fantastic and you will be supporting a very good cause).
To kick-start our year-long support, from now until January 31, 2020, Securahome will donate £25 to Matthew’s House for every order over £1,000.
In spring, we are planning a sponsored bike ride and staff also hope to take part in a fundraising “sleep out” in Swansea to support for the charity in February.
Manager Thom Lynch of Matthew’s House is a complete dynamo and full of ideas about how the charity can reach more people who need help. He explained the Matthew’s House ethos of being ‘a place of unconditional hospitality and hope for those who are most vulnerable’.
Thom said: “We could not do any of our work without the support of so many people. This is a special place, with a simple ethos, big vision and an incredible group of volunteers who want to make a difference.
“But we won’t thrive and support those people who need it the most in our society without financial backing.
“We cannot thank Securahome and its customers enough for choosing us as their designated charity and want to assure them that their endeavours will benefit a lot of people who desperately need their help and support.”
For those of you who haven’t come across Matthew’s House, it is based in a former Grade II listed church near the station on High Street.
It is run by volunteers and its facilities include showers, laundry room, lounge, meeting rooms, auditorium and a full-fitted kitchen.
Its café – Matt’s Café – takes food donated by local supermarkets and businesses, and turns them in to delicious ‘home-cooked’ style meals on a pay-as-you-feel basis.
Within a year of its 2017 launch Matthew’s House had a team of more than 70 volunteers and had served 8,000 meals. Now the charity continues to build on its current success with plans to expand its facilities so that it can help even more vulnerable people, but it needs fundraising events and donations to carry out this vital work.
All of us at Securahome look forward to working with Matthew’s House and hope that over this silver anniversary year we can make a lasting difference to those people who use it and need our support.
