Since January of this year, when the village shop closed, Ticknall Methodist Chapel has been opening every Thursday from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm for Coffee and Tea for anyone who may be out walking and would like a coffee and a chat.
The Chapel has also acted as a collection point during these hours for donations of food items for the Swadlincote Food Bank, which serves people ranging from those who work and cannot afford to feed themselves or their families after their mortgage/rent and utilities bills have been paid for to those on benefits who have little or no income to spread out and have been living on one meal a day so their children can have more food.
Chapel stewards Miss Jenny Illsley and Mrs Kathy Bates have been receiving the food from a few regular people who do bring items every week but we do need more.
Please if you do have even a couple of tins extra a week to offer, everything is very gratefully appreciated.
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