LUNCH CLUB
Shirley Neighbourhood Care lunch clubs take place every Monday and Thursday at West Wickham & Shirley Baptist Church on Wickham Road in Shirley CR0 8EH. Clients have a hot meal of a main course and a pudding. The food is cooked by our resident chef, Tanya, and includes delicious dishes. Volunteers help to look after the clients and serve the lunch. Places need to be booked in advance and there may be a waiting list for space. Please telephone 0208 662 9599 if you are interested. The cost of the lunch club will be £10 per person from 1 March 2024. Clients who are eligible for Dial-A-Ride can book transport to and from the lunch club.
SHOPPING BUS
Our shopping bus visits two local supermarkets – Sainsbury’s in West Wickham, and Tesco’s superstore at Elmers End – on alternate Tuesdays. The morning bus leaves our office at 9.00 am and picks up clients from home, takes them to Sainsburys in West Wickham and then returns them home. The afternoon bus departs at 1pm and takes clients to Tesco. There is always a volunteer escort on the bus who will help with shopping and taking the bags indoors on the return journey. Clients will all be home by 12.30pm at the latest in the morning and 4.30pm in the afternoon. The cost of a place on the shopping bus is £7 for a return journey.
MEDICAL TRANSPORT
SNC can provide volunteer drivers to take clients to medical appointments such as the doctors, opticians, clinics, chiropody and local hospitals. The volunteer can wait, or come back later for the return journey, dependent on the length of the appointment. Trips should be booked through the office and the volunteer driver will ring the client the day before to confirm the appointment. Clients usually make a donation in return for the service.
OUTINGS
SNC organises regular outings. We visit garden centres, tea shops and restaurants and pubs for lunch and details are distributed in our regular newsletter which is delivered by our volunteers to all our clients on a quarterly basis. There is usually a charge of between £5 and £10 for travel per outing and clients settle their own refreshment bills. Prices will vary according to the distance and detail of the outing.
FILM CLUB
Come and see the latest films in a comfortable setting at Shirley Methodist Church with refreshments included. Thanks to Shirley’s Councillors, we now have state-of-the-art equipment with a big screen and great sound! The price is £6 per person with an additional £5 if transport is required. Contact the SNC office for dates and film titles and to book your place: Telephone 0208 662 9599. Although SNC has moved the office to St George’s, our film club will remain at the Methodist Church.