I've been helping out at the Community centre most weekends.0:05
Every Sunday they provide a roast dinner for the homeless.0:08
Why don't you come along next Sunday?0:11
I'd love to come and help out, but on Sundays I've always got family commitments.0:13
Besides, I'm not a very good cook.0:18
Neither am I, but the volunteers don't actually do any cooking.0:20
You know the Royal, the big hotel next to the train station?0:23
Well, they deliver all the food ready to serve.0:26
It's very good of them.0:29
Apparently their head chef was homeless himself once and so he likes to do what he can for others in that situation.0:30
Now that's very good of him.0:36
But who pays for the food?0:38
It must cost quite a lot.0:39
I've eaten in the restaurant there and it wasn't cheap.0:41
Well, obviously the hotel is buying in bulk so the prices are lower.0:43
And the restaurant staff help by contributing some of the tips they get during the week towards the cast.0:47
The hotel doesn't charge for delivering the meals and they sometimes send some extras too, like fruit cakes and biscuits.0:52
Any food they have that may soon be out of date.0:58
It's much better than throwing it away.1:01
I really wish I could do something.1:03
The Community centre doesn't just give the homeless a hot meal, we also provide them with clothing.1:06
Now that winter's approaching, they're going to need plenty of warm clothes as well as hats and gloves.1:11
We rely totally on donations of second hand clothing from the public.1:16
The local youth club regularly lend a hand by going around the town doing door to door collections.1:20
Maybe I could help out with that side of things.1:25
I'll put up a notice at work and organise a collection.1:28
And my mother and her friends all enjoy knitting, so I'll ask them to make some hats and gloves.1:31
I'm not as good at knitting as they are, but I think I could manage to knit some scarves.1:36
They'd be useful, wouldn't they?1:42
Of course, every little helps.1:43
I. I know some people think that the homeless don't deserve charity, but anyone can find themselves in that situation and I can't imagine how awful it must be for them, especially in the winter.1:45
We don't realize how lucky we are sometimes, do we?1:55
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