Pancake Day

Today is pancake day and, in true Ben’s Centre spirit, we began the morning with wonderful smells coming from the kitchen.
Dave was taking part in cooking today and Wendy taught him how to make American Pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup. The maple syrup had sat upon Wendy’s shelf at home, since she’d brought [...]

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New Trustee page

This week we just wanted to say a few words about our Trustees, without whom we would not be able to function as a Charity. They are invaluable to us and we appreciate so much all the unpaid time they devote to the running of Ben’s Centre. We are particularly pleased at the moment as [...]

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Blog late this week!

Our blog is late this week and for that we apologise. We have had members of staff off with some virulent bug and things like the blog have had to be on hold. The clients were amazing on Tuesday when we were very short-staffed. At the end of the day clients set too and cleaned [...]

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Good n Bad days!

We want our blog to give the people who read it every week a flavour of what takes place in Ben’s Centre. We want it to be an honest account of our good days and our not so good days. Working with Street Drinkers is not easy and we seem to take steps forward only [...]

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