The Manna Society

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The Manna Society Homeless centre based in London Bridge The Manna Centre was founded by Nannette French and opened to the homeless in 1982. Volunteers help in the kitchen.

The Centre is based near London Bridge station and Guy’s Hospital. The building is provided rent-free by the RC Diocese of Southwark. Every day, between 150 – 250 people come into the Centre, for breakfast, lunch, or one of the many other services provided, and the details of our services are provided in the mission section. The Centre opens between 8.30am and 1.30pm every day, but the Centre workers need to arrive earlier, to prepare the Centre and breakfast for the clients. The Centre is run by Director Bandi Mbubi and 10 paid staff, who work a rota so we can open 7 days a week, 51 weeks a year. The Manna Society is now a charity. Most of our income comes from donations from individuals and churches and from charitable trusts. We receive 15% of our income from the London Borough of Southwark, who finance some of our Housing and Welfare advice, including our special advice to EU 10 nationals. We are also grateful for the food donations we receive from schools and churches at Harvest festival. We are happy to speak at your church or school about helping the homeless and our work.

Eagle-eyed followers will have spotted that our servery has had a little makeover this month, fitted with brand new chai...
23/10/2026

Eagle-eyed followers will have spotted that our servery has had a little makeover this month, fitted with brand new chairs!

Today a team of volunteers from WEX came to help organise our donations - thanks so much for your support! If you are in...
22/10/2026

Today a team of volunteers from WEX came to help organise our donations - thanks so much for your support! If you are interested in volunteering, please get in touch via the contact form on our website - https://mannasociety.org.uk/contact/

20/10/2026

Last Friday was World Food day - this means a lot at Manna where we serve over 120 hot meals everyday!

Meet the team: Our spotlight this month is on Arthur, our weekend cook!
16/10/2026

Meet the team: Our spotlight this month is on Arthur, our weekend cook!

14/10/2026
This Thursday we are hosting a Wellbeing day in our IT suite. There will be a number of services available including win...
13/10/2026

This Thursday we are hosting a Wellbeing day in our IT suite. There will be a number of services available including winter vaccinations, scroll through to see what will be on and please come by on Thursday!

07/10/2026

HARVEST FESTIVAL

This Sunday we celebrate Harvest Festival at our 10am mass with church parade. Our harvest gifts will be going to The Manna Society and the list on the graphic is their priority list (please see their website for the comprehensive list of items needed). We look forward to welcoming you to St Michael's ⛪

On (roughly) this day 44 years ago Manna opened it's doors for the first time! Scroll through to see photos of staff pas...
06/10/2026

On (roughly) this day 44 years ago Manna opened it's doors for the first time! Scroll through to see photos of staff past and present and our founder celebrating Manna's 10 year anniversary in 1992!

02/10/2026

Next Tuesday is our first monthly Women's Session! Come along at 10:00 on the 6th October for games, arts and craft, music, giveaway gifts, information on women's services and an opportunity to connect with other women in the community.

Today is the International Day of Care and Support. It was created to recognise and promote the essential role of care a...
29/09/2026

Today is the International Day of Care and Support. It was created to recognise and promote the essential role of care and support giving. This is at the heart of what we do at Manna. If you are interested in ways to support us in this, please scroll through to see information on donating funds, food or other items.

Address

12 Melior Street
London
SE13QP

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Sunday 8:30am - 1:30pm

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