Every year a team of volunteers from Neighbours In Poplar led by Sr Christine Frost fcJ assemble in St Matthias, in Poplar, East End of London, a few days before Christmas to start preparing vegetables for Christmas and Boxing Day. This past Christmas they were cooking for almost 500 people; a LOT of potatoes, carrots, parsnips and Brussel sprouts! Stuffing balls were prepared by the Scouts, and Dave and Catherine carved turkeys and hams. Names and addresses were carefully assembled, covering the whole Borough of Tower Hamlets. People had been referred by social providers, neighbours, care agencies and health centres.
Read Sr Christine’s report of Christmas 2023 with Neighbours in Poplar.
Sr Christine Frost fcJ is the founder of Neighbours In Poplar, a group of people of all ages from all sorts of social and cultural backgrounds representing the faith and non-faith groups in Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. In 2019 they celebrated their 50th birthday and were honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
Follow Neighbours in Poplar on Twitter @Nip_Poplar or on facebook. Read other posts about Neighbours in Poplar on our website. Watch this video where Sr Christine Frost, fcJ, founder of Neighbours in Poplar, describes their work, and volunteers Nizam and Sr Ramona, fcJ, serve and deliver some of the hot meals.
