Hot meal initiative sees Horsham Freemasons deliver 150 meals to 63 households

Drivers getting ready to take the food out (L to R) Ray Collins, Jason Holman, Graham Watkins, Jan Watkins, Michael Neale SUS-200624-134701001

Every Sunday lunchtime Horsham Freemasons – who meet at the Normandy Centre, Denne Road –and their wives deliver a warming meal and pudding to vulnerable people in the Horsham area.

So far they have delivered more than 150 hot meals in support of 63 separate households conjunction with The Café, in Nightingale Road, and in support of the local food bank, Horsham Matters.

The menu changes each week and the choice is ordered in advance, but a typical menu might include a choice of beef, pork or chicken, with roast potatoes and two vegetables, followed by syrup sponge or banoffee pie.

Pete Hansen, chairman of the Normandy Centre, said: “It has been so rewarding to see the way that the Horsham Masonic Lodges have come together to support this initiative and humbling to see just how grateful the people who are receiving the hot food are.”

The initiative is currently due to run until the end of July.

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