Wimbledon Synagogue support

The Wimbledon Synagogue are firm supporters of both the Winter Night Shelters and the Faith in Action Merton Homelessness Project. They are one of the faith groups who run a Night Shelter and Yvette Ball, the Faith in Action chair, is a synagogue member. So are some of our highly committed Drop-In Centre volunteers.

The Sunday 16 November Mitzvah Day included activities related to the Faith in Action Merton Homelessness Project and the Winter Night Shelters. Guest of honour (and local resident) Lord Ahmed chopped vegetables to help cook for the Night Shelter and helped the youth make a banner advertising the work of the Merton Homelessness project. The next morning he talked about the Synagogue’s work for local homeless in his speech to the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) – the government department of which he is a Minister.