Sunny's donates £425 to Brentwood Day Centre

Bev Vernon, Brentwood project manager, holding the collection

Volunteers at the Brentwood Day Centre in Middleton have thanked a local shop for its most recent donation which will help those in need.

Sunny’s Food and Wine on Windermere Road donated an impressive £425.53 to the day centre on 9 June.

Ray Donahue, volunteer and management at Brentwood, said: "This collection helps to keep the kitchen open and feed the homeless and disadvantaged in the Rochdale and Middleton areas."

Brentwood, the only service of its kind in the Middleton area, opened in May 1989 as a direct result of the work of the Middleton Working Party on Homelessness, a group set up to investigate the problem of homelessness within the Middleton and surrounding areas.

It provides support to homeless and vulnerable members of the Middleton community, inlcuding those on low incomes, food bank referalls and health referalls (GP, hospital, drugs, alcohol or mental health).

Anyone in need can access the day centre at any time between 9am and 2pm on weekdays (1pm Thursdays); the office is open everyday from 9am to 1pm on a drop-in basis.

Brentwood Middleton Day Centre is located at 115 Long Street, Middleton M24 6DL, call: 0161 655 4062