Author: Tina Cutler

Two girls, Freya & Olivia  spent part of their school holidays baking cakes and then holding a sale in the village of Box and Minchinhampton. As well as the cakes, they sold some of their old books, toys and dvds. They raised an amazing £370 !! Many thanks to the friends and neighbours in Box. They felt that lockdown was …

We think we know our guests pretty well, but from time to time we like to get an independent view of what we do and who we help. We enlisted independent help and they asked our guests a range of questions.  We surveyed 57 guests and discovered that 30% of respondents indicated they don’t have regular access to cooked food …

A short video showing how we support our guests

Marah is looking for volunteers to help prepare and serve nutritious meals to our guests. We have vacancies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We are looking for people who can work as part of a team, without judging others. All volunteers will need to be able to attend the drop-in at least twice a month.    Drop-in volunteers either arrive …

Since the start of lockdown last year, demand for Marah’s food has increased by 100%.  We have gone from serving around  50 takeaway meals per session in May 2020 to the present figure of up to 100 meals.  People are collecting meals for others in their household or for family and friends who can’t make it to the drop-in. We have …

Our Christmas Meal was a little different this year. There’s no place like home for a freshly cooked Turkey meal with all the trimmings so we boxed up our dinners and gave away 109 hot meals along with cake to our guests. Over 50 guests came in person to our doors and took away meals for themselves and their family. …

This week we gave out 100 meals in one session, our highest number ever. We currently give out takeaway meals with cake and fruit and our guests have been very appreciative of our continuing service. Marah Drop-ins are still in operation Monday, Wednesday and Saturday offering food to take away only. Please note ALL drop-ins are now at the Scout …

We are serving more and more people our hot and tasty meals, we are now up to a 100 in a single lunchtime. If you would like to help us provide our guests with an even better service please think about giving us a donation of long life milk, coffee, sugar, toiletries or toilet rolls. Sometimes its the little things …

Marjorie Phelps, who set up and founded Marah has passed away at the age of 93. In the 1990’s she started to get to know a local man who had recently come out of prison and and from that she began assisting other marginalised people in Stroud by passing out food to them as she came across them in the …

Lockdown had very few benefits but having a bit of extra time provided the perfect opportunity to update the Marah website. We have renewed our look and simplified the layout. Do drop up a note to tell us what your think contact us.