The Manna Society

The Manna Society Homeless centre based in London Bridge The Manna Centre was founded by Nannette French and opened to the homeless in 1982. Volunteers help in the kitchen.

The Centre is based near London Bridge station and Guy’s Hospital. The building is provided rent-free by the RC Diocese of Southwark. Every day, between 150 – 250 people come into the Centre, for breakfast, lunch, or one of the many other services provided, and the details of our services are provided in the mission section. The Centre opens between 8.30am and 1.30pm every day, but the Centre work

ers need to arrive earlier, to prepare the Centre and breakfast for the clients. The Centre is run by Director Bandi Mbubi and 10 paid staff, who work a rota so we can open 7 days a week, 51 weeks a year. The Manna Society is now a charity. Most of our income comes from donations from individuals and churches and from charitable trusts. We receive 15% of our income from the London Borough of Southwark, who finance some of our Housing and Welfare advice, including our special advice to EU 10 nationals. We are also grateful for the food donations we receive from schools and churches at Harvest festival. We are happy to speak at your church or school about helping the homeless and our work.

It's Refugee Week! Here at Manna we are celebrating the diversity of our service users and staff - some staff have alrea...
15/06/2026

It's Refugee Week! Here at Manna we are celebrating the diversity of our service users and staff - some staff have already started filling in our map!

Staff spotlight! A familiar face to everyone who comes to Manna is Billy - our Senior Day Centre Worker!
12/06/2026

Staff spotlight! A familiar face to everyone who comes to Manna is Billy - our Senior Day Centre Worker!

This Pride month, we are thinking about how some of us face additional pressures because of who we are, which put us at ...
10/06/2026

This Pride month, we are thinking about how some of us face additional pressures because of who we are, which put us at a greater risk of homelessness.

Those of us who are LGBTQ+ are more likely to experience homelessness. When we experience social disadvantages, rejection or discrimination because of who we are, we are less likely to have the resources we need to withstand the pressures that can push us into homelessness.

Statistics taken from: https://www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/about-homelessness/about-lgbtqplus-homelessness/

It's Volunteers' Week! We want to say a huge thank you to the volunteers who keep Manna running everyday. We could not d...
05/06/2026

It's Volunteers' Week! We want to say a huge thank you to the volunteers who keep Manna running everyday. We could not do it without you and your hard work is so appreciated by all!

We had an amazing music session ran by last week! Thank you so much for bringing music and joy to our centre! 🎶
02/06/2026

We had an amazing music session ran by last week! Thank you so much for bringing music and joy to our centre! 🎶

28/05/2026

We are located just a 5 minute walk from London Bridge station! Follow our Advice Worker Grace as she shows you the way!

Every Monday we run our Clothes Store where we distribute clothing donations!
21/05/2026

Every Monday we run our Clothes Store where we distribute clothing donations!

Ever wondered we work we do in our Advice Service? Every month we publish statistics on who we have seen and what assist...
19/05/2026

Ever wondered we work we do in our Advice Service? Every month we publish statistics on who we have seen and what assistance we have given. Check out the News Updates section of our website for more details: https://mannasociety.org.uk/category/news/

Thank you so much to for providing and delivering today's dinner! It was greatly appreciated by all!
15/05/2026

Thank you so much to for providing and delivering today's dinner! It was greatly appreciated by all!

Address

12 Melior Street
London
SE13QP

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Sunday 8:30am - 1:30pm

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