For the past four years the staff of Spaghetti House in Knightsbridge have supported the Diocese’s Lent Appeal in St Paul’s parish. Over that time they have helped to raise over £50,000 for lenten good causes (not all from Spaghetti (!) – but their help has been invaluable). Good ideas have a habit of growing.
This year they have generously agreed to support the Lent Appeal across all their restaurants in central London!
They have 750 tables in 11 central London parishes. The game is simply this. There’s a voucher above. You can print it as many times as you like - and if each of you hands one over when you pay, they’ll give £1 per customer per meal to the Lent Appeal, every time you eat there this Lent.
Maybe you’ll think of arranging a ‘Spaghetti Sunday’ and eat together as a congregation after your service… or, instead of a draughty hall, why not hold one of your meetings over a simple meal? Check their website (www.spaghettihouse.co.uk) and contact your local manager – he or she will be glad to help.
Is there a catch? No. It helps them, of course: but it helps the Appeal too – and if, in the midst of it all, your congregation gets to know one another better and you get to know the manager and staff of your local restaurant, it might be not a bad idea!
The Spaghetti House – in partnership with the Diocese of London: for the good of children in Angola and Mozambique .
