The People's Kitchen, Wellington Street
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The People's Kitchen, Wellington Street
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 14 Jan 2015
See photo here from 2010 before it was dwarfed by the surrounding new buildings Image 130 volunteers provide here a vital lifeline of food, friendship and a future to the most disadvantaged, homeless and vulnerable in and around Newcastle. In 2014, the charitable organisation won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE, and the highest honour it could achieve in its field. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/peoples-kitchen-newcastle-wins-queens-7201029 The building itself is Grade II Listed, formerly The Second Church of Christ Scientist built in 1878. Tyne and Wear HER (6866): Newcastle, Bath Lane, No. 56, meeting house http://www.twsitelines.info
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Image Location
Latitude
54.972731
Longitude
-1.622863