March 21st 2019

Every day there is something new appearing - and today it is our ' Mary Poppins' bread stand ( as christened by Gail)  made for us so that we can display the fresh food we get given without takin gup too much space in the archway

And also

The cross was donated to us by the Give Way to Jesus Cross Walk a while ago and we have been waiting for the garden area to be cleared so that we could put it up in pride of place, as a reminder to us all of what is, and has always been, at the very centre of Via Wings work.    The bench is dedicated to the memory of Mary Verhoeven, an inspirational lady who is missed every day and who would have loved what we are doing here at Wellington House.

Update

It has been a while since we updated the blog because things have been busy here at Via Wings as we do what we do best - work with people to help them out of poverty and isolation and difficulty.   But the work on the building has not stopped.  There has be a lot going on.

We have turned what used to be an outside storage space into a wee shop where we can put our bread and cakes and fresh fruit and veg to keep it tidy and secure and give people a bit of privacy when they are deciding what to take home.   We have also been able to put a chiller cabinet there to display the chilled goods.  It is looking great. 

Then this week we have had the digger in to level the garden and sort out a damp problem which had been caused by too much soil against the wall of the Dare2Care center.   It is now looking a little bit more like the garden we envisage.  We are going to be creating a work of art on the bare back wall and then hope to have a sensory, child friendly garden where customers from the coffee shop will be able to relax in the tropical Northern Irish summer  😎