The Somerset Fund helps Bridgwater hub through the pandemic

The Hub at Bridgwater is a charity working in partnership with several organisations. They are a community resource that brings people together, in order to benefit the wider community, through its activities, information, training, signposting, support and networking with the overall aim to improve lives and gain skills, to enjoy new experiences and provide an evolving environment.

We spoke to Centre Manager John Hardy who told us how a £2,500 grant from The Somerset Fund helped to keep them going through the height of the pandemic.

“We support a range of individuals here, alongside hosting many different community groups, too. In recent years a lot of poverty has come to light, especially within families. We’ve seen a lot of people become homeless recently – for a lot of different reasons, of course, but the social challenges that the pandemic presented have certainly not helped. We’ve held a lot of support groups here over the past two years for people who otherwise would have been completely alone. I still do a weekly shop for someone.