Every year, volunteers provide dinner to hundreds of poor and homeless people around Dublin and this year several charities are set to continue the condition by hosting pop up mobile kitchens and foodbanks.
Here are all the organisations and groups around Dublin who are planning on hosting a soup kitchen, pop up kitchen or foodbank over Christmas:
The Knights of St Columbanus
Over the last 96 years, the Knights of St Columbanus have provided Christmas Day dinner to over 3,400 people every year through sit down meals and a home delivery service for the homeless and those in need in the community.
The Knights of St Columbanus, who host the event, have made the decision to instead invite Dublin’s homeless, and anyone in need, to attend their pop-up mobile kitchen outside the Mansion House this Christmas Day.
People can attend the mobile kitchen between 10am and 1pm to receive a traditional festive takeaway meal while following all Covid-19 restrictions.
Volunteers will also dispatch some 3,000 pre-prepared Christmas dinners and goodie bags from the RDS, as they have done for the last several years.
While social distancing and government guidelines will be followed on the day, all arrangements are subject to changes in accordance with evolving Covid-19 measures.
Dublin Simon Community
This year Pizzabaker Grangegorman want to give back to the community this festive season.
They will open on Christmas Day to feed the homeless in association with Dublin Simon Community.
Dublin Simon Community provide services to nearly 8,000 people and families each year who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Feed Our Homeless
Feed Our Homeless are encouraging as many people as possible to join them in Portmarnock Beach on Christmas Eve at 9am for a dip in the sea to raise funds for the homeless.
They will also operate a foodbank Christmas week to give food to families and the homeless.
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