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Rent versus food – what would you choose?

If you had to pick between paying your rent or buying food, because you couldn’t afford both, what would you do? That’s the choice that our guest and now volunteer Callum faced. He’d got into debt, and his financial difficulties were building. He wasn’t working and...
Myra’s Story to collaborate with local charity Big Breakfast Plus

Myra’s Story to collaborate with local charity Big Breakfast Plus

Direct from London’s West End and the four-time smash-hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Myra’s Story will visit the Wyvern Theatre on Tuesday 4th February 2025 and is partnering up on the night with local Swindon charity Big Breakfast Plus to raise funds and awareness. Big...

Big Breakfast Plus receives The King’s Award for Voluntary Service

Big Breakfast Plus receives The King’s Award for Voluntary Service

We are among a select group of volunteers to be awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2024.  This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE. We serve breakfasts seven days a week at the Pilgrim Centre...

Homeless and sleeping at a bus stop: how our team helped Andrew

Homeless and sleeping at a bus stop: how our team helped Andrew

Picture the scene. It’s a Sunday morning, you’re homeless, you’re cold and your bed for the night is a bus stop in Swindon. Then you are gently shaken awake by a near stranger who invites you into the warmth for a cooked breakfast and as many hot drinks as you could...

I lost everything in Covid – home, work, health

I lost everything in Covid – home, work, health

So many people’s worlds were turned upside down by the pandemic. Among them was Jethro. Now a guest of Big Breakfast Plus, and well on the way to rebuilding his life, it was Covid that changed everything for him, ultimately leaving him homeless. “I had always led a...

Homelessness can hit anyone at any time

Homelessness can hit anyone at any time

Many people find themselves homeless. Nobody expects to. For 40-year-old Wes, when he is out of work, he is out of accommodation. A chef, who hails from Yorkshire, Wes has mainly worked in kitchens where rooms are provided. When he’s between jobs, he has nowhere to...

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Big Breakfast Plus has been serving the homeless and hungry in Swindon since 1993. As a registered charity that provides a cooked breakfast and access to support services, we depend on volunteers and donations to cover our running costs.