Cathy gets poetic

Furloughed in Lockdown

St Luke’s said “you’re furloughed”

And I stayed at home

Feeling left out and put out to pasture

It felt so strange to not be there,

Not be part of the solution

Not be part of the helping hand service

And guilt stood up in me and

burned a little hole.

I felt adrift and apart from St Luke’s,

Apart from friends and volunteers

Apart from Loyal Club members

Many had lived through past challenges

And could show us how to survive

And pride stood up in me and

Burned brightly in my soul.

I got to thinking if I can’t help at St Luke’s

I must assist elsewhere so out I went

To help the homeless with food bags aplenty.

This calmed my worries and raised my spirits as my helping hands were again of service

And purpose stood up in me and

Renewed my energy once more.

So the lessons learnt from lockdown and a change of pace are many

We step up to volunteer or do a doorstep clap

We maintain rules and stay home aplenty

Some take to baking, gardening and hobbies

Some chat on Zoom, what’s app and phone

We exercise, deliver food or sew for the NHS

We all equally do our bit

And hope stands up in all of us as

community flourishes in our core.

Cathy Carpenter - May 2020

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We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities for the local community at little or no cost.
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With its own private entrance and exclusive use of a terrace garden, this spacious and flexible room offers the perfect setting for conferences, seminars, training events and parties. It is a blank canvas to create the right setting and configuration for your event, and benefits from neutral, stylish décor and lots of natural light.
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The Loft occupies the whole third floor of the Community Centre, and has exclusive use of an entrance (ante) room, kitchen area and toilet, within this spacious and versatile area. It is bright and airy, and ideal for meetings, conferences, training, seminars or less formal events. Its exposed Victorian steel beams and skylight windows offer wonderful views over the roof tops of London.
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We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities to the local community at low or no cost to them. We also work outside in the community supporting other groups and running community events.
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The Studio is a bright and exciting space for any occasion. Truly unique, this spacious room with its high ceilings and distinctive red walls will provide a striking backdrop to your conference or party. It includes a wall of mirrors with a professional barre for dance classes.
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Our stylish, contemporary Cookery School in central London opened in 2012 as a self-funding facility to enable St Luke’s to deliver free or low-cost cookery classes and projects to benefit our community, which are funded by the private hire of the School.