At our last Monday meal we were delighted to welcome back Mohammed. He is an Iranian asylum seeker we housed after his claim was refused and he became destitute. He went through some tough times. He missed his wife and children very much and also was robbed one night in Burngreave. A few months ago… Read More →

Chish was an Open Hands guest and still visits us at Monday Meals. The Guardian have reported an experience he had recently: Attending what he thought was a typical appointment to allow the Home Office to update their records, Chish was instead met by a Zimbabwean government official in Sheffield. Following a shift in Zimbabwean… Read More →

On Friday 5th October a party of 17 of us set off for an Open Hands weekend away. A first for us! 17 people came, including 11 guys who all had either been guests previously or are currently guests in one of our houses or who were regulars at our Monday meal. We came from 9… Read More →

In August we moved two new guests into our Burngreave house. One from Kuwait and the other is Kurdish from Iran. You can see them both pictured below. Volunteer house manager Ralph (pictured) is helping them to get settled. We’re thrilled to be able to extend hospitality and provide a home to those most in… Read More →

If you have ever dined at Sheffield’s Open Kitchen Social Club, chances are you have come across the cheery Iraqi who goes out of his way to give something back to the country he now calls home. Firas Sharefy, a founder of the club at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church on Upper Hanover Street, epitomises… Read More →