Children at a Coventry primary school have helped prepare hot meals for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness over the festive season.

Pupils at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, have helped deliver a festive show of support to Emmaus Coventry & Warwickshire by working with staff to create a range of dishes for people in need this winter.

Pupils in Years 5 and 6 helped make vegetable soup, while Years 3 and 4 made sausage rolls with Years 1 and 2 making chocolate crispy cakes to be delivered to the charity’s community office on Brinklow Road.

It follows the school teaming up with the charity last year to provide lunch for more than a dozen people at risk of homelessness.

Romero Catholic Academy’s catering team helped guide children through the food preparation, before delivering the packages to Emmaus Coventry & Warwickshire, which enables people who have experienced or been at risk of homelessness to receive support and be part of a community.

The fresh produce used in making the soup was sponsored by Coventry-based Freshest Greengrocers.

Megan Scullion, Principal at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, said: “It’s been brilliant to support Emmaus again this year with our amazing pupils getting stuck in by preparing food for people in our community over the festive period.”

Marcus Chilvers, Head of Catering at the Romero Catholic Academy, said: “We conduct a range of charity and community initiatives across the Romero Academy throughout the year, and it’s been great to have the chance to support Emmaus once again this Christmas, while providing a rewarding group learning experience for the children.”

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