Maggie's Meals and community
Where your booking goes.
Room hire at the Maggie O'Neill Centre pays for Maggie's Meals, our social supermarket. It also pays for our community work in Huyton and Knowsley. We're a registered charity (no. 1215599), and we've been here for over 25 years.
What is Maggie's Meals?
Maggie's Meals is our social supermarket. It's open every Friday, 9am to 10am at the Maggie O'Neill Centre. 750+ people used it in the last year.
The charity and our volunteers run it, including Liam and Bill. It's paid for by the rooms, offices and virtual offices our customers book. When you hire a room here, part of what you pay keeps the shelves stocked.
What has the charity done?
- people used Maggie's Meals in the last year
- 750+
- hours of free space given to hyper‑local community groups in the last year
- 550+
- food parcels delivered during the Covid lockdowns
- 2,000+
- years serving Huyton and Knowsley
- 25+
What else happens at the Maggie O'Neill Centre?
As well as Maggie's Meals, lots more goes on here for local people.
Community coffee mornings
An open door and a hot drink for anyone who wants company.
Community clean-ups
We clean up around Huyton and look after the area we share.
Church gatherings and groups
Our church gatherings, small groups and men's and women's groups are open to everyone. Many people feel they belong here, even if they don't share our faith.
All Nations
Held once a year, in the summer. People from 20 to 30 nationalities fill the building. They bring food from home and wear traditional dress.
Do you support local community groups?
Yes. In the last year we gave 550+ hours of free space to hyper-local community groups.
It's part of how we serve the streets around us. Room hire from businesses, public bodies and charities makes it possible.
How do you look after people in hard times?
The Maggie O'Neill Centre began as a church. The new church is still on the site. Someone in our church family might be unwell, going through a hard time or have a new baby. When that happens, we're there for them. We bring home-cooked meals, make hospital visits and give moral support.
When our volunteers have time, we do the same for others in the community. Everyone who helps is a volunteer, so we look after their time carefully.
Who keeps it all going?
Volunteers. Liam and Bill help to run Maggie's Meals every week. They work with the rest of the team at the Maggie O'Neill Centre. Meet the team.
Liam
Bill
Questions about Maggie's Meals and the community
What is Maggie's Meals?
Maggie's Meals is the social supermarket at the Maggie O'Neill Centre in Huyton. The charity and its volunteers run it. 750+ people used it in the last year.
When is Maggie's Meals open?
Maggie's Meals is open every Friday, 9am to 10am, at the Maggie O'Neill Centre, 433 Liverpool Road, Huyton.
How does booking a room help Maggie's Meals?
The Maggie O'Neill Centre is a registered charity. Money from room hire and virtual offices pays for Maggie's Meals and our community work in Knowsley. So every booking does some good a few streets away.
Does the Maggie O’Neill Centre support local community groups?
Yes. In the last year the Maggie O'Neill Centre gave 550+ hours of free space to hyper-local community groups in Huyton. Room hire from businesses, public bodies and charities makes that possible.
Are the church groups open to everyone?
Yes. Our church gatherings, small groups and men's and women's groups are open to everyone. You don't need to share our faith.
What time is church?
Church meets at 11am on Sundays and 7pm on Thursdays, on the Maggie O'Neill Centre site. To find out more, email hello@theacol.uk.
See our social value statement for procurement, read Maggie's story, or book training room hire near Liverpool.
Book a room, and do some good
Every room you hire at the Maggie O'Neill Centre helps pay for Maggie's Meals. See what's free online, or call us for a chat.
Every booking funds Maggie's Meals. Looked after at Maggie's.