Swanscombe church closed

A Methodist church in Swanscombe has been given just two months to close

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00:00The groups that use it have got nowhere else to go and also the food cellar is held here

00:08and at the moment there doesn't seem to be anywhere else for the local food bank to go

00:13so it's going to affect quite a few people.

00:16It's going to be a big hole in my life and other people's.

00:20We know at the moment there's at least six people that will not visit another church.

00:26We're a little downhearted, very sad because it's been here so long.

00:31It's going to affect the group immensely because a lot of people over the last 12 months have

00:37become dependent on coming to this group.

00:40I believe it's going to have a very negative effect on their mental health and their well-being

00:46so if we can't find another venue, this help and support that we provide here won't be

00:51local, which will be devastating for everybody.

00:55It's a lovely building, historically it's a lovely building in Swanscombe, everybody

00:58knows it here in Swanscombe and for it to be taken away, not only for our group but

01:04for the other groups that attend here regularly each week, I think it's just going to be a

01:08damn shame.