"Homelessness can happen to anyone. There are people there, who lived similar lives to us in Willoughby, things like mental health, unfortunate series of events led to homelessness," says Carl

In this episode of Willoughby Stories, Carly Hall speaks about Alfresco Community Kitchen. She tells us how, every Tuesday and two Sundays a month, she and her team serve food at Martin Place, bringing dignity, compassion and human connection to hundreds of people experiencing homelessness, social isolation and financial hardship. Carly is a mother of four and a foster carer. Her story tells us how love, genuine relationships and compassion can heal. How a team of volunteers serving dinner in Martin Place be brings the warmth of a family dinner for people that live on the streets. We fill Martin Place with tables and chairs, like a Christmas dinner, at Christmas time, street community joins in to play music, and it becomes a wonderful celebration of family. It’s often been years, and years since some of them had family dinners, they don’t get invited to parties anymore…”, says Carly Hall

Read more about Alfresco Community Kitchen here The Alfresco Community Kitchen | Street Kitchen | Martin Place, Sydney NSW, Australia