Vokes Lunch Club
SERVING LUNCHES TO ALTON SINCE 1960
Mission
Caring for Seniors
At Vokes Lunch Club we are dedicated to serving delicious, home-cooked, two-course lunches to seniors from Alton and surrounding villages, five days a week.
Our service caters to all dietary needs and allergies, ensuring everyone enjoys their wholesome meal. We also provide transportation, enabling seniors to socialise, share stories, and build connections over nourishing food.
Community
Nourishment and Community
Sharing meals actively reduces feelings of loneliness, lowers cardiovascular disease risk, and significantly increases overall life satisfaction. It encourages better nutrition, fosters stronger community bonds, and promotes trust among people of different backgrounds
Meals
Cooked and served, fresh every day.
Our chefs carefully select ingredients to create nutritious wholesome meals that delight our diners while meeting their dietary needs.
Transport
Safe travel
Transportation to our lunch events can be subsidised through our Transport Fund, making it easier for seniors from the villages or with mobility problems to join our lunches.
Socialise
Community bonds
Our lunches provide a warm and welcoming environment where seniors can come together, share stories, and form friendships over a meal.
Typical weekly menu
Monday
Sausage Plait
Mash
Seasonal Veg
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Apple Strudel
Custard​
​Allergens:
Wheat Gluten, Dairy Milk, Eggs,
Tuesday
Quiche
New potatoes​​
Seasonal Veg
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Fresh fruit
Cream
​Allergens:
Wheat Gluten, Dairy Milk, Eggs,
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Wednesday
Roast Pork
Roast Potatoes
Seasonal Veg
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Lemon meringue
Cream
​Allergens:
Wheat Gluten, Dairy Milk, Eggs,
Thursday
Chilli con Carne
Rice​​
Garlic Bread
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Eton Mess &
Shortbread
Allergens:
Wheat Gluten, Dairy Milk
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Friday
Meat Pies
New Potatoes
Seasonal Veg
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Bread & Butter Pudding
Allergens:
Wheat Gluten, Dairy Milk, Eggs
Our chefs prepare and cook a wide range of delicious and nutritious meals on-site in our kitchen fresh every meal.
Volunteer
A chance to make someone's day. Check the testimonials and see the difference you can make. We rely on volunteers to ensure the members feel at home, serve them a welcome cuppa, help chefs prep lunch, serve, clear table, wash-up and put away, Busy but not pressured. A rewarding four hours or part there of.
Testimonials
83 years young
This is the only time I go out, the taxi collects me, there are no steps everyone is friendly and the food is delicious - my favourite - all of them.
65 years young, widowed
I've been coming every day for 4 years, since my wife passed. The Christmas lunch is wonderful and we had a second at Eggar's school who made a show for us.
Donations
Lifeblood of charity
Vokes, is a well managed charity, reliant on the goodwill of the trustees, donations and grants from local business, local authority and grant giving trusts.
Donations from individuals make the difference. Our Transport and Food funds are ringfenced ensuring the money is only used for that purpose, helping individual donors choose the difference their money makes. If you would like to know more please contact our chairman here.
Meals Fund
Cooked and served, fresh every day.
Donate to support 5, 10, 50 or 100 meals. Any amount you donate will go to support lunches for one or more seniors.
Transport Fund
Safe travel
Physical or transport barriers create a severe "shrinking world" effect, making people socially isolated. Our subsidised transport removes this issue.
Making a donation to the fund can enable a member to be out of their home for a nutritious social lunch up to five times a week.
