Breaking Bread celebrates bread in its many forms. To break bread with an individual or a group of people is not only to share food with them, it also carries the implication of friendship, and finding trust, confidence and comfort in each other.

The women who come to my groups at Speedwell Children’s Centre have been magnificent in fitting in work around their caring commitments, developing their teaching skills, and keeping their families on an even emotional keel.

I run a weekly group called Branching Out at Speedwell Nursery School and Children’s Centre in East Bristol. Here is how Lindsey Fuller, the headteacher, describes the group.