Coffee4Craig provides an evening drop-in service supporting people experiencing homelessness. We do this by providing home-cooked meals, access to a medic, a shower and barbering service, advice – and a team of friendly staff and volunteers. How important are volunteers to Coffee4Craig? Volunteers are vital to running our evening drop in sessions. Quite simply, the […]
Greater Together Manchester is an anti-poverty charity supporting and empowering people in Greater Manchester. We work primarily with people who have experience of homelessness and other related difficulties. We run various projects including a Social Super Market, our Befriending Service, Wayfinder, and our activities programme Lifeskills. How important are volunteers to Greater Together Manchester? We […]
EGG (or Engage, Grow, Go) is a Manchester and Stockport-based charity, offering homelessness support throughout the North West. We look at the long-term solution, helping people out of homelessness, into their own homes and either work or self-employment. How important are volunteers to EGG? Volunteers are crucial to EGG. We have a database of Volunteer […]
As a church, City Life took over the running of the scheme and relaunched in January 2021 following the closure of the previous scheme. Initially we took on contracts around Local Welfare Provision and the Rough Sleepers initiative (RSI) which continue today. The RSI scheme specifically helps those experiencing homelessness to access private rented accommodation […]
Day 15 – Engage, Grow, Go EGG takes a fresh approach to the challenges people experiencing homelessness face in trying to find full-time employment. By treating each person as an individual and giving them intensive support planning and outcome-based assistance, they aim to provide secure routes to permanent residency and the workplace. This isn’t a […]
Day 1 – Cracking Good Food Who are Cracking Good Food? Cracking Good Food are a non-for-profit social enterprise who encourage and support people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch. Pretty cool idea right? They advocate for a fairer food system in Greater Manchester by running classes in hostels, offering low-fuel […]
Chelmsford’s Rough Sleeper Outreach Service run by CHESS and Chelmsford City Council and in partnership with Essex County Council and eight other Essex Authorities, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Working in Partnership Award at the Essex Housing Excellence Awards. The Awards recognise high-quality developments, services and or individuals from the public, private and voluntary […]
This is why we love Stories of Support – we first heard about Invisible Cities when we were chatting to Gerard about The Blankfaces. It’s the coolest thing ever, constantly uncovering brilliant initiatives in this sector. It’s passion and innovation and community spirit that all goes towards helping people who really need it. Invisible Cities […]
Our Stories of Support series exists to call attention to people, organisations and communities in our sector. We want it to be a way to increase the chances of people hearing about this stuff. The Blankfaces does kind of the same thing. They take stories from people who are used to not being listened to […]
We’re so excited to introduce you to Philippa Iwnicki, who is the new Manager for Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network (GMHAN). Greater Together Manchester are hosting her post, and we’re delighted to be part-funding it, along with Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity. She’s brilliant – and despite only being in the role for six weeks, she’s […]
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