Browsing Archive: October, 2011
Posted by Greg Smith on Monday, October 24, 2011,
At the October meeting of the Homeless Forum Greg Smith presented results of a survey carried out at various centres in preston in June 2011
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Co-ordinating Christmas
Posted by Greg Smith on Monday, October 17, 2011,
Please circulate this widely via your email lists: Many thanks
At
the Homeless Forum meeting we talked about trying to co-ordinate
donations and Christmas gifts service to homeless and vulnerable people
in Preston and surroundings.
I
agreed that if agencies sent me information and requests by mid
November I would make sure this was circulated widely to churches and
community groups in an effort to signpost them to delivering
appropariate gifts to appropriate places.. and...
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New CUF report on church based homeless projects
Posted by Greg Smith on Monday, October 17, 2011,
| Tackling homelessness together
Church
Urban Fund and Housing Justice carried out a recent study, based
on nine projects across the country, to understand how churches
are responding to housing-related issues and how they can make a
bigger impact in the community. The research looks at the
distinctiveness of church-based projects working with homeless people,
and at some of the challenges - read a sum... |
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Co-ordinating Christmas
Posted by Greg Smith on Monday, October 17, 2011,
Please circulate this widely via your email lists: Many thanks
At
the Homeless Forum meeting we talked about trying to co-ordinate
donations and Christmas gifts service to homeless and vulnerable people
in Preston and surroundings.
I
agreed that if agencies sent me information and requests by mid
November I would make sure this was circulated widely to churches and
community groups in an effort to signpost them to delivering
appropariate gifts to appropriate places.. a...
Continue reading ...
Barnardos Moving On Project Opening Times
Posted by Greg Smith on Monday, October 3, 2011,
Unfortunately due to current
financial constraints we are reducing our drop in sessions at the Urban Exchange
our new drop in times will be;
Monday
12-4
Wednesday
12-4
Friday
12-4
We hope that these longer session
times will reduce the impact on young people and will be available to offer
advice via phone outside of these times. These new open hours will be effective
from next week please communicate this to your staff. Tim could you also
circulate this information to the Preston...
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