We have found a house! Progress on Renewed Hope project

A few weeks ago, you may remember we appealed to our supporters about a house to rent or buy. We are now pleased to announce we have our first ‘Hope House’ in the pipeline and awaiting completion.

This has been made possible by a new partnership with a national charity called Green Pastures, which buys houses and supports churches and Christian charities to run them as supported accommodation for the homeless. An offer was accepted a couple of weeks ago on a 4-bed house and if all goes well, we are hoping for it to be ready for guests in January.

This timescale is exciting because the Government and councils have confirmed Night Shelters are an unsafe option for accommodating the homeless this winter. Instead the council will be using bed and breakfasts for immediate needs. Our house will be targeted at men who need that extra support to get ready for longer-term housing.

Additionally, this partnership with Green Pastures enables us to fulfil our long-held ambition to run year-round accommodation to homeless people.

To make all this possible we need your help in the following ways:
– Evening volunteering (6.30pm-9.30pm) both in the house and preparing and serving evening meals at some of our winter night shelter churches.
– Funding to cover the increased running costs of the charity. Please click on the here to set up a standing order or a one-off gift.
– Last but not least, we need your prayers. We have not yet reached completion, so please pray the process goes smoothly and all work following completion runs to schedule in order for us to get our first homeless guests housed in January.

Thank you for your support.