McGrath O’Toole who created our new gritty branding, “Turning Rough Lives Around”, have created a series of campaigns associated with different times of the year, these winter months being particularly critical! I am confident, if you are reading this, that you can spare £5 for a survival blanket. You can donate at http://www.justgiving.com/myfiverswithsimon Don’t forget [...]
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Featured in The Times
The Times today features an article by Charles Allen, our Secret Millionaire. ’Support those who get their hands dirty’ looks at the value and practicality of volunteering. The article also examines the challenges in obtaining funding faced by small charitable organisations. We’re always looking for new ways to create funding so that we can keep [...]
The Secret’s Out
After 14 months the secret is out! We received £35,000 from our new best friend Charles Allen. Keep an eye on the website as we’ll have a personal video message from Charles soon. The show doesn’t do justice to the amount of time Charles spent with really getting to grips with why we are different, [...]
Secret Millionaire
Look out for The Secret Millionaire (27/11/11) this week featuring us! We met Charles Allen, or just plain Charlie then, as a guy who was the subject of a documentary because he was writing a book about the impact of public sector funding cuts. Yes, we completely fell for it. Had we have known [...]
Radio Leeds Interview
We recently got invited onto Radio Leeds to talk about the recent news story about general homelessness statistics in the region seem to be increasing. It was a great opportunity to talk about the wider implications of the funding cuts and why the impact on our service users could be so devastating. INTERVIEW (some machines might [...]
Lack of Bread
One of the government criticisms often levelled at street based food giving charities is that they potentially enable people to sustain themselves to live on the streets. It’s a bold claim but one that does need some consideration; it is certainly a concern of ours that we don’t simply offer food but use it as [...]
