Below is a full listing of charities in Manchester who received money from the last StreetSmart campaign.
| Charity | Amount |
|---|---|
| Booth Centre Location: Manchester Contact: Amanda Croome Tel: 0161 835 2499 |
£2,500 |
| Church Housing Trust Resettlement fund: Minshull Street Day Centre. Church Housing Trust provide 49 bed spaces for single homeless men aged between 18-65 with a variety of support needs including mental health, drug and alcohol problems in the Withington area of Manchester. The Welfare Fund will be used to provide welcome packs, outings, help for individuals and Christmas Festivities. Location: Manchester Contact: Steve Holdsworth Tel: 020 7269 1630 |
£2,000 |
| Lifeshare Christmas project: Similar to Crisis Open Christmas in that they also provide medical and advice services in addition to three cooked daily meals from 23-29 December. Lifeshare is a charity that has been working with the homeless in Manchester for the past 20 years and it's aim is 'to prevent and break the cycle of homelessness and to reduce harm and promote health. Location: Manchester Contact: Peter Rycroft Tel: 0161 953 4069 Email: office@lifeshare.co.uk |
£2,500 |
| Mustard Tree Food and clothing distribution projects, a soup kitchen run for one year and also provision of training to offer clients meaningful occupations. Location: Manchester Contact: Paul Wenham Tel: 0161 228 7331 |
£1,000 |
| Manchester Ceramics Enterprise The aim of the group is to help homeless people develop their skills, social occupation and confidence by providing them with a progressive activity – they aim to sell professionally finished products made by the homeless and ex homeless to retail outlets in Manchester. Contact: Wendy Andrew Email: thepotteryproject@hotmail.com |
£1,000 |
| Wellspring Project The project will use the grant to further continue to help the homeless and disadvantaged people of Stockport and surrounding areas, providing assistance with medical, educational, drugs, alcohol and health issues and also by providing hot food. Contact: Peter Hodskinson Tel: 0161 427 4700 |
£2,000 |
| Barnabus Contact: Carol Price Tel: 0161 237 3358 Email: carol@barnabusmanchester.co.uk |
£1,500 |
| Fairbridge They provide young people (age 13-25) who are outside of education, employment and training with routes back into mainstream society. Equipping participants with the tools necessary for re-engagement in the workplace or the classroom, and the self-belief to take advantage of opportunities via a tried and tested programme of challenging activities and personal support. The staff are highly skilled in working with the most challenging young people and facilitating experiences to enable them to learn lessons which are relevant to their individual needs and circumstances. As the Fairbridge programme is tailor made to each individual, an outreach and development worker is assigned to each young person from the onset of their time with Fairbridge. The funding from StreetSmart will be split equally between the two Greater Manchester teams (Bury and Salford) and will be used for outreach visit hours and 1-2-1 support hours once engaged on the Fairbridge programme. Contact: Christabel Law Tel: 0161 763 5111 Email: Christabel.Law@Fairbridge.org.uk |
£1,000 |
Total: £13,500 |
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To get in touch with the campaign organiser in Manchester, please use the details below:
Jo Houlcroft
Phone: 07773 739165
Email: j.houlcroft@btinternet.com
