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Below is a full listing of charities in Oxford who received money from the StreetSmart 2005 campaign.
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Aspire Oxfordshire 
Landscaping and gardening project: Aspire employs and trains homeless people and ex-homeless people. The landscaping and gardening project includes private work and maintenance contracts with local housing associations.
Contact: Margaret Madden
Tel: 01865 204450 or 07866 810 858 |
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£5,000
(£3,678
raised
through
Oxford
Promise
plus £1,322) |
Cherwell Housing Trust: Simon House Hostel
Workshop equipment: A purpose-built workshop provides the opportunity to learn skills associated with the construction industry (with a view to doing a NVQ or an apprenticeship), and also basic skills (e.g. changing a tap/light bulb) that will be useful for independent living. Simon House is a 52-bed hostel in the city centre that is currently undergoing major refurbishment.
Contact: Jim Smith
Tel: 07785 525 812
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£4,000 |
Elmore Team
Welfare fund: Elmore Team provide an outreach service that helps homeless and vulnerable people to manage their lives and connect them with agencies such as welfare, housing, solicitors etc. They work with 100-120 clients at any one time.
Contact: Kate Cocker
Tel: 01865 200 130 |
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£2,000 |
English Churches Housing Group
Learning Zone: Offers on-line learning and training in IT skills at Lucy Faithful House - it forms the hub of a virtual Oxford Homeless College, which will offer on-line learning through nine partner agencies from the Homeless Network across Oxford. Lucy Faithful House is a 67-bed hostel which provides accommodation and support for homeless men and women aged 18-65. The hostel also runs Alcohol and Drug Recovery Programmes.
Contact: Emily Strike
Tel: 020 7269 1630 |
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£4,000 |
Gatehouse
Support staff: The Gatehouse is a cafe for homeless people aged over 25, open 5-7pm weekdays, 3-5pm Sundays. Food is often donated, and most of the people serving in the cafe are volunteers.
Contact: Andrew Smith
Tel: 01865 792 999 |
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£2,000 |
Oxford Night Shelter
Activities worker at O'Hanlon House: The charity provide direct access and resettlement accommodation in O'Hanlon House, and also supported half-way housing for 66 ex-homeless people in 12 houses across Oxford through Julian Housing.
Contact: Lesley Dewhurst
Tel: 01865 251 744 |
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£4,000 |
The Gap (managed by The Bridge)
Activity Programme: Includes IT skills and careers information, creative arts activities and sports and recreation e.g. fitness, dance, fishing and gardening. The Gap Project is a day service mainly for 16-25 year olds who are homeless, vulnerable or in need of support. The Gap offers a cooked breakfast and lunch, shower and laundry facilities.
Contact: Liz Collinson
Tel: 01865 201 818
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£4,000 |
The Porch (Steppin Stone Centre)
Day centre running costs: Based in Cowley the centre provides low-cost meals and laundry facilities, IT facilities, some complementary therapies, cooking classes and an allotment project which supplies the kitchen. The whole ethos is a shift away from dependency towards independent living and social inclusion.
Contact: Ian Callaghan
Tel: 01865 728 545
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£1,322
(£3,678
raised
through
Oxford
Promise) |
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To sign your restaurant up for StreetSmart fill in the form on the sign
up page
To get in touch with the campaign organiser in this area, contact Anne,
by phone...
Anne Donovan, 07979 900900
01865 559 141 |
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