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Closed 15/08/2019
Weʼve raised £2,886 to Support Brentford's Homeless Shelter
- Funded on Thursday, 15th August 2019
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Brentford Homeless Shelter has been operating as a drop-in centre for 2 years now on a wholly voluntary self funding basis. We are open 2 evenings per week on Mondays & Fridays from 5.30 – 8/8.30 all year round. We provide:
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits etc on arrival
Soup & Bread
Main Meal
Showers
Clothing/Sleeping bags/Blankets & ad hoc items when needed (Bicycles/Signposting etc)
Takeaway meal/lunch for the following day
Individual Laundry service
English Classes on Fridays
Annual TB Clinic
Medical Service every 2nd Friday.
TV/Wifi
Haircuts/Grooming
Winter Night Shelter: We have historically partnered with other venues to provide a Winter Night Shelter program for the last 5 years during the coldest 3/4 months of the year & in the last two have provided a 7 night a week overnight extension for 2 months for those at the end of the program that had found work – collecting rent over those 8 weeks to provide a typical month’s rent & deposit for our guests to move on with at the end.
This year with the growing need for capacity we branched out on our own & opened for 3 nights weekly. Ideally, we would like to provide 7 nights food & overnights for the coming season. We are actively seeking additional venue/s but currently can only commit to these 3 nights. If we can, we might stretch to provide just a drop in to give respite from the cold & food on additional evenings.
Over the last year we have provided 500 bed nights & almost 4000 meals to our local homeless community. With your help we hope to expand both the number of nights we open & the number of guests helped as well as broadening the services we have available.
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68
Your fav ginger niece
Jun 3, 2019
I’m poor so not a great help but I’m proud of you
£5.00
Michelle Hyde
May 3, 2019
Congratulations Gavin on the run, great time and wonderful cause.
£40.00
Francesca
May 2, 2019
Well done Gavin!
£50.00
Anonymous
Apr 30, 2019
well done Gavin I am sure you did well!!
Anonymous
Apr 29, 2019
£30.00
Anamarie Blake
Apr 29, 2019
Fantastic achievement Gavin, well done!
£20.00
Hari Pryce
Apr 29, 2019
Super proud of you. For this, and for all of the amazing work that you do! Xxx
£20.00
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Gavin Duffy
Having set up this Homeless Centre a number of years back, its now time to expand the service & I will be running this year's London Marathon to raise funds to do this. Thank you for your support.