The Whitechapel Centre's Nature Gardening

Each Thursday a group of service users that attend The Whitechapel Centre, have been accessing  Everton Park Nature Garden.

They have been working  closely with the Wildlife Ranger there for a number of weeks, helping to restore the garden. The work has, and will  include woodland management, pond and meadow work plus lots, lots more!

The group of people involved, along with Whitechapel staff, are learning each week about their environment, and the wildlife within it.

The hope is that when the area is restored the Nature Garden will be a place for local people in the area, us here at The Whitechapel Centre to use.

Last week the group planted Daisy's  to help promote more  butterflies  in the meadow garden, and planted wildflower  plants for coverage.

They spoke with the Park Ranger regarding insects and fish in the pond, service users spotted dragon flies and we were able to look  at references  books  and learn to  what species they were.

The Nature Garden is looking to improve the park for people and wildlife of Everton, and in the process is providing a brilliant learning, working, outdoor team building experince for The Whitechapel attendees.

For more information on the activities that are available for those who use our services, or to see how you can report someone you suspect to be homeless please go to http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/.

Robyn walks for The Whitechapel!!

On the 7th July Robyn English, wife of Gary who works here at The Whitechapel Centre, is taking part in this year's Moonlight Colourthon in Essex.

The Colourthon is organised by  the Round Table, all the details can be found on their web site: http://www.colourthon.org/moonlight_colourthon.

The event has pledged to raise over £665,000 to date, for over 525 charities, and thanks to Robyn, we are now a part of that!

Robyn herself took part last year, and as a complete coincidence she is this year's 'poster girl' as her photo has been used in the 2012 campaign, I think due to her excellent choice of outfit, very fitting for the event.

Though I am sure the brightly coloured clothes will bring alot of fun to the event, it is a very long way to walk, particularly in the twilight hours of the day.

We are thrilled that Robyn has nominated us as one of her chosen charities, all we have to do now is sponser her! She has set up a just giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/Robyn-English  (click on the link) and it is available now.

Please, please support Robyn in her efforts, all funds raised are hugely appreciated will be going to a very worthwhile cause.

For more information on the services that we provide at The Whitechapel Centre, and to see what your money can help to do please go to our website at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/.

It is a twilight walk and is 13.1 miles long, made up  of beautiful views, quaint villages, and all whilst the participants are dressed in the brightest, wackiest colours they can get their hands on!

Whitechapel's Kabin Krew's first public performance!

This Friday The Whitechapel's drama group 'Kabin Krew' will be performing their own song, written and perfomred by service users from our Enablement Centre.

The group formed in Febraury this year, when Abi from Collective Encounters (theatre for social change) started to hold drop in sessions on a Wednesday mornings at The Whitechapel Centre, Langsdale Street.

The sessions were held to encourage people to perform, find hidden talents, work as a part of a team, and to build confidence.

The results have been amazing, with 12 members that attended the session writing a song together called 'Seize the Day'. The first public performance of the song will be this Friday 18th May, 7.30pm at The Brink, Parr Street.

It is a part of the Liverpool Light Night Event, and is a huge recognition of the work, time, effort and talent that the Kabin Krew have put in, please come and see them!

There will be photos and videos to follow for all those unable to make it on the night, until then sending a massive GOOD LUCK to Abi and Kabin Krew!!

For more information on the services that we provide at The Whitechapel Centre please check out our webiste at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/ or contact us on 0151 207 8617.

Time to Shine and the Whitechapel Centre

An event for people experiencing homelessness and/or recovery from  substance use is taking place at St Luke’s Church on Fri 24^th May between 11 AM and 4.00 PM. 

Any service users that attend will be given a time slot to perform – be it read out a poem, sing a song, play an instrument etc.  Art work will also be on display. 

The event is an opportunity to celebrate people’s strengths, and give those who would like it an opportunity to share their performances. 

Between 10.00am and 4.00pm we will have a stall at the event where information about our services can be sourced.

We are also hoping that the Kabin Krew (Whitechapel’s drama group) will be performing the song which they are taking to the Royal Opera House.

This look like a wonderful and fun event, and will hopefully be another opportunity for Whitechapel to show the many 'hidden' talents that we have!

If it is raining the event will be held at The Basement so we’ll keep you posted re a possible change of venue.

For more information on our services, or to report a homeless person, please see our website at www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk.

A Celebration of Our Lives

Friday 25th May 2012

@ St Luke’s (Bombed Out) Church

11am-4pm

Everybody Welcome!!!

Bringing together Homeless Agencies and

Recovering Communities

Asda at The Whitechapel Centre

Once a month Lorraine from Asda store on Utting Avenue, comes in to our Enablement Centre with food, donated by her store, to cook breakfast for our service users.

This service has proved to be extremely popular, with people attending regularly, and numbers growing!


 

Lorraine in the kitchen, with our cook, Karen, aided as ever by one of our hard working volunteers. 

   

Here at The Whitechapel Centre we aim to provide a number off different services to help those who are, or at risk of being, homeless within our community.

Our Enablement Centre is just a part of the many services that we provide throughout Liverpool, and it's surrounding areas.

We are currently leading the support of the local councils in Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Halton and the Wirral in their No Second Night Out campaign.

For more information on this, and our other services please see our website at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/ or call us on 0151 207 7617.

Accomodation Successes - April 2012

Thanks to alot of of hard work under taken by staff and volunteers, The Whitechapel Centre has found accommodation solutions for 63 individuals during the month of April! 

These include reconnecting individuals to their home town or country, finding rough sleepers emergency hostel accommodation and  supporting people to return to their family home.

It also includes cases where people have moved people into more permanent options such as Housing Association or Private Rented tenancies. 

Whitechapel Centre staff and volunteers aren’t working to a target – we’re simply ensuring that vulnerable people in Liverpool and Merseyside are able to access a roof and find a home!

Working in partnership with a wide range of other agencies, The Whitechapel Centre delivers long term solutions to homelessness through a variety of different projects including Resettlement & Housing Support, Hub & Homelessness Resolution Service, Outreach, Street Resettlement & Bond Scheme and our Enablement Centre.

The wide range of the services that we provide enable us to provide a broad range of support services that aim to meet a diverse range of needs. If you, or someone you know needs our help please either drop in at our Enablement Centre on Langsdale Street or fill in our referral form here http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/make-a-referral.html ; or if they are rough sleeping call 0300 123 2041 to speak to a member of our Outreach team.

Get Ready! Barclays (part 2) and YMCA

During the last 2 weeks the Get Ready! team have been very busy, firstly through returning to Barclays Bank plc for their second training session.

Again the staff at Barclays were thrilled with all the hard work that was carried out, rewarding members of Get Ready! with a certificate to mark their achievements.

Secondly 12 members of the Get Ready! group, went to the YMCA in Liverpool, where they attended the Ready for Work induction.

These 12 people have attended for Get Ready! sessions, meaning they are ready to move onto the next step in their journey.

There they were given a talk by David Smallshaw from Ready for Work  on what prepartory steps needed to be taken in the lead up to returning to work.

Training was also provided in the form of new IT skills and how to write a CV, along with general advice on how best to present yourself for interview.

The next step forward are the two week placements that are coming up, providing all those who are ready with experience of being back at work.

Exciting times ahead for all the Get Ready! team!