Crisis Classes at The Whitechapel Centre

From Tuesday, 18th September Crisis will be back and running sessions at the Enablement  Centre. 

These sessions are for you if you are:

· Rough sleeping/supported by Outreach

· Have just moved into a hostel/tenancy

· Referred by your hostel keyworker because you are at risk of rough sleeping

· Fit the engagement session criteria

· Are staying in a hostel or have housing needs including being in receipt of floating support

The morning sessions run 10am-12.00pm and the afternoon sessions are from 12.30pm-2.30pm.

All the classes that they run are flexible and will be tailored to suit individual needs, whether you want to improve your spelling, or your reading and writing skills.

Each Tuesday morning they will have ESOL Assessments (English Speaking for Other Langauages) and in the afternoon  there’s Creative Writing.

On a Wednesday morning the actual sessions to improve your English will take place at their Literacy session. Learn to Play Guitar is still in its usual spot on a Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday mornings there will be IT sessions, and lastly Art & Craft with Crisis will take place on Friday mornings

Who knows, at the end of your sessions you could be writing articles for the Homeless Football Club magazine, or even the Whitechapel blog!

If you are interested in taking part please just turn up on the day, or alternatiovely if you would like mroe information please call our Enablement Centre on 0151 207 8617.

Our monthly activities are always on view via our facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/whitechapelcentre

For more information about the servicves that we provide at The Whitechapel Centre please go to our website at: http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk

The Whitechapel Centre enter The Homeless Games 2012

This year's Homeless Games starts tomorrow, the Thursday 6th September at Wavertree Sports Park, Wellington Road, Liverpool 15, and lasts for two days.

The aim of The Homeless Games is to provide an arena for anyone who is over 18, and has experienced homelessness in the last two years, to take part in various different sports and activities, with help, support and guidance.

The various events that are available for people to participate in range from football, swimming and cycling, to chess, darts and pool. For those who would like to, they can even take part in a tiddly winks tournament!

This year The Whitechapel Centre have 14 representatives taking part in various different events, including track and field, football, swimming, basketball, and some people are waiting to decide on the day.

The games are mostly run by volunteers within the homeless and sporting communities, and three clients from The Whitechapel will be helping out with admin, hospitality, catering and stewarding.

Last year we managed to come back with a gold, silver and bronze medal, so this year's aim to beat that medal tally!



The Homeless Games Medals from 2011

 For those who aren't interested in, or able to take part in any of the available events there are also drama, art and craft, and creative writing workshops.

There will be carnival entertainment, and multi-cultural food there for those who attend to see, feel and be a part of the two day event.

For anyone who is still interested in taking part in this year's games on behalf of The Whitechapel Centre, or for more information on what is happening, please contact our Enablement Centre on 0151 207 8617.

For information on the games themselves and what they entail you can send an email to - takepart@thehomelessgames.org

Good luck to The Whitechapel team, and all those taking part on the day!

The Whitechapel's Gardening Group visit to Tatton Park

On Thursday 19th July, Angela from The Whitechapel accompanied some members of the Whitechapel Centre's gardening group on a visit to Tatton Park, in Knutsford, Cheshire. The trip was paid for by Bosco House, some of whom also attended the event.

At that time Tatton Park was host to the RHS Flower Show, so those who went had the opportunity to see various different types of gardens, all designed by new and established desingers alike.

Whitechapel service user Stephen Jackson enjoying his day out at Tatton Park.

There was the Great Taste Market available to look around, and a garden shop with many different types of gardening products there to see and buy.

Every one  that went had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the different flower displays and tasting the various samples of foods. 

Luckily the rain stayed away all day, not making an appearance until the group were returning to Liverpool.

To top off the whole day the group even got to see Monty Don, himself an inspiration through all the work he has done to encourage those who have lost their way in society to rejuvinate their lives.  

For more information on the services that we provide at The Whitechapel Centre, or to see future activities that are taking place please go to our website at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk or cal us on 0151 207 8617.

Whitechapel awarded The Workplace Wellbeing Charter

We are very proud to say The Whitechapel Centre has been awarded The Workplace Wellbeing Charter. 

The Charter is an initiative developed by Liverpool Primary Care NHS Trust which has now been awarded to over 300 businesses and other organisations across Liverpool.

The Charter awards organisations which can demonstrate that they think about the health and general wellbeing of their staff and that they promote a healthy working environment 

In addition to improving health in the workplace, the Charter also acknowledges The Whitechapel Centre’s commitment to best practice in health, safety and  wellbeing which improves our reputation and helps with business development and tendering activity.



Judith and David recieving the award.

This is a huge achievement for us, and was only attained through alot of hard work and organisation.

Hopefully it will also help to encourage all those who use our services to follow the same practices in their everyday lives.

Already we have organised bike rides every week at our Enablement Centre, we have a homeless football team, and any food that we provide has healthy living promoted within it.

For more information on the services that we provide please go to our website at: http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk.

To report a person homeless please go to our website, or alternatively call us on 0151 2078617.

Our City, Our Services - The Whitechapel Centre table

On Wednesday 18th July The Whitechapel Centre attended the annual “Our City, Our Services Event” at The Quaker Meeting house, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT.

The event was a huge success, with many people attending.

Whitechapel's Sharon 'staffing' our table at the event.

Our table received alot of attention, with the volunteer forms getting an unprecedented amount of interest from those who visisted us.

Looks like Pauline and our MOVE project have got a very busy time ahead!

The event ended with local radio DJ Roger Philips releasing balloons with peoples personal messages written on them about how they have dealt with their on recovery and journey.

For more information on the services that we provide, or to report a homeless person, please go to our website at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/.

The Whitechapel Centre goes live on Facebook and Twitter (at last!)

On Friday, 13th July (not unlucky for us) The Whitechapel Centre went live on both Facebook and Twitter, bringing us in line with many other businesses, charities, and indviduals throughout the city, the country and the world.

Our recently appointed Fundraising Manager, Ruth, has championed the idea as a way for The Whitechapel to increase it's profile, and show as many people as possible the great work that we do.

This is a very exciting step forward for us as an organisation, and for all the individuals, both staff and service users, whose achievements we are priveledged enough to share.

If you are interested in finding out more about the work that we do, following our progress and seeing our regular news up dates, please click on the links below.

To join us on Facebook please click on the following link: http://www.facebook.com/whitechapelcentre.

To follow us on Twitter please click on the following link: http://twitter.com/WhitechapelLiv

Following the starting success of our new set up we already have a new addition to our social media team, and that is our Google+ account, providing yet another link for people to access our news stories.

To follow us on Google+ please click on: https://plus.google.com/117671548755376277388?prsrc=3#117671548755376277388/posts

As always, to find out more about the services that we provide, or to report a person homeless, please go to our webiste at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/ or call us on 0151 207 7617..

Shaun's trials for England - the update - Whitechapel FC captain attends trials

Shaun is a life long Everton supporter, and had never had the opportunity to go to the Manchester United football stadium before, and what an amazing experience he had.

It started at 9am with a tour of Old Trafford, along with 37 other men who had also come for the trials.  

At 12 noon they were all then taken to the Cliff MUFC youth training ground, given a light lunch, and a brand new MUFC football kit. This was followed by a series of bonding exercises,  as there were players from all over the North of England.

Shaun says: "I would like to say what an excellent time, and day I had. We were treated with the upmost respect and as a die hard  Everton fan and this experience has changed my view of Manchester United.  I can not wait  till I go again!"

Shaun has to go back for the next four Thursdays, though he has to miss next Thursday as he on training. He has been told that as he doing  NVQ Level 2 training the fact he has to miss one week wont go against him, so fingers crossed.

For more information on all of the services that we provide at The Whitechapel Centre please visit our website at http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk/.