We just want to take a moment to thank the Trussell Trust and our local foodbanks for their continuous help and support.
We are so grateful for the foodbank service, as it plays such an important role in enabling us to support the practical needs of our service users.
Some of our staff attended this session yesterday and it was so encouraging to hear from ex prisoners who have changed their lives. To hear them share so passionately that there is ‘life after prison’ was so inspiring.
FRESH-START is our service user peer support group. We have been meeting monthly but now ‘hot off the press’ we are meeting weekly. This is a great opportunity for the men to meet and chat in a social capacity but it is also designed to have a focus on community action. The group are looking for opportunities to volunteer and support local charities and organisations.
You can nominate us to help our charity be in with the chance to receive the vital funds we need to continue doing our great work.
Head to www.movementforgood.com and click on ‘nominate a charity’ then input West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project to vote.
Thanks for your support, it is greatly appreciated!
It is humbling to receive feedback like this from our service users.
We can’t do ‘EVERYTHING’ but we can do ‘SOMETHING’ and that ‘SOMETHING’ can mean ‘EVERYTHING’
Today some of our staff and volunteers attended the Criminal Justice Fair at Leeds University. It was so good to be able to share about the great work of WYCCP. It was also a privilege to share the space with some other great organisations and charities, who are working hard to make a difference.
Some of our staff have been supporting Baby Loss Awareness week through Abigail’s Footsteps. What an incredible charity which raises awareness around baby loss but also supports parents and health professionals.
Feel free to donate to this amazing charity via www.justgiving.com/abigails-footsteps or www.abigailsfootsteps.co.uk
Volunteer training has been great this week! What a brilliant group of new volunteers we have with us.
It is so encouraging to have people willing to give up their time, to come alongside those in need of support.
A very thoughtful gesture from one of our service users to Cat and the WYCCP team. The chocs are very much appreciated but the heartfelt words are worth so much more.
Here is some great feedback from one of our service users. It’s so encouraging to see and hear of the impact of our work. We are making a difference one life at a time.
Happy Birthday!! It was great to be able to celebrate with one of our service users yesterday. Wishing him all the best for the year ahead.
A big WELCOME to our newest Team Member Wendy.
Wendy has been volunteering with us for some time now and has been such a great asset to our team in a volunteer capacity. We are so pleased we have been able to bring her on board in a temporary position as an Assistant Resettlement Worker.
Today, we launched our service user group. We celebrated with breakfast in a local cafe :)
Really looking forward to what we can achieve with this group. The men are passionate about making a difference and steering their lives in a positive way.
Excited for this Fresh Start…..
We don’t do what we do for the plaudits but it’s so nice to hear feedback like this, from our service users.
We are so grateful to Lloyds Bank Foundation for their continued support. Because of their generosity, we can continue to make a difference!
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #partnership #generosity #grateful
WYCCP are recruiting now for new volunteers! The primary role of volunteer link workers is to work alongside the resettlement and family teams to provide support to men before and after release from prison and to provide support to the families of prisoners in the community.
We recruit volunteers from all walks of life; what they have in common is the desire to help people, a non- judgemental approach, reliability, a willingness to be trained and with some time to give each week.
We are so pleased to have new Volunteers join us! We cant do this without you! We are really looking forward to working with you.
We love their ‘ideal Link worker’ art work!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate WYCCP's 18th birthday yesterday. We were delighted to welcome everyone to the office to share stories and memories, eat cake and look forward to our next 18 years!
WYCCP is nearly 18! Help us celebrate by donating to our BIRTHDAY APPEAL!
Supporting WYCCP will help men to stay out of prison. We know that at least 70% of the men we work with will be out of prison a year from release and longer – compared to the HMP Leeds average of just 36% of releases. We have a proven track record in making our communities safer and stronger.
www.justgiving.com/campaign/happybirthdayWYCCP
