hopeworldwide.org.uk united kingdom bringing hope changing lives Follow us on: facebook.com/hOPeworldwideUK & iSSue 12 SUMMER 2011 twitter.com/hOPeworldwideUK National volunteer day Programme updates Featured 1 Why do we serve for free? A successful National Volunteer Day Two Step’s progress reCord YeAr • SteVen getS more thAn JuSt houSing • AYo JoinS the teAm • dorA’S triCkY SituAtion Why do you serve for free? by Wil horwood We were recently asked this question by an official in local government. he was surprised that hope worldwide uk offer services to London’s homeless irrespective of whether we receive funding to do so from the local government area they come from. Love over limits this was a revealing question because it highlighted that many organisations in London restrict access to their services to those in the borough from which they receive funding. this is often a requirement of the particular borough because they only fund services for their own residents. many homeless people are not linked clearly to a specific area because they have come from outside London or have moved around too frequently to be considered a local resident. this restriction significantly limits access to services for many people. Also, because they are not classified locally as someone who qualifies for help, they are not included statistically as being in need, and fall through the cracks. Compassion before cash the questioner also hinted to the fact that in today’s world, many charities are businesses that chase contracts with local government to survive. Service delivery can become more of a commercial consideration than an issue of helping as many people as possible. As the hope worldwide uk 360 City road London eC1V 2pY 020 7713 7655 hopeworldwide.org.uk trend of subcontracting social welfare services to charities increases, the charities involved risk losing their independence and get tied up by conditions of funding that limit them. organisations that were once motivated to help the homeless, risk placing the needs of their funders, and their own needs for funding, before the needs of those they were set up to help. At hope worldwide uk, we also receive some funding from local government, which we welcome, but we are committed to continue to allow access to our services to anybody we can help. We are able to retain this stance because of the tremendous support we receive from the many private donors that give to our work. We want to highlight two sources of this funding for particular thanks. Many benefits from baskets ever since our work was established by the London Church of Christ in 1993, we have enjoyed tremendous support from basket collections in the churches associated with it. Churches throughout the uk have taken weekly collections for our work in their Sunday services that have provided essential funds, enabling us to act independently of the contraints detailed above. this means we are free to continue helping everybody that comes to us irrespective of what area of London they come from, or ethnic group they belong to. many thanks to the churches in iCC missions, the midlands Churches of Christ, and the thames Valley Churches of Christ for this tremendous support. it makes such a difference. in 2010, basket collections raised £80,000 for overseas aid and £56,000 for our uk programmes. please don’t underestimate the importance of these basket collections for our work. they are essential to us. if you are one of the people that regularly donate in the baskets, a big thank you. All that loose change adds up to something worthwhile. Standing up with a standing order the other main source of donations from individuals is through people setting up standing orders from their bank account. this is our most important income source because it provides a regular donation that we can make plans with. many thanks to all of you who donate in this way - more is written about this on page 11. 3 5 Preparing villagers for winter in Pakistan after the floods – part funded by basket collections 7 ODAAT changes lives mArk’S AmAzing JourneY • expAnding SerViCeS • odAAt ChALLenge • dAnieL’S StorY 11 1 Stand up against poverty WhY StAnding orderS Are So importAnt Unique service Last year we researched whether two Step was still needed. When it was established eighteen years ago it was a unique initiative to help single homeless people. it was a quick and simple intervention that helped people access long term accommodation. For many people it was their only hope and opportunity. Was this still the case? We discovered 32 other London agencies trying to provide something similar, all of whom limited access to their service, mostly because of the constraints set by their funders, so that their ability to help people was significantly reduced. to the best of our knowledge, two Step continues to be the only hope for significant numbers of homeless people across London. We are constantly told this by the people we help as well. 12 Better international coordination the gLobAL CoordinAting CounCiL 2 13 Working more closely in Europe Keep in touch through social media hopeworldwide.org.uk united kingdom B two Step continues to be the only hope for significant numbers of homeless people across London Freely you have received, freely give As a Christian faith based organisation, much of our inspiration comes from following the example of Jesus. one of his statements was, “freely you have received, freely give”, which refers to how incredibly fortunate we all are and how we should express our gratitude by giving back. ultimately, this is why we are able to serve for free. this is why our staff and volunteers give so much more than is asked of them, and why hope worldwide uk is able to continue to provide a service to the poor motivated by compassion and not cash. bringing hope changing lives Follow us on: facebook.com/hOPeworldwideUK & iSSue 12 SUMMER 2011 p twitter.com/hOPeworldwideUK Programme updates Front photo of volunteers taking part in the national Volunteer day. photo taken by Jon Whycer. National volunteer day is a publication produced by hope worldwide in the uk. hope worldwide - uk is an affiliate of the international organisation hope worldwide. hope worldwide's mission is to bring hope and change lives. With the support of over 100,000 committed volunteers, hope worldwide annually serves more than 2.5 million needy people around the world in over 100 nations. Founded in 1991, hope worldwide's programmes serve disadvantaged children and senior citizens, provide education, and deliver medical services in developing countries. hope worldwide is a recognised non-governmental organisation in special consultative status with the economic and Social Council of the united nations. hope worldwide in the united kingdom is a registered charity in england and Wales (reg Charity no. 1045930). All information correct at time of going to press 29/06/11 A successful national Volunteer day The importance of volunteers An important feature of hope worldwide’s work is that we involve volunteers as much as possible. Long before david Cameron coined the phrase ‘the Big Society’, volunteers have been an integral part of our work in the uk. our mission is to transform the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people by delivering high quality programmes that inspire and involve others in compassionate service. As far back as 1993, volunteers were, and still are, involved in every aspect of our work as: street outreach; Stopover hosts; mentors; counsellors; floating support; house maintenance; administration; and hope Youth Corps. days. Activities were organised in homeless day centres, sheltered accommodaion for the elderly, and in outside spaces like parks, childrens playgrounds and other public places. 371 volunteers took part, in four cities at 22 sites. they participated in cleaning, gardening, decorating, entertaining, feeding, knitting and providing companionship – and served for a total of 1,419 hours. there was also an unexpected result in east London, a gun was discovered by volunteers clearing the grounds of St mary’s church in Leyton. one less gun on the streets! the atmosphere was very joyful, as people gave time to their local communities. Volunteers expressed gratitude for the opportunity as well as a desire to volunteer again. here are a few examples of what was said after the day: “Sometimes you have good intentions but a day like this can kick start more volunteering”; “i felt we accomplished something”; “everyone realised that they were refreshed after serving others despite the amount of hard work”; “We were surprised by how we were affected by seeing and interacting with older people with serious needs, and came out very enthusiastic about carrying on”; and “i definitely would like to do this again”. Volunteering at Birmingham’s City Hospital Volunteers entertaining the elderly in Reading 3 Tidying the grounds of St Mary’s Church in Leyton everyone realised that they were refreshed after serving others despite the amount of hard work A big thank you to the following groups and organisations that made the day a success. Birmingam: City hospital, midlands Churches of Christ. London: Alzheimers Society, Appletree Court Care home, Central London ministry, Children’s Storehouse, Contact the elderly, east London international Church of Christ, Freemans Court residential home, Friends in need Community Centre, highway house homeless night Shelter, Linden house, manna Centre, north London Church of Christ, northwest London Christian Church, riverside Christian Fellowship, ross Wyld Care home, Somerford grove Community project and Adventure playground, South London Church of Christ, Southeast London international Church of Christ, St Francis hospice, St mary’s Church – Leyton, Surrey international Church of Christ, the oaks nursing home, West brompton Cemetery, West London international Church of Christ. Manchester: manchester international Church of Christ, Woodbank park. Reading: beech hill, durham Court, Liebenrood road, thames Valley Churches of Christ, tyrell Court. Volunteers tidy up Woodbank Park in Manchester 4 cities 22 sites 371 volunteers 1419 volunteer hours Thousands indirectly served and 1 gun taken off the streets! 4 National Volunteer Day in the past we have often held annual volunteer days in which groups found local needs to be met. this year we decided to do this again, in partnership with many of the churches that support us, and Saturday 4th June was chosen as the date because it sat within national Volunteer Week. groups of volunteers came together across the country and started to research local needs. 12 congregations, and a further 22 organisations that needed assistance planned the volunteer Children getting stuck in as well Painting the adventure playground at Somerford Grove. photo: Jon Whycer. two Step’s progress Steven gets more than just housing twostep settled living for homeless was able to open up about his problems. his mentor suspected there might be a deeper problem, and they began looking at assessing Steven for dyslexia. An independent assessor confirmed that Steven is in fact at the lower extreme of the range (i.e. his ability to read and write is severely affected and he is dyslexic). She believes part of this may have been triggered or exacerbated by several head injuries Steven suffered in childhood. Steven is now in the process of seeing a disability advisor at the Jobcentre, so he can hopefully access the help he needs. because there has never been a correct assessment before, Steven has been told to apply for jobs which require reading and writing, and threatened with having his benefits withdrawn if he doesn’t pursue them. Steven and his mentor have revised and updated his CV, things are looking hopeful and Steven feels he’s making progress. Steven’s sister, who has been doing her best to support him, sent an e-mail to his mentor: “i have to say that Steve appears much stronger these past 6 months than he has done in the last 2 years and with your support it can only get better for him.” Follow us on: Ayo Williams, new Housing Support Worker Not only was Steven offered accommodation, but a lifelong problem has begun to be overcome that will transform his future. Steven was referred to two Step by the Connection at St. martins after approaching them for help. Steven was 50 years old and became homeless two years ago when his relationship broke down. he had been sofa surfing with friends and acquaintances for nine months when referred to us. he had lost his job and his hope – the only thing he says that kept him going was his relationship with his seven year old son david, which was very good. however Steven was able to see little of david when he didn’t know where he would be sleeping at night. Steven was housed three days after being assessed at hope worldwide in a studio flat not too far from his wife’s house. he settled in well, and is now able to have david stay over with him at weekends and during school holidays. Steven began meeting up with a moving on mentor three weeks after moving in, as he was finding it increasingly difficult to get work. Although he has years of decorating experience in the construction industry, the kind of jobs he used to walk into are no longer available without Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) qualifications. having worked all his adult life, Steven found his age, lack of formal qualifications and literacy skills were now holding him back, and he has now spent two years without a job. being in settled accommodation and meeting his mentor regularly gave Steven the confidence to speak about the fact that he had never learned to read and write – he had left school young, without qualifications and developed coping strategies as an adult, but always struggled and felt inferior as a result. despite being sent on various literacy and numeracy courses via the Jobcentre, he found the experience very frustrating as he really could not keep up with the work. Steven and his mentor get on well, and Steven ra a prog mme of 2010 was a record year in 2009 we housed record numbers, after seeing an upsurge of homeless people coming to two Step for assistance. in that year we received 1,544 referrals, of which 833 were helped in some way, and 332 were housed into long term accommodation. in 2010 we received similar numbers of referrals, but were able to help even more: 971 (138 more than the previous year) and house 412 (80 more than before). this was largely made possible because we found a landlord with 200 housing units who wanted to work with us – an unusual situation for us to be in. We are hopeful to surpass this again in 2011 but are facing some challenges housing people under 35 years old due to government’s changes to housing benefit. We are monitoring this closely, but so far 90% of landlords who work with us will not house under 35s because they will get less rent under the changes. this has the potential to significantly increase homeless among this age group. Homeless helped by Two Step 2008-10 Ayo joins the team earlier this year, Ayo Williams joined the two Step team as a housing Support Worker. Ayo had previously been working in a similar role at the Abundant Life housing Association. She had also worked for hope worldwide in nigeria in the past. Since joining she fitted in well and is having successes helping homeless people and introducing two Step to new landlords willing to help. Welcome to the team Ayo! 5 6 facebook.com/hOPeworldwideUK & twitter.com/hOPeworldwideUK Dora’s tricky situation dora was referred to a church cold weather shelter in haringey because there were no beds available for her in central London. She had been seen by staff at the Connection at St. martins, and was in a difficult situation. She and her boyfriend had been evicted from his flat and had spent a couple of nights in a hotel. unable to pay, the hotel was holding their possessions including her id. She was unable to apply for benefits until she could get her id and other documentation, but unable to get the documentation without money. dora and her boyfriend spent the whole of december sleeping in church halls, with no idea what would happen when the shelter closed. two Step staff negotiated with the hotel Dora and boyfriend, holding the key to the ir new flat owner to get their paperwork returned and dora was able to get a Job Seekers Allowance claim underway. two weeks after the initial two Step assessment, dora and her boyfriend moved into a flat, where they have been since. they are both feeling much more setled and are seeking work. donate to two Step at: www.justgiving.com/twostep2011 first thing in the morning. At the time i didn’t know that this was to be the start of my journey into recovery. i saw a lady called ruth who took me to her office and just looked at the state i was in, more emotionally than physically and said quite simply, “Let it out....”. Any fight or resistance had since left me and the floodgates opened. i cried my heart out to her and just begged for help. i had come to realise that i was beaten and couldn’t continue on my own. i needed help and was willing to do anything she said. She told me to go to a place in Camden and try and get myself into a night-shelter from which i may be able to get help getting into a rehab programme. instantly made to feel welcome, given a lovely meal and shown to my room. i was in a house with guys like me, people with addiction problems who had reached the point of being unable to help ourselves. there was no misery or despair in the house. these guys were happy and smiling, joking and having a laugh. i was baffled! it was to become clearer in the next six months that what these guys were experiencing was the benefits of the odAAt programme. Soon enough, i was engaged in a journey (sometimes painful) of discovery, both about my illness and about myself. i’d lost track of who i was and didn’t know what i was suffering from. i just thought that i had become a useless part of the human race due to my own actions, so deserved what i got. As i went through the programme; anger management, peer-support, key-work sessions, relapse prevention, life story, step work (based on the twelve step recovery programme of AA) and one-to-one counselling all became pieces of the puzzle that was to show me who i was, what i was scared of, how to face my problems, how to engage with other people and how to start again to rebuild my life. i never thought any of this was achievable for someone who had destroyed every relationship, job and friendship through my alcoholism, but i sit here today as part of the house management team with odAAt, having already taken an nVQ in health and Social Care, being back in contact with my family and well on the way to rebuilding my life. i have things in my life which are far and beyond any hopes and expectations i had back in January 2008. to this i owe my gratitude to odAAt, the people involved and the programme in place. You need never drink again, but there’s work to be done this i did and after a couple of weeks i was taken to the offices of hope worldwide where i met a man who told me that if i was willing, they may be able to help me. “You need never drink again, but there’s work to be done.” those words stuck with me as it was something i never deemed possible. that day, i attended my first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and was told to report to the hope worldwide office the next day, and every day thereafter, to show my willingness to receive help. this i did and the following week, i was told that i would be entering odAAt’s First Stage house. i had no idea what a treatment centre was or what to expect, but i knew that if i wanted help, that i was in the right place. Mark’s journey to recovery started here 7 odAAt really changes lives Mark’s amazing journey January 2008, 4.15 a.m. in an alleyway behind the royal Free hospital. i was lying behind waste bins; wet, dark and as far as i was concerned...at the end of the line. i couldn’t see two feet in front of me because of the weather and the fact that i was once again drunk. it had become a recurring scenario to which i had become adjusted. i was drifting in and out of consciousness, not really caring or aware of what was going on around me. Somehow, two nurses from the hospital who were on their way to work had spotted me from the end of the alleyway. 8 i have been back to that alleyway, and i still can’t see how they saw me. they took me into the hospital, where i was to spend the night in the A&e reception, due to the fact that i wasn’t ‘injured’ as such. they gave me hot tea and a blanket and checked on me regularly as i was starting to go into alcohol withdrawal. they told me that an appointment had been made to see the alcohol liaison team ra a prog mme of before i went to the house, i met toby dodson, who showed me compassion and told me that they could help me if i was willing to help myself. once again, the floodgates opened, because – for the third time in a week – i could see hope and not the futility and despair which i had come to believe was my lot in life. i think that from that day on i knew that somehow, everything was going to be alright. i had been told that i was going into a residential six month rehabilitation programme and that one day at a time my life could and would get better. i entered the house on thursday 24th January in the middle of a house meal. i was donate to odAAt at: www.justgiving.com/ODAAT2011 i never thought any of this was achievable for someone who had destroyed every relationship, job and friendship through my alcoholism, but i sit here today... being back in contact with my family and well on the way to rebuilding my life ODAAT’s expanding recovery services odAAt went through some significant changes through 2010 and early 2011. our day programme has moved to St mark’s kennington, michael ishmael has taken over as therapy manager, and John partington has set up our third stage supported housing for those that complete the six month programme in the first and second stage houses. ODAAT Challenge 2011 odAAt is one of the uk’s most successful drug and alcohol recovery programmes. it helps people, who have slipped up in life to kick their addictions and successfully re-enter society. between 70-80% of those that complete odAAt remain in abstinant recovery. many of the graduates go on to full time employment and further vocational education, with a desire to help others overcome addiction too. the odAAt Challenge is an extension to the programme and gives you the opportunity to participate, both personally and financially, to strengthen the odAAt graduates ability to recover and to undo the physical damage their addictions have caused to their bodies. Some of odAAt’s clients are funded by their local authorities to attend treatment; most, for a variety of reasons, can’t get funding so odAAt is able to offer bursary places to men who are motivated to do the programme but who are not funded by their local authority. odAAt can only do this because of the donations odAAt receive from churches and individuals. the cost of the 6 month treatment and accommodation is roughly £10,000 per head. the 6 month residential element of odAAt is a crucial foundation for recovering addicts, especially those with entrenched, long term problems, but it is still only a start. typically, recovering addicts are still especially vulnerable to relapse in their first two years. odAAt offers re-integration support that includes aftercare, post graduate support and access to third stage supported housing. most of this is funded by donations. the odAAt Challenge is a sponsored event to help support the re-integration initiatives. odAAt members take on the three peaks challenge of climbing mount Snowdon, ben nevis and Scaffel pike – the highest mountains in Wales, Scotland and england. the event is open to others to join as well. the intention is for odAAt clients to experience the discipline of training for the climbs, followed by the achievement of the climbs. Combined with an opportunity to get out of their usual urban environments – it is a very uplifting experience. the other objective is to raise funds for odAAt. the three peak challenge is to take place at the end of August. this year it is dedicated to Simon parker who passed away in march this year; he was a man who loved his gadgets and his music but most importantly, wanted to help others on the road to recovery. unfortunately, he lost his battle with addiction. Simon parker will be missed, however he left an imprint, to spur us on to be a pillar for others to lean on. the following was writen before the first odAAt Challenge in 2009. it reflects how important the odAAt Challenge is. Daniel’s ODAAT Challenge Since coming into recovery i’ve been presented with quite a few life challenges, most of which i would have previously ran and hid from. my fears kept me in my addiction and in turn i was slowly and painfully taking my life. Fortunately, before it succeeded i found odAAt and eleven months later i’m getting my life back. today i live purely as the programme suggests, “one day at a time”, and believe that with this new mindset, my support network and my new acquired life skills, i am a real person once again. it wasn’t a difficult decision for me to sign up for the first odAAt challenge, very simply it will give me firstly the opportunity to contribute to a much deserving charity, one which has pretty much saved my life. Secondly it will allow me to; not only prove to myself that i am physically capable of taking on one of the country’s highest peaks but that mentally i am able to take on a literal ‘uphill battle’ and succeed, what with the preparation and work involved. When i try to work out the distances i went to “scratch the itch” of my addiction then i think Scafell pike will be a doddle! this challenge also reinforces what odAAt has shown me and that is that in life i no longer have to face my challenges and fears alone and on the day i will attempt this task with people who understand and care for me. Surely a winning combination. For further information about the odAAt Challenge visit: www.odaat-challenge.org to sponsor the odAAt Challenge team: www.justgiving.com/odaatchallenge 3 Peak Challenge Au gust 2011 ODAAT’s Day Programme at St Mark’s Kennington The ODAAT Challenge team on top of Snowdon... 9 Moving to St Mark’s odAAt was offered several rooms at St mark’s kennington. these now provide multiple meeting spaces as well as one-to one counselling rooms. they also provide access to a kitchen. every tuesday morning, the odAAt guys cook breakfast for each other and any visitors, before getting into their various groups. New therapy manager Last year, michael ishmael, qualified counsellor bACp member, took over as therapy manager from John partington. michael has built impressively on John’s great work. he has also just graduated from his masters in Addiction psychology. Congratulations michael. Third stage supported housing Last year, John partington spearheaded setting up third stage supported housing. these houses provide a transition from the formal odAAt programme to fully independent living. John has successfuly set up three third stage houses, providing capacity for 13 people. 10 ...and on top of Ben Nevis... ...and climbing Scafell Pike – all in 2010 i want to support hope worldwide ________________________________________________ 1. Donor Bank Details (Please use block capitals) To the Manager of ........................................................ Bank PLC Branch Name ................................................................................ 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Donor Details Title (Tick a box) Mr Miss Mrs take a stand against poverty Support us with a standing order Why standing orders are so important Standing orders are a very important source of income for hope worldwide uk. they provide us with a relatively stable funding from which we can plan and set budgets. if you have never supported us with a standing order but would be interested to do so, it is a simple process to set one up. Just fill in the form (left), specifying how much you want to donate each month, the start date, your bank account and personal details – and we will do the rest. if you have had a standing order for a long time, please consider increasing your monthly donation. this will help us avoid the squeeze between increasing costs and decreasing income in real terms, due to inflation. If you used to give by standing order but stopped We understand that sometimes people need to stop standing orders due to changes in life circumstances. however, sometimes people stop their support in the mistaken belief that we don’t need it any more. every now and again, people question whether we need financial support if we gain grants. We do win grants from time to time, but the organisations that provide these don’t want to fund existing work, they always want to support new initiatives. this means that we still need your support to fund our core work in two Step and odAAt. towards the end of 2009, we faced a critical funding crisis, which resulted in a freeze on any unnecessary spending, which included our production of newsletters throughout 2010. if you have stopped support because you haven’t heard from us, please accept our apologies. better international coordination introducing hope worldwide’s global Coordinating Council (gCC) Outgrowing our reach in the last 20 years, hope worldwide has grown incredibly fast – into an affiliate network with a presence in 74 countries. however, the strength of these affiliates varied widely, and the whole had grown bigger than could be sustained by its existing organisational infrastructure. As an international entity, we had some challenges. there had been several attempts to fix this problem. For a while these focussed on strengthing a corporate headquarters, however it became apparent that we needed a regional solution to capacity building. The Toronto meeting early in 2010 randy Jordan, the Ceo of hope worldwide in the uS, called a meeting of senior country directors in toronto to discuss setting up a regionally representative body that could strengthen communication and coordination for the 74 strong affiliate network. it was decided that this new body would be called the global Coordinating Council (gCC), and that it would represent the following six different regions: Africa, South Asia, Asia-pacific, Randy Jordan Central-South America, north America and europe-eurasia. due to the programme strength of hope worldwide in Africa and Asia-pacific, it was decided that these two regions would have two representatives each. experienced country directors were nominated from each geographic region that fulfilled certain criteria: a country director for at least three years; leading an affiliate with large enough programmes; and a good track record of engagement with key local stakeholders. then, a ballot was held in each region to select the representative, which meant that the gCC members were chosen by their peers rather than being appointed. the results were: Region Africa Asia pacific South Asia South America north America europe-eurasia GCC member dr marc Aguirie dr Solange balou Charles ham dan Liu ian Correa henry gomez Antonio boyde Wil horwood Country South Africa ivory Coast indonesia China india honduras uSA uk the gCC officially started in may 2010. What have the GCC achieved so far? initially, the gCC conducted a mapping exercise to establish more clearly what hope worldwide was doing in 74 countries. this exercise revealed the following: 2.5 million people served anually; 60,000 volunteers; and 2,000 staff. Which means that hope worldwide has a staff to service user ration of 1:1,250 – which is made possible by our amazing volunteers. Also, the main service areas around the world are: Region Africa Asia pacific Service delivery priorities orphans and vulnerable children hiV/AidS education orphans and vulnerable children primary healthcare education orphans and vulnerable children orphans and vulnerable children education elderly Children homeless disaster response Children homeless elderly 11 Forename ....................................................................................... Surname ........................................................................................ 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Return Postal Details Please send this form to the freepost address: Freepost RLXS-GHRE-SBZJ, HOPE worldwide, 360 City Road, London EC1V 2PY 12 South Asia South America north America europe-eurasia the programme mapping exercise revealed that 21 out of the 74 affiliates were fairly sophisticated organisations, but that the rest were often still in the start-up phase and required more assistance to become better established. the gCC have been developing a number of resources to support capacity building, and will continue to work on this. IA11 if you would like to support us through a standing order, please act today, fill in the form and send it to the freepost address. thanks! Working more closely in europe hope worldwide uk has been strengthening its ties with the other european affiliates since 2008 when it hosted the first hope worldwide european conference in London. Since then there have been two more excellent conferences. hope worldwide hungary hosted it in 2009 in budapest, and hope worldwide Croatia hosted in 2010 in zagreb. Wil horwood, chief executive of hope worldwide uk, and toby dodson, odAAt programme manager, took part in 2009. Wil horwood again, and John partington, odAAt therapy manager at the time, participated in 2010 – with Wil horwood preaching at the Sunday Service hosted by the zagreb Church of Christ at the end of the conference. Staff from hope worldwide uk have also visited european programmes to provide support and encouragement. toby has visited hope worldwide Czech republic, John has visited a team in Albania who want to establish hope worldwide there, and Wil recently visited hope worldwide germany to provide support and training for their board and staff. All three also preached to the churches that support hope worldwide in those countries. Wil horwood recently took on the additional role of representing europe and eurasia in the HOPE worldwide programmes in Europe by programme area Country Children elderly homeless Addiction disaster education developing recovery response World Austria Yes Croatia Yes Yes Czech republic Yes Yes germany Yes Yes Yes Yes hungary Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lithuania Yes Yes Yes romania Yes Yes Yes russia Yes Yes Switzerland (geneva) Yes Yes Yes Switzerland (zurich) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ukraine Yes Yes Yes united kingdom Yes Yes Yes number of countries 9 7 6 3 1 2 8 in programme area new global Coordinating Council (gCC). one of their first tasks was to map programme areas around the world. the table above shows what programme areas hope worldwide in europe works in. there is much scope to learn from each other, especially when affiliates work in similar programme areas. As one of our programme areas in the uk is helping homeless people, it is of particular interest that several other affiliates also work in this area. in 2008, Wil and toby were priviledged to visit some of hope worldwide hungary’s outreach to homeless people. maybe the most memorable was a visit to some woodland in budapest that the locals had renamed Sherwood Forest because people were living in it. We visited these homeless and brought warm clothes and a big pot of food that could be warmed over their fire. We were invited into their homes which consisted of wooden frames covered in plastic or anything they could find, and lined inside with carpet to insulate them against the bitterly cold winter. overall, europe is one of the least developed regions for hope worldwide programmes. Although some countries have staffed programmes with premises to operate from, many of the european affiliates are volunteer led with very limited resources. there are incredible opportunities in europe for learning from each other, for growing and possibly for developing europe wide programmes – as well as for developing a european capacity to raise funds for hope worldwide in developing countries. Wil Horwood speaking in Zagreb, aided by an interpreter 13 14 Volunteers and homeless share a meal in Budapest Wil Horwood looks on as Timéa Eve of HOPE worldwide Hungary comforts a homeless women in ‘Sherwood Forest’ they need significant investment and capacity building. however, despite these challenges Bringing gifts to ‘Sherwood Forest’ keep in touch through social media Join us on twitter and facebook do you want to get up to date news and information from hope worldwide uk? do you want to be informed when new events or appeals are launched? do you want to be able to communicate with other hope worldwide supporters? do you want to provide feedback to hope worldwide? do you want to help to build a community of supporters and activists to serve the poor? if you answered yes to any of these questions, then connect to us and other supporters through social media. hope worldwide uk has set up pages on facebook and twitter so that we can communicate directly with you. please go to the links (left) and like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. to follow us on facebook, go to: www.facebook.com/HOPEworldwideUK to follow us on twitter, go to: www.twitter.com/hOPeworldwideUK our joined up solutions to addiction and homelessness in the uk twostep settled living for homeless stopover emergency accommodation movingon mentoring to release potential drug and alcohol addiction recovery
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