JONATHAN BILLINGS
N Friday, July 14, The Wellspring will be hosting its first ever sponsored ‘sleep out’ in Stockport to raise awareness of homelessness and rough sleeping and vital funds for the charity.
We will soon be advertising for people to come and take part.
If anyone wants to sign up now they can do so by contacting Lauren at The Wellspring on 0161-4776344 will be allowed on site. or emailing lauren@thewellspring.co. The event will start with a meal at The Wellspring uk. for all the people
We would like to make taking part, giving people the experience of taking the chance to see and part in the sleep out as experience the facilities close to the experience and services that homeless of being homeless in and disadvantaged Stockport as possible. people in Stockport have
The event will be free access to 365 days a staffed by professional year. workers and no alcohol After the meal time, sponsored sleep out participants will be escorted to the sleep site for the night.
The Wellspring silent Auction takes place from 7pm on Friday, April 7, at The Wellspring on Harvey Street and some tickets remain on sale, tickets can also be purchased on the door on the night. Many fantastic items will be auctioned on the night.
Tickets are available from Pauline on 01614272763. Tickets are £10 and include a hotpot supper and wine.
The Wellspring will very shortly be producing its 2016 annual report, which details all the work that the charity has done with homeless and disadvantaged people throughout 2016.
It was yet another record-breaking year achieving more than 13,000 positive outcomes.
An alarming figure in our report is the number of Homeless presentations made at The Wellspring in 2016.
Homeless presentations 2013: 149, 2014: 324, 2015: 392, 2016: 412
That means there were 412 cases of people presenting as homeless at The Wellspring in 2016, a figure that has been rising at an alarming rate over the last few years.
I believe that we can beat homelessness in Stockport, with the continued support of the community of Stockport, Wellspring can carry on providing more support than ever before.