Launching FW20/20: Sponsored Events Campaign
Following our 20th Anniversary Celebration Breakfast we are launching our FW20/20: 20 Sponsored Events Campaign! Our 20th birthday marks 20 years of being alongside people as they journey from crisis to safety, and on to brighter futures of their own making. However, there is still so much to do, as we continue to walk alongside those facing crisis. To
Faithworks 20th Anniversary Celebration Breakfast
120 guests joined us on Bournemouth Pier for Faithworks 20th Anniversary Celebration Breakfast. Those who joined us in the celebrations included guests from our projects, past and present staff and trustees, volunteers, local charities, partners, businesses, funders, as well as representatives from BCP Council. The mood was jubilant as stories were shared of how people have been impacted by
Westbourne Rotary Club Donate to The Storehouse
Westbourne Rotary Club recently sprang into action to provide The Storehouse with mattresses for those moving on from homelessness. Lynne explained: “We had a wonderful opportunity to be able to help Faithworks. We were able to buy 12 mattresses and some gardening equipment for the gardening project. I am just really, really happy that our club has been
It’s Our 20th Birthday!
Happy Birthday to us! So, how will we celebrate? In 20 fun and inspiring ways throughout 2024! All of which highlight our Values, these are: Welcoming, Alongside, Trusted, Practical and Empowering. Kicking things off and starting with our Welcoming value, Alistair, our CEO, has been delivering gorgeous birthday cakes to our amazing projects and volunteers. Alistair enthused: “I love the
Faithworks 20th anniversary
It’s Faithworks 20th anniversary! And we are honoured to invite you to join us in a year of celebration, reflection and forward thinking. How did Faithworks begin? Over 20 years ago a small and dedicated group of church leaders, along with Poole Borough Council, looked at root causes of key local issues and identified loneliness & isolation as large
Faithworks Project Christmas Hours 2023
Please note that our project Christmas hours 2023 are: Christchurch Food Bank+ Closed Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 December, and Monday 1 January 2024 Nourish Community Larder & Food Bank Closed Tuesday 26 December Thursday 28 December – open 10am – 12pm only Poole Food Bank+ Closed Tuesday 26 December Wednesday 27 – Friday 29 December open 9.30am –
New Homeless Initiative SafeSleep Needs Volunteers
Here at Faithworks, we long to see an end to homelessness: but it takes more than providing a bed to sleep in. One of the main reasons that people fall into homelessness, or are unable to get out of it, is a lack of a support network: people need relational and spiritual help as well as a roof over
Street Talk Tour Update – The reality and the opportunity
Our 8-day Street Talk tour in May around the churches in all 3 of our towns was a great success, but every session had a key moment when the reality really struck home. As John and Lydia (not their real names) spoke, the room fell silent – their quiet voices courageously telling of how as a homeless couple they
Royal Visit to Faithworks Arch Carpentry Workshop
“In a modern and progressive society, everyone should have a safe and secure home, be treated with dignity and given the support they need. Through Homewards, I want to make this a reality and over the next five years, give people across the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented when we collaborate.” - HRH Prince of Wales
10 Years as Faithworks CEO: Ice buckets, the Unexpected & Simple Grace
“I have never written a budget before in between a comics emporium and a New Age shop.” – Alistair Doxat-Purser, CEO In my first week of working for Faithworks as the new CEO in June 2013, we sat in a cramped and slightly mouldy couple of rooms for a team meeting, discussing the fact that the building
