the passage helping homeless people lorraine richardson
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THE PASSAGEHelping Homeless People
Lorraine Richardson
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Our History
We are a Christian Homeless Charity
Working with some of the most vulnerable and complex people sleeping rough on the streets of
Westminster
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Our mission
The mission of The Passage is to provide resources which encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives
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Emotional Wellbeing ProjectAims of the project
To create an information leaflet written and produced by clients To enable clients to recognise what is good mental health To provide detailed information on services available To create a peer mentoring group To develop client skills
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What we are achieving
A safe and confidential environment
Sessions that are led by clients for clients
71 clients attending
Involving local community agencies
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Where do we go from here
Produce the leafletIntroduce new sessions identified by
clientsEvaluate the projectShare our learning with other agenciesDevelop the project within our own
residential projects
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What our clients say
“I love this group – I come every week”
“I really enjoy the group I thought it would be just someone talking at us but I felt really comfortable and normal”
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What our clients say
“I’ve just realised that by talking to other people in the same situation how many alternatives there are to just taking medication given to me by my GP”
“I don’t feel like I’m alone anymore”