HOPE 4 CELEBRATES A YEAR OF ADVANCE
Friends and supporters of Hope4 are invited to attend the Hope4 AGM to be held in the John Lees Hall on Regent Street on Saturday 28th January at 10.30am.
Please see the Media Release: January 19th 2012.
Media Release 3rd November 2011
To view the Media Release for the 3rd November 2001, about the Winter Shelter, please click here.
Rugby Winter Shelter planned for December 2011 to March 2012
In partnership with the National Housing Justice Coalition and Hope4, several local churches will work together to provide beds for the night over the winter for homeless people. Please see the Winter Shelter page for more information and to volunteer to help out.
Rugby Foodbank is being set up in March 2012
Rugby foodbank is due to open 19th March 2012
The first distribution centres will be at New Life Church in Railway Terrace and Christ Church Brownsover in Bow Fell
For more details please see the web site: http://rugby.foodbank.org.uk/
Hope4 Seeking a Permanent Base July 2011
This is to inform you of an important development in the ongoing charitable work of Hope 4 (Rugby) Ltd.
The Directors of Hope 4 (Rugby) Ltd are looking to move toward the purchase of a property to consolidate the ongoing work of the Charity. To achieve this goal we will need to raise at least £300,000. There are a number of reasons behind our decision. These include:
1) Securing a permanent base for Hope 4's ministry in Rugby over at least the next decade. Basically for what we could spend on rent over the next ten years we can purchase a property that will consolidate our presence in Rugby for the forseeable future.
2) A Foodbank in Rugby. Hope 4 are also planning- in partnership with the REVIVE network of churches - to expand the Hope 4U services we already provide to incorporate a Trussell Trust foodbank distribution point. This will help families in crisis in our town.
3) The wider statistics of homelessness in Britain. These are also a factor in this decision. The proposed new housing benefit cuts alone will - according to independent observers - be adding significantly to the numbers of homeless and badly housed people among us in the next few years. It is all the more vital therefore that those of us who support Hope 4 plan carefully both to protect and consolidate the services we can provide.
4) Integrating the work of Hope 4U and the Hope Centre in one building from 2013.
The Hope 4 Directors hope then to be in a position to purchase a property by the end of 2012. We have therefore set up a Task Group to raise the necessary funds for this purchase. We are looking for up to three additional volunteers to work with the group Convenor Mike Foster to help make all of this happen. We are particularly looking for people with proven fund-raising expertise but someone to help with administration is also needed.
If you have a passion to help those who are homeless or badly housed in the Borough and have some relevant skills or fund raising experience then please contact us (email
admin@hope4.org.uk).
March 2011 Media Release
This media release can be viewed and downloaded here: viewed and downloaded here
AGM and Friends and Supporters Meeting
The annual AGM and Friends and Supporters Meeting for Hope4 will be on Wednesday 16th March 2011 at the John Lees Hall, Regent Place, Rugby, at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. There will be presentations from various Hope4 directors about an overview of Hope4, the current situation, and the visions for the future. Please come along: we look forward to seeing everyone who is interested in what Hope4 is doing. Copies of the Chairman's report can be downloaded using the link at the bottom of this page to the file: Hope4 Directors Report 2009 2010.pdf
December 2010 Media Release
Second Support Worker Appointed and Extended Opening Hours
Hope4 have appointed a second support worker who will be employed during the winter months from October to March 2011. Her name is Joanne Cheshire and she will start on the 1st October, working alongside the existing support worker, Pete Wayman.
Now that Hope4 have two support workers we intend to extend the opening hours of the Hope Centre so that it opens every day, from October 25th. On days where we do not have enough volunteers to open safely, then the Centre will be closed and a Closed sign displayed.
July 2010 Media Release
This media release can be viewed and downloaded from the list below.
General Election 2010
On Easter Saturday our Chairman Revd Michael I Bochenski wrote to the prospective Members of Parliament for the Rugby constituency - Andy King (Labour), Mark Pawsey (Conservative) and Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrat) - asking for their responses to three questions. Their responses can be downloaded from the list below.
The HOMELESS LINK '10 Steps to End Homelessness Manifesto' can also be downloaded from the list below.
