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Jan 2021
Last Updated: 06/01/2021
Harrogate BID pledges £60,000 to tackle homelessness
The funding will go towards converting the lower hall at the Wesley Centre in Harrogate into a day centre for homeless people.
John Harris, Chair of Trustees HHP, Liz Hancock, CEO of HHP, Sara Ferguson, Acting Chair of Harrogate BID.
Harrogate Business Improvement District is to give the Harrogate Homeless Project £15,000 a year for the next four years.
The funding will go towards converting the lower hall at the Wesley Centre into a day centre for homeless people.
The sum is in addition to the £37,500 the church received from the National Lottery's coronavirus community support fund.
The Wesley Centre will use the awards to install new toilets and refurbish the kitchen ready for the day centre services.
Read more:
- Harrogate church opens doors to homeless people
- Harrogate council creates temporary homeless shelters
Liz Hancock, chief executive of Harrogate Homeless Project, said it was "hugely grateful" to the BID:
"We will now be fundraising hard to realise some of the ambitions we have to extend our operating hours and expand health, wellbeing, skills and rehabilitation services.
“This significant donation will be over four years, allowing us to plan with certainty to develop this fundamental service."
Sara Ferguson, acting chair of Harrrogate BID said:
“One of our key objectives is to make Harrogate town centre ‘safe, clean and welcoming’, and we see our partnership with Harrogate Homeless Project as a key driver in this.
“When homeless people gather in the town it can be intimidating for some people, and Springboard will offer them a sanctuary where they can go and receive the support they need.”
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