Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!
Wherever this season finds you, we hope you experience the fullness of HOPE, PEACE, JOY & LOVE.
A Massive THANK YOU!!
We just want to say a big THANK YOU to the Clothing Bank and to all those who donate to this amazing charity.
This service is so important to us and enables us to further support our service users in a practical way.
Sharing a little HOPE this Christmas
This week we have been handing out Christmas boxes to our service users and also toys for those with children.
We are so grateful to North Church and also Life Church Bradford for their generosity in providing the boxes and the toys.
A Massive THANK YOU!!
We just want to take a moment to thank the Trussell Trust and our local foodbanks for their continuous help and support.
We are so grateful for the foodbank service, as it plays such an important role in enabling us to support the practical needs of our service users.
Life After Prison
Some of our staff attended this session yesterday and it was so encouraging to hear from ex prisoners who have changed their lives. To hear them share so passionately that there is ‘life after prison’ was so inspiring.
FRESH-START FRIDAY!
FRESH-START is our service user peer support group. We have been meeting monthly but now ‘hot off the press’ we are meeting weekly. This is a great opportunity for the men to meet and chat in a social capacity but it is also designed to have a focus on community action. The group are looking for opportunities to volunteer and support local charities and organisations.
Please nominate us as your favourite charity
You can nominate us to help our charity be in with the chance to receive the vital funds we need to continue doing our great work.
Head to www.movementforgood.com and click on ‘nominate a charity’ then input West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project to vote.
Thanks for your support, it is greatly appreciated!
Service User Feedback
It is humbling to receive feedback like this from our service users.
We can’t do ‘EVERYTHING’ but we can do ‘SOMETHING’ and that ‘SOMETHING’ can mean ‘EVERYTHING’
Leeds University - Criminal Justice Fair
Today some of our staff and volunteers attended the Criminal Justice Fair at Leeds University. It was so good to be able to share about the great work of WYCCP. It was also a privilege to share the space with some other great organisations and charities, who are working hard to make a difference.
Baby Loss Awareness Week
Some of our staff have been supporting Baby Loss Awareness week through Abigail’s Footsteps. What an incredible charity which raises awareness around baby loss but also supports parents and health professionals.
Feel free to donate to this amazing charity via www.justgiving.com/abigails-footsteps or www.abigailsfootsteps.co.uk
Volunteer Training
Volunteer training has been great this week! What a brilliant group of new volunteers we have with us.
It is so encouraging to have people willing to give up their time, to come alongside those in need of support.
A Token of Appreciation
A very thoughtful gesture from one of our service users to Cat and the WYCCP team. The chocs are very much appreciated but the heartfelt words are worth so much more.
Service User Questionaire
Here is some great feedback from one of our service users. It’s so encouraging to see and hear of the impact of our work. We are making a difference one life at a time.
Birthday Celebrations!!
Happy Birthday!! It was great to be able to celebrate with one of our service users yesterday. Wishing him all the best for the year ahead.
New Team Member!
A big WELCOME to our newest Team Member Wendy.
Wendy has been volunteering with us for some time now and has been such a great asset to our team in a volunteer capacity. We are so pleased we have been able to bring her on board in a temporary position as an Assistant Resettlement Worker.
New Group Launch!
Today, we launched our service user group. We celebrated with breakfast in a local cafe :)
Really looking forward to what we can achieve with this group. The men are passionate about making a difference and steering their lives in a positive way.
Excited for this Fresh Start…..
Fantastic Feedback!!
We don’t do what we do for the plaudits but it’s so nice to hear feedback like this, from our service users.
A Massive THANK YOU!!
We are so grateful to Lloyds Bank Foundation for their continued support. Because of their generosity, we can continue to make a difference!
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #partnership #generosity #grateful
Volunteers Needed!
WYCCP are recruiting now for new volunteers! The primary role of volunteer link workers is to work alongside the resettlement and family teams to provide support to men before and after release from prison and to provide support to the families of prisoners in the community.
We recruit volunteers from all walks of life; what they have in common is the desire to help people, a non- judgemental approach, reliability, a willingness to be trained and with some time to give each week.
Welcome to our new Trainee Volunteers! May 2023
Welcome to our new Trainee Volunteers! May 2023
We are so pleased to have new Volunteers join us! We cant do this without you! We are really looking forward to working with you.
We love their ‘ideal Link worker’ art work!
