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Leeds
Summer Issue 2021
Welcome
to our Summer
newsletter
Chris Fields
Chief Executive Officer
Hello and welcome to our Summer always tricky. We love to be reactive and and provision of truly affordable housing
newsletter. help wherever we are needed. Even the with support and I think we have a good
fire brigade is reactive, but they do try to platform from which to take a proverbial
As I write this, we are looking educate us in fire prevention and we are dive into the future.
forward to hearing of the relaxation no different. We now need to set solid
of Covid restrictions and hopefully, foundations and plant the seeds that We must constantly look to the future to
a step nearer to normality. The big will be harvested much further into the ensure that the people we love and look
question is what is normal following future, with as much love and passion after HAVE a future. With your continued
everything the world has been by our successors as we do now. This is support, the love and endless blessings
through? reflected in our soon to be finished of God and the partnerships we have
Don Robins’ House; a wonderful built around the city, we should have
The one thing we have that has no a way out of this Covid lockdown life,
change and is eternally loyal is the purpose-built unit of 24 one and
two-bedroom flats offering safe and fit and ready to take on the challenges
love of God and the forgiveness and ahead.
blessings we receive daily. supported accommodation. More to
follow… We are looking towards creating a
This doesn’t come without work I charity fit for purpose for at least the next
suppose, to be forgiven and loved isn’t To that end, we are starting a process
of succession planning, strategy and 10 years, secure in its values, mission
a “get out of gaol” card. We need to and purpose. We look forward to sharing
be honest, prepared and aware of our growth meetings. From these we hope
to identify where we need to prepare the the news as it happens and sharing the
misgivings as well as our successes. stories of real people in real situations.
land, what we need to plant and how we
Summer and all we reap from it depends are going to tend and feed it. Please pray for the teams within the
on the hard work put in beforehand. The charity. They have worked tirelessly
gardens are glorious, the trees are fully New initiatives and exciting moves
forward keep us fresh and alert. throughout the pandemic, doing jobs
laden with dappling leaves and the fields they were not expecting to do, at
are working hard to feed us and the Growing Rooms is a perfect example
of this and I can see it being a central personal risk and firing on all cylinders.
whole of nature. Please pass this newsletter onto friends
hub in our wheel of planning. We always
We as a charity have had some really wanted some sort of residential therapy and family to share the news and let
honest conversations as to where we to aid the road to recovery and help people know that St George’s Crypt
are going as a team, as a charity and prevent further homelessness and here is out there and making a difference
as an individual now lockdowns are we are! wherever it can.
hopefully a thing of the past. With all blessings and still, please keep
Add to that the successes we have
Preparation and forward planning are seen in our new build developments safe. Chris.
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Moving on Up
Since we opened our session. Our optician’s
doors 90 years ago service is back up and
we have worked with running. Our physiotherapist
healthcare professionals has started seeing clients.
to offer a range of These partnerships are
different services to our crucial to the work that we
clients. Be it nurses, do. They support our clients
doctors, podiatrists, to access services that they
physiotherapists, may feel excluded from.
opticians or dentists, we It builds self-confidence,
have tried to access the improves health outcomes
best support tailored to and starts developing
our clients’ needs. basic life skills of engaging
with, understanding, and
The pandemic has made
improving personal health.
this difficult. Throughout
lockdown, we have not We look forward to offering
been able to have these more sessions, bringing
services come into the back our more therapeutic
centre, because of Covid activities like arts club and
restrictions. However, these craft club, and starting to get
services are starting to come back to a new normal!
back. We have had our first
post-pandemic dentistry
Shop ‘til you Drop
Lockdown has massively our work in action. If you
hit our charity shops. have been thinking about
Unable to sell on the volunteering but haven’t
High Street, we have been able to, then we are
branched out online. This actively recruiting volunteers
has started well, we’re in all our shops. We are
even calling it our fourth in Pudsey, Roundhay and
shop, but nothing beats Armley, so hopefully there
having our shops open. is somewhere close to you
Every penny that gets to pop in. If you are tech
spent in our shops goes savvy then you might think
to supporting the most about helping us develop our
vulnerable in Leeds. Many online presence, meaning
of the volunteers and staff that we can reach more
have come through a St people and generate more
George’s Crypt support funds to support our core
programme. Not having work.
this pathway has meant
Please do come down, or
that we have had to cut
if you want to have a look
our cloth accordingly.
online then check us out on
Now that our shops are Facebook and find out how
open, and we hope that you can support our shops
they will stay that way for to support some of the most
the foreseeable future, we vulnerable people in Leeds.
hope that you will pop down,
grab a bargain and see
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Closer Together
Covid was always going to be stage of alcohol addiction. Leeds City Council and managed to
hard on our vulnerable and secure him a space in an appropriate
A lot has changed for our clients
homeless clients. However, the city sheltered accommodation setting with
because of Covid. They used to be
responded well, pulled together, staff on site 24 hours. He is looking
able to go out during the day and
and worked to support and provide forward to moving into his new home.
meet friends. One of our clients
safe spaces where essential
regularly went bowling and also Two years ago, we took in another
services were available on site.
enjoyed going to the pictures. They client who was seriously addicted to
This allowed people with a history
can’t do any of that now. Our staff alcohol. His family was struggling to
of street homelessness to engage,
offers support to keep spirits up and cope with his addiction and asked him
have a warm, safe place to sleep,
maintain good mental health. There to leave. He came and stayed with
access hot meals, and engage with
is also a strong peer support network us and after about three months we
services such as mental health
within the programme, with the supported him to engage with a detox
support and substance misuse
clients offering mutual support and programme, which he completed.
services.
friendship. He was then able to move onto our
A huge thank you to our frontline staff. abstinence-based drug and alcohol
In spite of the pandemic, we have had
They have had to deal with the same recovery programme, Growing
some great successes:
personal challenges we have all had Rooms. He was there for 15 months
to bear but they continued to work One of our clients came to us three and again completed that programme.
tirelessly to make sure not one of our years ago. He was 67 then and had
He has now been taken on as support
clients was left behind. a long history of living on the streets
staff at the Crypt. He came in for a
and alcohol addiction. He had a
Regent Lodge shift one night at Regent Lodge and
council house in the past which
some of the clients remembered him.
Regent Lodge is St. George’s Crypt’s had been taken over by people
They were so impressed; one of the
alcohol reduction programme for who use and sell drugs. Due to his
guys started crying because it was
homeless males who are struggling vulnerability, the local Council referred
that emotional. This guy, who had
with alcohol addiction. We have five him to us. Although he still drinks, he
gone from being a resident here in
full-time staff who provide has managed to reduce his intake
addiction, was now working at the
round-the-clock support to 14 considerably and looks after his flat
Crypt!
residents. Each client is at a different well. We worked in partnership with
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Emergency Accommodation the distribution of information flyers Health Inclusion (HHI) bed spaces
about our work and our client group. in our city centre emergency
At the beginning of the Covid
We also ran a clean-up campaign, accommodation.
pandemic in March 2020 we
picking up litter in the area.
had to quickly move people from • 30 clients moved to private
our dormitory-style overnight We have had some very positive accommodation.
accommodation. We placed the outcomes during the pandemic,
• 81 moved to supported
residents in temporary, single-room, clients coming in from the streets,
accommodation.
supported accommodation. Part of staying with us, stabilising and
our staff team was redeployed from moving on to Growing Rooms, our • 23 moved to council tenancies.
the Care Centre to the new site. abstinence-based drug and alcohol • 12 moved to Temporary Housing
recovery programme. Others Units.
We worked with St. Anne’s
have moved to Regent Lodge,
Community Services. Staff from Quite an achievement considering
our residential project for alcohol-
both charities provided support, how many of our clients have been
dependent gentlemen.
helping clients with their Personal entrenched rough sleepers for many
Independence Payment (PIP), filling Positive Impact: years.
in housing forms and helping the
Our staff has had to adapt and All of the above is a great testimony
clients move on into permanent
be flexible to meet the needs of to the importance and effectiveness
tenancies.
the clients. At one point we were of joint working. We look forward
Bevan Healthcare, Adult Social working with over 130 clients. to strengthening these ties with
Care, Mental Health, Forward Leeds Over the course of the year, we have other agencies, funders and
and Engage Leeds, to name but a had 800+ clients pass through our commissioners for the benefit of
few, were brought in as well to offer doors. those that need our support the
wraparound support. most.
Between March 2020 and April
Having moved clients from 2021: Thank you to the people of Leeds
the Crypt to community-based who have supported us through this
• We provided 14,972 bed spaces
accommodation, we worked with the difficult period, we couldn’t have
in safe and secure dispersed
local community to forge a positive done it without you!
accommodation, 9289 at Regent
relationship. This was done through
Lodge, and 708 Homeless and
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The Fun in Fundraising
Total Warrior - 10th July Yorkshire 3 Peaks - 31st July
A 12km, 25 obstacle course Hike through 24.5 miles of the
through Bramham Park in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales
Summer sun. You’ll find National Park and across
yourself scaling waterfalls, the three largest peaks in the
crawling through mud and even county. You’ll be challenged to
jumping over fire as you and the complete the walk in under 12
St George’s Crypt team battle hours and will be accompanied
your way through in this by a trained professional guide
challenge that will satisfy any at all times, thanks to Kuta
adrenaline junkies out there. Outdoors. Places cost £35 with
Places are limited and cost £55. fundraising target of £200.
Leeds 10K - 5th September We Dare You...
An annual favourite for seasoned runners and those who just Take on all three of our events this year by joining the Crypt
want to have fun and challenge themselves. 2021 will also Big 3 Challenge! Jump, walk and run through Total Warrior,
see the introduction of a brand new route. 3 Peaks and Leeds 10K, all for a discounted entry of £95!
Places are £25 with a fundraising target of £100, entry Set up one fundrasing page with a target
includes a Team Crypt running top. of £500 to reflect this huge challenge.
Search Crypt Big 3 on Virginmoneygiving.com
Dare you take on the challenge?
Volunteer at our events! We are always on the lookout for cheerful, chatty volunteers to help us.
If a full challenge event isn’t for you then volunteering to help run events would be perfect. Contact the
fundraising team to register your interest nathan.charles@stgeorgescrypt.org.uk
To sign up, join in, buy tickets or volunteer...
for any of our fundraising events and activities, please contact the Fundraising Team at St George’s Crypt.
6 245 9061 or email martin.barry@stgeorgescrypt.org.uk
Tel: 0113
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Thank you!
Chaplain’s Corner “For the foolishness of God is
wiser than Man’s wisdom, and the
weakness of God is stronger than
with Reverend Roger man’s strength.” 1 Corinthians 1:25
During the worst months of the generously given us, to best help Pray for those who come to us
pandemic, one of our residents all those who come to us in their in the grip of addiction; may they
said to me, “What I can’t cope greatest need. find strength and courage.
with is not knowing what’s going
to happen.” I asked him if he We try to do all this with the gift of Pray for our new build in Armley
used to know. faith; we know that, having done – Don Robins House – that
what we can, how it turns out is it may be a place of hope, of
The reality is, we have never known always in the hand of God. healed memories, of shared
what even the next hour may hold. laughter.
This is, above all, a cause for
But it is difficult to live like that; rejoicing. For whatever tomorrow Give thanks with us that we have
so we pretend we know, and may bring, nothing can separate us been able through it all to show
encourage one another in our from His love. God’s love.
pretending.
Pray with us, that we may use
The truth is, we need to plan; in well the resources of people,
the Crypt we plan, and try to make time, and money; generously
the best use of the resources so given, thankfully received.
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Food for Thought
Since the start of the Covid of social distancing, we started A massive thanks to them, and
pandemic we have been offering a takeaway meal service. everyone else who has supported
working at full tilt to make We desperately needed support us and continues to support us,
sure that we support as many in the kitchen, as we had to close through these very challenging
people as possible. our doors to volunteers. times.
One of our biggest challenges One of our local business All this help has allowed us to
was making sure that everyone partners, Addleshaw Goddard, keep all our services running;
had access to a lunchtime meal. stepped up to the plate. Their ensuring that those most in need
We were used to serving over catering team prepared and in Leeds do not go without.
100 people a day a sit-down, delivered over 4,000 meals for God Bless you all!
three-course hot meal. When our clients.
this couldn’t happen because
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