Harrogate Borough Council has decided to commission the Harrogate Homeless Project to provide the Cold Weather Provision Service for the winter of 2011/2012

STARS (Shelter To Assist Rough Sleepers) will be located at: ‘Springboard’ Day Centre, Wesley Chapel House, Oxford Street HG1 1PP. Tel: 01423 525384

The service will commence on Monday 21st November and run through until March 2012, open from 8.30pm to 8.00am every night.

All service users will receive:
• A bed (camp bed) with sleeping bags and liners
• Additional blankets and bedding as required
• Towels and toiletries
• Laundering of bed linen, sleeping bags, towels etc
• Basic hot food each evening

Eligible persons are those who are over 18 and ’street homeless’ (this means people who do not hold a tenancy/interest in a property, and who do not have family or friends that they can stay with i.e. roofless and would be otherwise rough sleeping).

Referrals can be made either by telephone or in person to:
- All hours and days:
Harrogate Homeless Project 7 Bower Street, Harrogate, HG1 5BQ
Tel:01423-566900

- Monday – Friday 10am till 2pm:
Springboard Wesley House, Harrogate, HG1 1PP
Tel:01423-525384

15th December 2010 – 15th March 2011

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Harrogate Borough Council has decided to commission the Harrogate Homeless Project to provide a Cold Weather Provision Service for the winter of 2010/11. 

The service is known as STARS (Shelter To Assist Rough Sleepers) and will be located at: ‘Springboard’ Day Centre, Wesley Chapel House, Oxford Street HG1 1PP.  Tel: 01423 525384

Referrals can be made by phone or in person to:

•  Springboard Day Service, Wesley Chapel House, Oxford Street, HG1 1PP. Telephone: 01423 525384
•  Springboard is open between 10.00 – 2.00pm Monday to Friday.  At all other times, referrals can be made to:
•  Harrogate Homeless Project, 7 Bower Street, HG1 5BQ. Telephone: 01423 566900

Clients will be advised to present at STARS (at the Springboard premises, Wesley Chapel House), from 9.30pm that evening.

All service users will receive:

• A bed (camp bed) with sleeping bags and liners
• Additional blankets and bedding as required
• Towels and toiletries
• Laundering of bed linen, sleeping bags, towels etc
• Basic hot meal each evening
• Toilet and shower facilities

If you require any further information please contact The Project on:01423566900/01423525384

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The Places of Change funding has allowed us to

• make all rooms single occupancy only
• refurbish all the bedrooms and communal areas
• create new shower rooms and ground floor toilet
• create a welcoming reception area

1. Provide a safe and sure pleasant garden area for all the service users.
2. To provide healthy nutritious vegetables for the service users to use throughout our service.
3. Help people to become more active in the community physically and socially.
4. To build self esteem and self worth.
5. Enjoy outdoor activity.

Some people who are homeless or vulnerably housed feel isolated and rejected from the community and hopefully through the garden club they will meet other people. Being physically active in a safe environment helps people engage in meaningful activity, away from potentially negative behaviours.

Over the last few months, the Garden Club has been busy clearing the very overgrown site and creating raised beds for the vegetables.  We have purchased a greenhouse and built a BBQ, and have also created a wildlife pond and a lawned seating area for service users to enjoy.  

We have also created a remembrance rose garden to for service users to pay tribute to some of their peers who have sadly passed away as a result of their homelessness and social exclusion.

If you are interested in sponsoring our garden or donating any equipment or plants, please do not hesitate to contact Springboard on 01423 525384 

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