January 9, 2012 / by lucy / Make A Comment / Filed under Destitution, Housing, News
Salford Hosting Information Evening
If you’re interested in hosting asylum seekers and you live in Salford, please come to a Salford Hosting Information Evening on Wednesday January 18th 2012. This event is organised by the Boaz Trust and United for Change.
The event will be taking place from 7.15pm – 9.00pm (refreshments from 7.00pm) at Pendleton Gateway Centre, Community Rooms 1&2, 1 Broadwalk, Salford M6 5FX (near Salford Shopping Centre).
All welcome! For details please contact Joyce, or go to our contacts page.
For full details, please download the following attachment:
Salford Hosting A4 Poster
November 8, 2011 / by lucy / Make A Comment / Filed under Asylum, Destitution, Housing, News
From 1st November this year, the Boaz winter night shelter has begun again- it doesn’t feel like 6 months since the last one closed, but there you go! The Boaz night shelter, accommodating up to 12 male asylum seekers each night in seven different locations around the city, is a unique and much-needed resource for the most desperate street homeless asylum seekers in Manchester.
Suzannah is the latest person to join the Boaz team, and she has the task of overseeing groups of volunteers at each of the seven churches that are participating this year, as well as managing referrals into the shelter itself. She is a great asset to the team and we’re enjoying having her in the office most days!
This year we have seen 9 men supported so far through the night shelter- some have come every night, others have only stayed for 1 night. Each person has a different situation, but all are refused asylum seekers, who have no recourse to public funds.
We’re hugely grateful to all the volunteers who have been so dedicated to the cause, and also to the British Red Cross who have provided the majority of the funding for the shelter this year. Without this support we would have really struggled, so thank you!
Interview with Suzannah to follow… watch this space!
October 18, 2011 / by lucy / Make A Comment / Filed under Events, Housing
We’re really excited that a team of 15 volunteers from St Mary’s Church in Sale, Manchester, will be joining the Boaz Trust next week for their annual mission week.
The team (which will be different each day) is going to be doing loads of different stuff, including DIY in some of our houses, helping with the monthly Free Shop, running a coffee morning (with an African music workshop and more!) and taking clients out on day trips.
They are also running our biggest Boaz Dinner Party on Saturday 29th October, with an estimated 100 guests, which is amazing. We’re very grateful to them for their interest and enthusiasm about working with asylum seekers, and can’t wait to see what next week will bring!
