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The Boaz Life Programme

lucy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:51:09 +0000

We’ve just launched the ‘Boaz Life Programme’, as part of our wider support package for clients known as ‘Meaningful Lives‘ and we’re really excited about how it’s going!

‘Boaz Life’ is a holistic year-long course for clients inspired by the ’5 Ways to Wellbeing’ research carried out by the New Economics Foundation, and has been adopted in different ways by statutory and voluntary services across the UK.

It focuses on different practical ways individuals can improve their physical and mental health, and it’s got off to a flying start. Yesterday two of our female clients led a session on self-esteem and confidence and it was great to see people engaging with this important issue in new and creative ways.

For more on the programme itself, please visit the Meaningful Lives page on our website.

Christmas is coming…

lucy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:51:07 +0000

Lots of Boaz clients have been hard at work this week, putting the finishing touches to this year’s Christmas cards! We’ve now got glitter all over the office, which is helping us to get in the festive mood…

The cards this year are inspired by some of the different languages Boaz clients speak. We are really honoured by the diversity different cultures, communities and nationalities bring to the Boaz family and wanted to find a way to express that. So, this year, each of the 5 card designs contain a different word associated with Christmas, in English, French, Amharic, Punjabi, Farsi and Urdu.

Cards come in packs of 5 for £2.50. Postage and packaging is extra- please ask for details.

Here are the 5 designs:

If you’d like to order some cards, please email us or phone the office on 0161 2021056 to do so. We’d be more than happy to help you get in the festive spirit!

Easter cards have arrived!

lucy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:07:27 +0000

Thanks to our fabulous volunteers and Meaningful Lives group members, we’ve got a whole batch of brand new Easter cards for you to feast your eyes on this year!

There are 4 different cards, each with the same beautiful cross design in the middle, but with alternative text at the bottom. They are…

‘Our God is love’

‘He is risen’

‘Happy Easter’

‘Hosanna in the Highest’

Packs are £5 (6 cards in a pack)

If you want to get hold of some, you can either come into the office and purchase as many packs as you like, or email us to reserve them for you. If you live outside of Manchester we can send them out to you (please note there will be a small charge for P&P).

Get cracking!

Tis (nearly!) the season…

Nigel Biggs — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:04:30 +0000

These are two of the designs with the message inside displayed...

The message inside all the cards reads: ‘May you know joy and peace this Christmas and in the coming year’.

Cards cost 50p each, or a pack of 10 for £5. They are designed and made by destitute asylum seekers through the Meaningful Lives activities programme, supported by a dedicated team of volunteers.

Pop into the office to pick up your packs, or email office@boaztrust.org.uk for more info. We look forward to hearing from you and wish you a fantastic Christmas!

Boaz and the Arts

Nigel Biggs — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:01:00 +0000

After our successful Santuary Art Exhibition last year, we are pleased to announce that Boaz is partnering with No Nonsense Theatre Company for Refugee Week 2010. No Nonsense have been working with some of the women cared for by the Boaz Trust to produce an art exhibition which will run alongside their performances of Ruth. Ruth is a fantastic production of the biblical story using mime, puppetry and dance. It is of course the story from which the Boaz Trust gets its name – Boaz was a guy who treated Ruth, a foreigner, with love and respect.

The exhibition, entitled ‘Different Pasts – Shared Futures’, will be displayed inside Manchester Cathedral from 14th to 27th June, opening times Mon-Fri 8.30am-7pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm, Sun 8.30am-7.30pm.

Performances of Ruth on will take place on Thursday 17th June 11.30am, Friday 18th June 11.30am and 7pm, and Saturday 19th June 7pm. The performance on the evening of 19th June will be a Gala Night with a chance to sample some Ethiopian cuisine and to meet the women involved in the exhibition. Tickets are available from the Cathedral box office on 0161 833 2220. For further information regarding the performance please call 07753 586 584.

Get your Easter Cards

Nigel Biggs — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:57:54 +0000

Our craft group have been busy making Easter cards for you to buy. Check them out here.

Making lives meaningful again

Nigel Biggs — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:50:34 +0000

One of our residents took some time this week to describe the difference the Boaz Trust has made in his life:

“I am very much glad and obliged to get a chance to pass the comment regarding the Boaz Trust. I am a destitute asylum seeker. I have no relatives and friends in the country. I was in a very critical situation after my case was refused. Boaz Trust extended their sweet hand towards me, otherwise I would have died. They have provided me with accommodation, food, English classes, sewing classes, arts and crafts, and bus fares to attend the classes. All the staff of Boaz Trust have a dedicated life. I should pray and request to the public and different agency to extend their sweet hand towards the Boaz Trust and donate money. That would be very good for them. The can help other asylum people like me. Thank you very much for helping. Yours faithfully, Sankar.”