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Behind the scenes – what makes us different
  • 21 Apr 2026, 09:30
  • Nelly

At Hope and Vision Communities, what truly sets us apart is not just the homes we provide, but the people who walk alongside our residents every day. Our work is shaped by lived experience, deep understanding, and relationships built on honesty and trust. In this interview, Kevin Randall, our Head…

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Funding Awarded for new Women’s Housing Project
  • 19 Mar 2026, 11:00
  • admin

This International Women’s Day, a homelessness charity celebrates being one step closer to helping women in Gloucester. Hope and Vision Communities are delighted to announce a £14,000 funding award from the Benefact Trust to support the purchase of a home for vulnerable women in the Gloucester…

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When Mother’s Day is the hardest day of the year...
  • 13 Mar 2026, 13:00
  • admin

This weekend, the supermarkets are full of what I like to call ‘mum-reblia’…various bits of pink sparkly merch, with ‘best mum ever’ emblazoned across. Plus, flowers, chocolates and of course the obligatory bath and shower giftsets! I don’t want to sound cynical here. Personally, I’m an absolute…

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BBC Radio Berkshire Interview
  • 18 Sept 2025, 09:00
  • Diana

This year, Hope and Vision Communities celebrates its fifth anniversary — five years since our founder, Tony, set up the charity alongside the former judge who once sentenced him.  Together with our incredible trustees, team and supporters, they built a community that has now supported dozens of…

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Alpha Leadership Conference 2025
  • 1 Jun 2025, 08:30
  • Diana

We are extremely grateful to Nicky and Pippa Gumbel and the Alpha team for inviting us to speak at the Alpha Leadership LC25 conference held at the Royal Albert Hall. Special thanks to our friend and supporter Michael Emmett who introduced us to Nicky and Pippa. It was an amazing experience for…

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Lloyds Foundation Case Study
  • 29 May 2025, 08:30
  • Diana

As we approach our final year of our Lloyds Bank Foundation grant, we wanted to share our appreciation for the relationship which has helped us grow and mature far beyond the funds. The additional consultancy support and help with computer hardware has been has been crucial to our success Last…

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Funding from National Lottery Community Fund
  • 28 Mar 2025, 08:30
  • Diana

We would like to share our sincere gratitude for the continuing support and funding from The National Lottery Community Foundation Awards for All. We have recently received a grant for Infrastructure Development and because of that, we have been able to resource our team. We have appointed Nelly…

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Don't Miss It! The More Than My Past Podcast
  • 8 Nov 2024, 13:00
  • Becky

Don’t miss it! Hope and Vision Communities feature on the More Than My Past Podcast We were thrilled to be invited to share our story with The Forward Trust’s director Julie Muir and actor Jason Flemyng, as they launched the first episode of season 3 of the More Than My Past Podcast. The MTMP…

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Sky Dive with Aspire Networking Groups
  • 29 Jun 2024, 16:15
  • Tony

A big thank you to Andrew Blackenbury and Chris Homer from the Aspire Networking Groups! Skydiving 13,500ft with resident James on behalf of all of our residents and people we are yet to help still stuck and unable to take that difficult and terrifying step of change from a life of hell, pain and…

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A Great Day Out!
  • 12 Jun 2024, 16:15

Staff and residents enjoyed a well deserved day out at Delta Force Paintball - UK An opportunity to not take things too seriously, let our hair down enjoying ourselves and forming stronger relationships, enjoying life and recovery together. Plenty of bruises, but no one killed each other. Well…

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