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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We are delighted to be supported again this year by The Archer Trust. The Archer Trust is a UK charitable grant-making trust based on Christian values. The Archer Trust was set up in 1994 in memory of Ronnie Archer, who rose through the ranks of Unilever to become Vice-Chairman. Throughout his…

We are delighted to have recently recieved a £20,000 grant with thanks to Garfield Weston Foundation who have generously contributing towards our shortfall this year so we can continue to deliver and grow our work Garfield Weston Foundation is a family founded grant-maker that gives money to…

The trustees of Hope and Vision Communities became aware of the recent allegations concerning Russell Brand only when they emerged in the media on Saturday 16th September. We are saddened by the stories emerging but our focus must continue to be on working with men in recovery from addiction, and…