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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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Funding News!
  • 3 Jun 2024, 16:15
  • Tony

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…

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Funding News!
  • 31 May 2024, 16:15
  • Tony

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…

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New Appointment
  • 8 Apr 2024, 10:05

We welcome Donna Duffy to our team as our Trusts and Grants Fundraiser! We are committed to sourcing the valuable funds to continue the support we offer our community and our plans to move forward and grow Donna has over 20 years experience of working for charities looking after Trusts and…

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Thames Valley Police and Crime Commisioner Community Fund Awards
  • 18 Mar 2024, 10:00
  • Tony

A pleasure and a privelage to be invited to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley community fund awards again as they have generously continued their support of our work with an award of £7,750 to deliver support to our residents Matthew Barber and Jason Hogg (Chief…

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Exciting News! New Appointment
  • 26 Feb 2024, 17:30
  • Tony

“As a result of the continued growth of Hope and Vision Communities the trustees decided to restructure our senior team in order to ensure that we are ready for the next stage in our development. I'm delighted to welcome Treflyn Lloyd Roberts into his new role as CEO. Treflyn brings enormous…

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Evolving Prisons
  • 5 Jan 2024, 10:05
  • louise

"An unlikely friendship between two people with experience of the opposing sides of the criminal justice system...a wonderful story of how two people with different life experiences can come together to make the world a better place" Peter and I recently talked to Kaigan Carrie at Evolving…

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We Did It!
  • 13 Nov 2023, 10:05
  • louise

“We did it” is a phase I wasn’t sure we’d be saying at some points this weekend but WE did it! Not only did we smash our target (every penny comes to the charity so please keep giving) but we also climbed mountains we didn’t think we could We’re really proud of the residents that took part.…

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New Appointment
  • 31 Oct 2023, 10:05
  • louise

We are delighted to announce that Kevin Randall is joining us as our new Head of Key Working. Kevin is a 'bitsa' which means he's lived bits of his life in different countries including New Zealand, Australia and the USA. He grew up experiencing the same kind of trauma that many of our residents…

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Meet Paul Blair
  • 30 Oct 2023, 10:00
  • louise

I wanted to tell you more about my friend Paul Blair who is leading the team climbing the 21 Peaks in a few weeks. Paul and I were in Bullingdon prison together and it was Peter, our Chairman, who sentenced us both. This photo is the moment Paul met Peter again for the first time since the court…

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