Free Food Guide In Exeter
We produce this leaflet which provides details of local organisations that provide food and support in weekday evenings and at weekends.
To view the latest copy, please click here…
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Exeter Street Survival Guide
This leaflet has been designed as a rough guide for rough sleeping. It contains useful information and advice for rough sleepers as well as helpful contact numbers and addresses for support organisations in Exeter. The Guide was sponsored by St Petrock’s and Exeter City Council and designed by local company Toucan Graphic Design Ltd. The Guide is available from all agencies supporting people who are homeless in the city.
To download/view a copy, please click here…
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Annual Reports
Our Annual Report for 2011 contains details of our work and achievements in the past year. All of us, at St Petrock’s, would like to thank Graeme Norways for the design and production and Ruaraidh Monies for his photography for this project.
Please click here to read the Report as an on-line magazine.
You can also view our old Annual Reports; for 2010 by clicking here and 2008/09 Annual Report here and 2007/08 Annual Report here.
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Volunteer Application Form
Please click here to download a copy.
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Most Wanted List
Please click here…
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Make A Donation
You can make a one-off donation either by donating on-line, in person or by post. Supporters are always welcome and letters of support are a great encouragement. Please make cheques payable to: St Petrock’s (Exeter) Ltd.
Credit/Debit Card Donations
Become a Friend of St Petrock’s
If you can commit yourself to an annual or monthly donation, it will help with our on-going funding. Friends of St Petrock’s are kept informed of progress at the Centre by means of the Annual Report and a quarterly newsletter. For our standing order form, please click here.
Direct Debit Donations
Gift Aid
If you are a taxpayer, Gift Aid is a great way to boost the value of your donations by almost a third at no extra cost or trouble to you! It allows us to reclaim the tax on all donations. Fill out the Gift Aid Donation Form by downloading our Gift Aid Donation Form.
Bequests
Making a bequest in your will is a way of investing in the next generation. There can be significant tax advantages to your estate by making a bequest to charity.
Payroll Giving
Payroll giving is a direct and tax efficient scheme enabling employees to give from their pre-tax pay. Find out more about Payroll Giving.
Gifts in kind
These take many forms. We need food, especially tinned goods, tea, coffee, sugar, pasta and packaged groceries. Blankets, socks, shoes, clothes in good condition and sleeping bags are always welcome.
Churches
Why not hold a collection with your congregation for St Petrock’s? We can supply you with posters and leaflets to help raise awareness of our work here. A donation from your church will help us to make a difference.
Schools and Colleges
There are many ways that your school or university can support St Petrock’s with collections, fund-raising events (non uniform days etc.), RAG week and awareness raising sessions. Again, we can provide posters and leaflets and plenty of support.
Businesses and Organisations
The PR impact of your company supporting an important social issue will be beneficial both internally amongst your staff and externally with your key stakeholders. Here are a few suggestions as to how your company can work with St Petrock’s:
Sponsorship
Cause Related Marketing
Employee Fundraising
Payroll Giving
To discuss how your company can work with St Petrock’s, call Gill Luckings on 01392 422396.
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Hub for Partner Agencies
We don’t work in isolation. St Petrock’s is a hub for drop-in services allowing clients access to specialist services such as drug and alcohol, mental health, accommodation providers, employment and outreach healthcare at regular morning sessions. Agencies providing drop-ins include Addaction, the Clock Tower Surgery, the Street Homeless Outreach Team, and YMCA Job Club. We also work closely with Exeter City Council’s Housing team, Probation, Police and HM Prison Service.
The support of the Royal British Legion in providing us with funding and training to work with ex-servicemen, as well as providing emergency accommodation, can make all the difference in the world to this vulnerable group. Some 8% of our clients are ex-servicemen and the RBL’s vital support in time of crisis can help restore much needed hope and trust.
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Prevention
In addition to our resettlement work in HMP Exeter, our prevention and information work is an important part of our service portfolio.
We have developed a Schools Programme, specifically for secondary schools, which includes a 5 lesson scheme-of-work, resources and a DVD all mapped to the Citizenship and PSHE curricula, which is free of charge.
We also go into primary/secondary schools, colleges, community groups, churches and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) across Devon and give talks around the issues of homelessness and our work.
We believe that it is important that we provide people with this awareness and provide the information that they may need to help reduce the likelihood that they may fall into the trap of homelessness. As with our Schools Programme, our talks also aim to help overcome prejudice and stereotyping toward people who are homeless.
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Keyworking/Training
Each regular client will spend time with a project worker to identify which support options are best for their individual needs. As the first point of contact for people who are homeless in Exeter, we are uniquely placed to help and have well-established links to all the relevant agencies. However, it can take time, skill and patience to build trust and a full picture of a client’s situation. Once a plan is agreed, project staff provide on-going support to enable clients to meet each step on the plan.
Many of the clients we work with will have become socially excluded and many have complex or overlapping needs, such as mental or emotional health issues, addictions or a learning or physical disability. Engagement with clients through key working and training in Life Skills are vital and crucial aspects of our work which help clients make positive changes in their lives.
Lack of accommodation and lack of education are common threads and we seek to address this by offering Basic Skills classes.
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Rent & Support Service
This new project, funded by Crisis, allows us to develop access to private rented sector accommodation in the area for those in housing need, in order to create and maintain sustainable tenancies. The service is available to clients who are not eligible for social housing and who may be on low income or in receipt of Benefits. We act as a broker between our clients and local landlords and provide support and advice for both. The service acts as a guarantor to reduce the financial risk to landlords, supports clients in enabling them to create a manageable home and connects new tenants with local support services. More details can be found in our Rent & Support Service brochure. Please click here.
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Prison Resettlement/PORCH Project
In addition to our work in St Petrock’s, our Prison team provide housing interventions in the custody process and resettlement at HMP Exeter. In 2009/10, a total of 718 offenders were referred to this service and 439 were supported in accommodation directly from Exeter Prison. The remainder were transferred or released from court. In partnership with HMP Exeter, our staff provide housing advice, as part of a pre-release programme, to explore a multitude of issues relevant to leaving prison.
In 2010, we took over the PORCH Project, which aims to reduce re-offending and contribute to safer communities by providing sustainable accommodation and support to prolific and persistent offenders. The dictionary definition of ‘porch’ is a ‘sheltered entrance’ and this is exactly what we seek to provide to offenders returning to the area from prisons with an intensive package of support and assistance in partnership with colleagues from the Police, Probation and Health.
Referrals come from a variety of sources including prisons, drug treatment agencies, as well as the Police and Probation. This service is available to men and women offenders over the age of 18, who live in Exeter, East and Mid Devon. or are returning to these areas from prison.
To view the PORCH Project brochure please click here.
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How We Are Funded
It cost £329,106 to run St Petrock’s in 2009/10. 33% of our income was funded by trusts and foundations, 30% by the local community, 11% from HM Prison Service, 4% from the local authority, 4% by NHS Devon and 18% by the Big Lottery.
92% of our income was spent directly on delivering services.
Funding will remain a significant challenge for us. We will seek funding for specific aspects of our work so that we are not reliant on a single funder and are fortunate to have a large number of supporters in the local community who continue to support our work.
Click here for a list of our funders.
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Are You Homeless?
Are you rough sleeping or do you want to get help for someone who is?
If you are sleeping rough or are concerned about someone in the area you can:
Come in or contact St Petrock’s any weekday between 9am and 1pm (9-12noon on Weds) to access basic survival services as well as advice and referral to other services, by our professional team, in a safe and non-judgemental environment. We have regular morning drop-ins by the Street Homeless Outreach Team, specialist agencies such as Addaction and the YMCA job club and healthcare providers.
Our Exeter Street Survival Guide also provides information on homelessness services available in the city. Our guide to where to go for Free Food in Exeter can be viewed here.
Are you at risk of becoming homeless?
If you need advice or feel you may be at risk of losing your home you can:
Contact your local council’s Housing Department or contact St Petrock’s to discuss your situation. For Exeter City Council’s Housing Dept go to www.exeter.gov.uk or call 01392 277888.
For telephone advice, call Shelter’s free housing advice helpline on 0808 800 4444 from 8am-8pm Mon-Fri and 8am-5pm Sat-Sun or go to www.shelter.org.uk
Citizen’s Advice Bureau will give more general information on your rights, including Benefits, housing, family matters, employment, debt and legal matters.
For Exeter C.A.B go to www.exetercab.org.uk or call 01392 201210.
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Useful Information
St. Petrock’s (Exeter) Ltd.
10 Cathedral Yard
Exeter EX1 1HJ
Tel. Office: 01392 422396
Tel. Centre: 01392 217550
Morning Session
Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri
9.00am - 1.00pm
Wednesdays
9.00am - 12.00pm
Afternoon Session
Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri
14.00pm - 16.00pm
Donation Deliveries
Please note deliveries into Cathedral Yard can only be made weekdays between 8.30 - 10am.
