St. Petrock's (Exeter) Ltd.
10 Cathedral Yard
Exeter EX1 1HJ
Tel. Office: 01392 422396
Tel. Centre: 01392 217550
Email: gill@stpetrocks.org.uk
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
Deliveries
Deliveries into Cathedral Yard can only be made between 8.30 - 10am weekdays.
Articles and News
Topsham Street Collection
This year’s Topsham Street Collection raised £641.37 which is a very impressive result. Our sincere thanks to local volunteer Ann McMenamin for organising her wonderful volunteers and to everyone in Topsham on Saturday, August 21st who gave their support.
Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 - 11:13 AM
Wanted Socks
With the recent high numbers of clients (often up to 50 a day) using our centre, we are now very short of sleeping bags - if you have one or, even better, two that you could donate please can you either call 422396 to arrange collection or drop them in to us - they will be very much appreciated.
Posted on 26 Jul, 2010 - 09:30 AM
Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now out and can be viewed on our Media Page. In this quarter’s edition focusses on Harvest Festival, which may seem a long way off but we wanted to get our message to local community groups, churches and schools in plenty of time. This year, we have put together a ‘most wanted list’ as we still have a good supply of pasta and tinned goods which is featured in the newsletter.
Posted on 26 Jul, 2010 - 09:23 AM
Dragon Boat Race
Our team, Petrock’s Pirates, managed to raise over £320 at the Dragon Boat Race on July 11th for the local Dream-a-way charity. Thank you to everyone who supported us in making sure our team of clients/volunteers was able to take part - it was such an enjoyable day that we are committed to next year’s race and with some more practise sessions!
Posted on 26 Jul, 2010 - 09:19 AM
High Sheriff’s Garden Party
We are very grateful to Betty d’Erlanger, the High Sheriff of Devon, for supporting homelessness as her cause and St Petrock’s at both her Legal Service and Garden Party. These events led to donations of over £1400 being received - so thank you again Betty.
Posted on 26 Jul, 2010 - 09:16 AM
Remedies Fundraiser
Our thanks to everyone who took part in Remedies’ beauty treatment offer in May, which raised £317.50! Special thanks to Wendy Wills of Remedies for organising the event and Emma for providing the beauty treatments free of charge each Saturday in May for a donation to St Petrock’s.
Posted on 10 Jun, 2010 - 03:32 PM
Dragon Boat Race
We’d like your support to help our team participate in this year’s Dragon Boat Race, on July 11th at Exeter Quay, in aid of Dream-A-Way charity which provides holidays and days trips for people of all ages with physical and learning difficulties. Our team will be mainly made up of people who are currently rough sleeping or living in temporary accommodation who, in spite of their circumstances, want to help others enjoy a more fulfilled life. If you’d like to make a donation please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). - we don’t have long so please get in touch as soon as possible!
Posted on 03 Jun, 2010 - 10:28 AM
Wish List
Our Wish List for donated items is now up and running on the Get Involved page. We urgently require sleeping bags and men’s socks so if you can help please get in touch!
Posted on 27 May, 2010 - 09:49 AM
St Petrock’s Day
Join us in St Petrock’s church on Friday, June 4th to celebrate St Petrock’s Day and discover how the church has evolved over the centuries with local archaeologist, Richard Parker. You will also be able to find out how ‘the other half’ is used as a resource centre for people who are homeless in the city from former clients of St Petrock’s charity and staff. There will also be live music and refreshments. Doors will open at 10.30am to 2.30pm
Posted on 19 May, 2010 - 02:52 PM
Remedies Offer
Free beauty treatments are available every Saturday in May at Remedies of Topsham, for a small donation to St Petrock’s. Call 01392 877221 to make your appointment with Emma.
Posted on 16 Apr, 2010 - 12:19 PM
Puertas Quartet success
The Puertas Quartet concert in Topsham raised a staggering £600! Our grateful thanks to organiser Sheila Burgess and her helpers for such an enjoyable and successful event on April 6th and, of course, to the Puertas Quartet who played beautifully.
Posted on 16 Apr, 2010 - 12:09 PM
Devon Contract Waste
To help us with our running costs, Devon Contract Waste has offered to collect our waste and recycling free of charge which is a wonderful gesture and could help us save up to £1000 in waste disposal. Simon Almond MD of Devon Contract Waste said, ” We wanted to help St Petrock’s in some way and congratulate them for all the great work they do so we decided to make this offer.” Find out more about Devon Contract Waste.
Posted on 31 Mar, 2010 - 01:41 PM
The Puertas Quartet
Residents of Topsham have the opportunity to enjoy works form Mozart, Hayden and Beethoven performed by the young and vibrant Puertas Quartet on Tuesday, April 6th at 7.30pm in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham with proceeds in aid of St Petrock’s. Tickets are available from Joel Segal Books and Topsham Video Centre or on the door and cost £7 including a glass of wine/juice.
Posted on 17 Mar, 2010 - 11:10 AM
Exeter City FC Collection
With the wonderful efforts of our five-a-side football team, we collected £329.29 at the recent Exeter City vs. Oldham match on March 6th. Our thanks to Andy Cole, Charity Collection Co-Ordinator for granting the collection at St James Park. Click here to see the magnificent St Petrock’s five-a-side team!
Posted on 17 Mar, 2010 - 11:01 AM
WAW
Each afternoon during the week of March 22nd - 26th, we will be putting on Wild Art Week which will provide a variety of types of art for people to sample. Wild Art Week will be open to our clients as well as people on referral from other agencies in the city. Art organisations such as Spacex, Exeter Phoenix, Double Elephant, RAMM and Exeter College are already signed up to take part and we hope that a second Wild Art Week will take place later in the year.
Please click here for the Wild Art Week Calendar.
Posted on 12 Feb, 2010 - 03:23 PM
Annual Report
Our Annual Report for ‘08/‘09 is out now and contains details of our work and achievements in the past year. It is available on-line but if you would like to receive a copy by post then please click on ‘Contact Us’ at the top of the page. All of us, at St Petrock’s, would like to thank Graeme Norways for the design and production of this year’s report which he took on at minimal cost. We very much appreciate the time and effort which he put into the project and also to Ruaraidh Monies for his photography.
To download a copy, please click here…
Posted on 02 Feb, 2010 - 03:57 PM
Morrison Vouchers
We’d like to thank Janice Papworth and family for providing us with £1,000 worth of Morrison vouchers. Janice told us she had often wondered how best to help people she saw sleeping on the streets and then she saw a competition on Absolute Radio’s website asking people to nominate a cause they felt would benefit from receiving such a prize. Janice nominated St Petrock’s and won! Linda, our kitchen manager, was delighted,” It was a wonderful surprise and they will be very useful in helping us provide clients with fresh vegetables, meat and fruit as and when we need them.”
Posted on 27 Jan, 2010 - 10:55 AM
Street Collection
Despite icy weather and the recession, Exeter’s shoppers generously gave £578.85 during our late night shopping street collection in the city on Dec 17th. Not only were we fortunate to have the help of 12 collectors but we also had the support of the choir from St Thomas Methodist Church, led by volunteer Penny Briggs, who all sang beautifully in St Petrock’s church entrance and attracted a lot of interest. Thanks to all those involved as we managed to collect nearly £150 more than last year!
Posted on 23 Dec, 2009 - 01:33 PM
Christmas tree donation
On behalf of everyone at St Petrock’s, we’d like to thank all the staff and children of Bowhill Primary School for the donation of their Christmas tree at the end of term. It was a great Christmas present and STP staff and clients really enjoyed decorating it!
Posted on 23 Dec, 2009 - 01:19 PM
Congratulations to STP football team
Congratulations to the St Petrock’s Five-a-Side football team for their first match win of the Inter-agency Challenge Cup! With four clients and one staff volunteer, the St Petrock’s side then went on to come second in the next match and in Devon FA’s Langdon Event held on November 3rd.
Posted on 09 Dec, 2009 - 04:55 PM
Topsham Fundraiser
Volunteer Ann MacMenamin, with the help of Trustee David Woods and his wife Brenda, managed to raise £263.50 selling bric-a-brac at Topsham Hall on November 14th which was a great result given the terrible weather!
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 - 03:29 PM
Christmas Wish List
If you would like help support our clients this winter, we are in short supply of men’s gloves, men’s hats, themos flasks (which we can fill with hot soup) and sleeping bags. Please note all donations have to be made weekdays between 8.30-10am if access to Cathedral Yard is required (ie delivery to the door).
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 - 03:25 PM
Christmas cards on sale
This year’s Christmas cards are on sale at St Martin’s shop in Cathedral Yard. Packs of 10 cost £3.50. Two wonderful designs by our clients are still available - so make sure you pick up a pack or two!
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 - 03:21 PM
Thank you for Harvest Festival
Thank you to everyone for your generous donations of Harvest Festival, we have almost filled the crypt this year! Given the challenges we face in meeting our financial obligations this helps enourmously. So thank you for your generousity!
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 - 11:03 AM
St Stephen’s Fundraiser
St Stephen’s fundraiser on Saturday, August 29th was a great success with £503.44 being raised! Many thanks to the volunteers, clients and friends who turned out on the day to help with the sale of bric-a-brac and homemade cakes.
Posted on 15 Sep, 2009 - 02:21 PM
Amazing donation of £45k
A local donor has made an amazing donation of £45k to St Petrocks. “We have never before received such a large, private donation,” said Mel Hartley, Project Manager, “and we are extremely grateful to the donor for choosing St Petrock’s for such a generous philanthropic act. This money will be used to provide on-going advice and referral services, basic survival services and family reconciliation for our clients.
“It could not have come at a better time as we were facing a very difficult year ahead however this award, spread over three years, will certainly help us meet our challenges. The money was also gift-aided which has mean that we have been able to reclaim the tax and that has provided an additional £12,000.” The donor has asked to remain anonymous.
Posted on 01 Sep, 2009 - 11:50 AM
Thanks to our supporters in Topsham
The Tophsam Street Collection on Saurday, August 22nd raised £627.05 - an amazing amount! Many thanks to our volunteer Ann McMenamin, who organised the collection and her wonderful gang of collectors and to everyone in Topsham for showing such generous support.
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 - 12:55 PM
Harvest Festival Wish List
If you’d like to donate at Harvest Festival this year please see our Wish List. Please also note our “Donations Deliveries” advice.
Harvest Festival Wish List
* Coffee
* Tea
* White granulated sugar/ soft brown sugar
* Orange squash/fruit juices
* Cup-a-soups (esp. tomato)
* Tinned fruit
* Tinned meat/fish
* Tinned custard/puddings
* Dried pasta, pulses, beans
* Fresh fruit (windfalls cannot be accepted)
* Fresh vegetables
* Packaged breakfast cereals
* Pasta sauces/curry sauces
* Dried fruit, sultanas, raisins
* Jams, spreads, marmalade
* Biscuits
* Toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, shaving foam, disposable razors, suntan lotion, etc…)
WE ALSO ARE IN GREAT NEED OF RUCKSACKS, WETWEATHER GEAR, SLEEPING BAGS, and MENS BOOTS.
Posted on 24 Jul, 2009 - 12:10 PM
£3,000 award from Abbey for ICT training
The Abbey Charitable Trust has awarded St Petrock’s with £3,000 to improve ICT training at the centre. Basic Skills tutor at St Petrock’s, Keith Johnson said “We’re delighted that the Abbey Charitable Trust has made this award which will enable us to buy 6 new laptops. We will now be able to offer not only ICT courses and qualifications to more of our clients but also use more ICT in our literacy and numeracy classes creating a more rounded learning experience for everyone.
“Our accredited courses have been popular with clients and, for many, passing one of these has been their first educational achievement. As a Phase 3 Functional Skills pilot centre with the National Open College Network (NOCN), we expect around 40 clients to benefit each year from a range of IT courses we will now be able to offer. We estimate the laptops have a life of at least 5 years, thereby, providing employability skills to some 200 disadvantaged people in the area.”
Anoushka Lander, CSR Communications Manager at Abbey, said ” We are always on the look out for good causes that need our help. We are delighted to fund the new IT equipment for St Petrock’s and we hope that even more service users will benefit over the coming years.”
Posted on 23 Jul, 2009 - 10:23 AM
Celebration Day collection
Our awareness campaign during Celebration Day (June 27) on Cathedral Green raised an amazing £620!
Posted on 03 Jul, 2009 - 11:46 AM
Client Artwork Exhibition
Don’t miss our first exhibition of Client Artwork at ExeterPhoenix from Wednesday, September 9th to Sunday, 4th October.
Posted on 30 Jun, 2009 - 01:55 PM
Provincial Donation
Thank you to Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire (WAKE Fund) for its donation of £1,000.
Posted on 30 Jun, 2009 - 01:53 PM