THE PASSAGE

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THE PASSAGE

• Helping Homeless People

Lorraine Richardson
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Our History

• We are a Christian Homeless Charity
• Working with some of the most vulnerable and
  complex people sleeping rough on the streets of
  Westminster

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Our mission

• The mission of The Passage is to provide
  resources which encourage, inspire and challenge
  homeless people to transform their lives

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Emotional Wellbeing Project

• Aims of the project
• To create an information leaflet written and
  produced by clients
• To enable clients to recognise what is good
  mental health
• To provide detailed information on services
  available
• To create a peer mentoring group
• To develop client skills

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What we are achieving

• A safe and confidential environment
• Sessions that are led by clients for clients
• 71 clients attending
• Involving local community agencies

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Where do we go from here

• Produce the leaflet
• Introduce new sessions identified by clients
• Evaluate the project
• Share our learning with other agencies
• Develop the project within our own residential
  projects

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What our clients say

• I love this group I come every week
• I really enjoy the group I thought it would be
  just someone talking at us but I felt really
  comfortable and normal

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What our clients say

• Ive just realised that by talking to other
  people in the same situation how many
  alternatives there are to just taking medication
  given to me by my GP
• I dont feel like Im alone anymore