The team at Hope are celebrating their recent success in gaining a significant piece of funding for their new project, Restoring Resilience, from The National Lottery Community Fund. The award is for £490,384 over 3 years.

Restoring Resilience is part of a wider range of support services and will introduce additional activities/support in the areas of finance, food, mental health, domestic abuse and children and families.  Over the last 12 months, the Hope Centre has seen demand for support in these areas increase and this new funding will support the recruitment of new staff and the introduction of new support to meet demand.

It is not always easy to access support from rural locations and this has been even more difficult during the pandemic. It is for this reason that we are especially pleased to receive this funding award now, making it quick and easy to access help locally.

The Hope Centre has been supporting the local community for many years and has been described recently as a “beacon of success” by representatives of Bromyard and Winslow Town Council.  We are extremely pleased that such an important piece of funding recognised the value of locally led services working in communities and very grateful to The National Lottery for such an important award.

Our Child Contact Centre has remained open during the latest Government restrictions and we are delighted that we have been able to continue to facilitate contact sessions for children to see their non-resident parents/carers.
Our team has recently received some lovely feedback from a child who has been seeing their father at the centre.
‘I really like coming to play at the centre and I was worried that with the virus I wouldn’t be able to see my Daddy. It makes me sad when I can’t see him so it has made me happy that I can keep coming. There are lots of nice toys and crafts that we can play together and the staff make me feel happy and safe’.

If you would like to find out more information about our NACCC accredited Child Contact Centre please click here

If you are worried about asking for help or don’t know who to ask, we thought we’d share this with you. We know that sometimes it isn’t easy asking but we will not judge, we will just listen and we will help you find what you need.

Call or text us on 07395 959240 or email info@hopefamilycentre.org and ask for Heidi or Sarah.

“After leaving my ex-partner due to domestic abuse and being rehoused in Bromyard I knew no one at all. I was sad and lonely and had limited money and no

 family close to me. I was in a bad way.

I am so glad that I went to the doctors and talked to them and they gave me your number. After a chat on the phone a few times and then coming to the centre I felt almost like I knew things would get better for me and my little boy.

I am so glad that I kept coming back. I found it hard to talk about but you made it easy for me to tell you. I see that you have a save space for mums and you know what to do to get help for people like me.

I will always be grateful for the help and support and advice about how to help my little boy to understand why he couldn’t see his daddy anymore.  My domestic abuse worker tells me I am a “survivor” and the centre’s help made me really think that I am”