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Latest Christmas Appeal news

Donations from British Gas

The build up to Christmas is gathering momentum and so is our Christmas Appeal.

Only launched a couple of weeks ago we have already been grateful and happy for all the donations arriving each day in our office via a variety of different ways.


Obviously, you can donate online, by cheque or in person – thanks for dropping by!

Now you can use Paypal to donate to the Crypt we are seeing more and more givers ensuring that they do their bit towards helping the homeless this Christmas.

 

Thanks too, for those of you offering to help in many other ways. Here are some suggestions:

 Organise a fundraising event for friends and local community – a coffee morning, bring and buy, or produce sale
 Encourage people to donate new or quality used toys for needy families over Christmas
 Encourage people to donate practical items e.g. tins of non-perishable food, socks, toiletries which are always useful for our service users
 We can (with notice) provide a speaker for a fund raising event if you are able to organise one

Meanwhile, the picture above shows over £250 worth of goods donated by British Gas staff to the Crypt - many thanks to everyone there who contributed.
We appreciate all your donations and support.
All contributions are vital to our work and we rely on your help.

Sunday 5th December is the Sunday when we will be lighting our second Advent candle! Two more Sundays before Christmas! PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP.

Some of our supporters:

“We work in the library at Horsforth School. We fine pupils 5p for each day a book is returned late. We would like you to have this money to help the homeless of Leeds at Christmas.” - Anon

“I never cease to be amazed at the range of people who I know use the Crypt and I hope that my donation goes some way towards helping them have a happy Christmas!” Tim

  • New Chaplain for the homeless

    Up to 100 people packed the Assisi Café in the Crypt to witness the licensing of Revd Steve Dye as the Diocesan Chaplain for the Homeless by the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, John Packer.

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  • Staff Fun Day

    Many staff and full-time volunteers/bank staff enjoyed a very sunny day in Bolton Abbey. We started with tea & coffee prepared by the CEO on a camping stove (it must have been warm he had his legs out!!!!!).

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  • Housing Minister revisits the Crypt

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps revisited the Crypt to see for himself how recent refurbishments have meant a range of services under one roof to local homeless people.

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  • Beeston Festival

    This year was the 3rd year we booked ourselves a stall at the Beeston Festival.  It has grown from one stall in 2008 to us being able to fill up 3 stalls in 2010.  The weather was very kind to us after a very wet week.  The sun shone all day and lots of people visited the event.

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  • Update: John Gentle

    John Gentle, the 75 year old grandfather who ran for St George’s Crypt, duly completed his trek from Ripon to Leeds, arriving promptly at 6pm (as he had predicted!).

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  • Leeds Building Society donates £1,300 to the Crypt

    Leeds Building Society has made a £1,300 donation to the Crypt. This donation is the Charitable Incentive Donation from Leeds Building Society’s Annual General Meeting. Leeds Building Society donated 10p for every postal vote received and 20p for every internet vote. Members selected which partner charity they wanted to receive the donation from their vote.

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  • A Time for Reflection

    Another interesting article by, James Legg, a Leeds Student reporter this time talking to one of our former service users and now member of staff, Andrew, about the journey that lead him to the Crypt.

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  • BBC Radio Leeds

    Andrew Heseltine, one of our Support Workers at Regent Terrace hostel, is the guest on BBC Radio Leeds’ One on One programme on Wendesday 2nd June between 2pm and 3pm – a “Desert Island Discs” type show – where he will talk about his life which is a very humbling and inspiring story about his successful battle with alcohol dependency. Do try to tune in or listen to it later on the iplayer.