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CRYPT PRAYS FOR HAITI DISASTER

Staff, service users and Trustees of St George’s Crypt – the well-known Leeds charity working with homeless and disadvantaged people for 80 years – have been very distressed at the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake disaster and which has resulted in such a terrible death toll along with countless people injured and hundreds of thousands homeless.

 

Chris Fields, CEO of the Crypt, said, “We are so conscious that when a disaster of this magnitude occurs, the devastation caused is of a scale which makes us aware that we need to respond. Our service users can at least have a roof over their head , a bed        for the night, and a hot meal – all things which those made homeless in Haiti cannot be guaranteed at this time”.

Crypt staff will pray daily for those whose lives have been shattered by the earthquake, and will place a candle in the chapel as a reminder of their plight and  a way to stand in solidarity with those who have lost so much.

 

  • 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.