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Hidden Talents project at the CIRWC Women's Centre (2011)
This project in association with the Churches in Reading Women's Centre uses a variety of arts including drama, writing, card making, pod casting, photography and Photoshop workshops to assist those attending the CIRWC centre. A recent visit to the Dawney Lake Rowing Centre, an Olympic venue for 2012, enabled the group participating to take photographs for their 2012 Calender. A web site is also to be produced for CIRWC. Awards for All have funded this project with £8,700.
Hope for the Homeless (June 2010)
READING HOMELESS FIND HOPE IN THEIR LIVES THANKS TO A CREATIVE ARTS PROJECT.
Fifty of Reading’s homeless have boosted their self esteem and taken a step towards a better life by taking part in a series of creative arts workshops.
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Arts Project Award (Feb 2010)
NEW £8,700 ARTS GRANT FOR HOMELESS IN READING.PILGRIM HEARTS’ CHARITY WILL RUN ARTS, DRAMA AND MUSIC WORKSHOPS FOR HOMELESS AT READING DROP-IN CENTRE.
Awards for All has awarded £8,700 to the Berkshire based Pilgrim Hearts Trust and the Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre to fund a series of arts workshops for the homeless at the drop-in centre. The centre provides food, clothes, showers and access to a range of legal and housing advice. Now it can also offer arts workshops which will give hope to the homeless.
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Bottle Top Project
This project has evolved from our work with people attending the centres provided for the relief of the homeless and poor. We are a group of Christians and we only employ Christians whose work we know of so that by example we can get alongside and mentor those with burdens and problems. This has had very good results in terms of getting people to move on and to realise that they have useful talents and can be part of society rather than remaining marginalise
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Spring News letter
We are moving on with three new projects..
..read more New co-operation with homeless charities.
Pilgrim Hearts will join forces with Trinity Housing in Uxbridge and Slough Homeless Our Concern (“SHOC”) in Slough. We plan to offer arts workshops to clients of Trinity and SHOC working closely with these two charities. Pilgrim Hearts Director, Elaine Chalmers-Brown says “Our workshops will offer the homeless in Slough and Uxbridge the chance to discover their creative talents and so increase their self esteem. We will also train them in the social and communication skills they need to give them a better chance to find work and turn their lives around.” It’s hoped that, if the workshops go well Pilgrim Hearts could work in closer partnership with SHOC and TRINITY.
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