Nottingham Building Society has given a major boost to a local fundraising campaign to help homeless people off the streets – a gift of £10,000.
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Nottingham Building Society has given a major boost to a local fundraising campaign to help homeless people off the streets – a gift of £10,000.
Framework’s Off the Streets appeal is raising money to support the work of the charity’s Street Outreach Team in communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham Building Society Chief Risk Officer Charles Roe visited Framework’s Somewhere Safe to Stay Hub in Nottingham to hand over the money on Thursday, December 19, where he met staff and service users.
The money will be used to help address the increasingly complex physical and mental health needs of the homeless community. Framework currently employs both an NHS Nurse and a social worker to give treatment, to make assessments and to advocate on behalf of the people they help.
Framework Outreach Manager Ronnie Tucker said: “We are taking homeless people off the streets every day, but we are also finding more people with more complex problems than ever before. That’s why these additional roles are so valuable – because they help us to address people’s problems sooner and get them off the streets more quickly. Without donations like this that work would simply not be possible. So, on behalf of all my team, I would like to say a huge thank you to the customers and staff of The Nottingham.”
Framework’s Street Outreach teams have helped more than 1,000 people in the last year in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Team members go out in the early hours every morning to respond to reposts of people sleeping rough and to proactively engage with them.
Nottingham Building Society Chief Risk Officer Charles Roe added: “The Nottingham was founded 170 years ago with the ethos of helping people have a roof over their heads or improve their housing conditions. That ambition still drives us to this day, which is why we have worked so hard to support the excellent work of Framework in recent years. We know that the Street Outreach Team do an outstanding job and we are delighted that we have been able to help in this way.”
To support Framework’s Off The Streets Appeal please visit www.frameworkha.org/offthestreets
