I won’t say it’s been easy coming from a well established community like Brighton to a brand new community like Preston. However I feel that there are similarities. Everyone has been nothing but friendly and helpful and I have been made to feel very welcome.
Perhaps this has to do something with the fact that I am the Chef and provide 2 (good?) cooked meals a day.

We have not been without our problems as a new community but thanks to good management and a great core group of experienced companions we have managed to not only open our retail outlet on time, but have exceeded all expectations in our first couple of weeks trading.

Since arriving here I have learnt more about how Emmaus works and particularly about solidarity. Other communities, both near and far, have been very kindly helping us get up and running, be it through donating goods to sell or lending us companions.
Thanks for the help Graeme and Nick. To me Preston is proof that Emmaus works.

Our presentation was highly successful and mainly because the present Rotary Club Members could see what Emmaus can do for the people who join us.
At a time first polling results are expected, results which might decide much of the international political atmosphere for the next 3.5 years, there is one big message to take from the American electoral campaign by Barack Hussein Obama. A message of huge importance for our companions, for every homeless person around the globe.

The USA, a country, a superpower, with a battered global reputation is a country of big opposites, immense contrasts. A black and white country, split by the war on terror, poverty, military expenses and a failing social system as very accurately described in the article An enigmatic country elects a new president by Der Spiegel’s Chief of Foreign Desk, Gerhard Spörl:

America is a superpower around the globe, but a Third World country at home, with an infrastructure that defies description. There are collapsing bridges, power failures along the entire East Coast, and homes in places like Florida, North Carolina and Texas are regularly destroyed every year by hurricanes that flatten houses as if they were beach bungalows in Haiti.

Yes, the most obscene aspect of all remains the unacknowledged racism in this country of pragmatic enlightenment — the ongoing prejudices of whites against blacks.

The aim of this entry is not to express any kind of hatred towards the USA or his leaders^[1], but to realize that even potential world leaders must believe, believe in the same way as homeless people when they join Emmaus.

Yes, We Can!

For more than a year Barack Obama has shown an admirable sense of believe, believe in himself and in the nation and the outcome of todays election becomes minor considered to the heap of fate it takes to fight the institution, the curse of race and colour and come up against the wife of a former president who was hugely influential when Bill Clinton was President of the USA.

At Emmaus Preston we want to offer every person who joins us the the believe that homelessness only a stage in their life is. That their is hope.

Hope

Hope for a life after homelessness. The Emmaus Preston Team believes in self-deployment of companions and will do everything to allow, stimulate the personal development of companions. Whether it is by supporting companions to grow within Emmaus Preston, help them to move on within the Emmaus UK mouvement or support them to start college courses and come out with a qualification, degree. Helping people would not be really helping if we would not offer our companions the opportunity to progress, progress in life.
Just like following voter’s testimony shows, there will always be hope in life:

My polling place is at the fairgrounds in Southern Maryland, about 40 minutes from Washington, D.C. This used to be tobacco country, but is slowly being developed, or other crops are grown. We waited until 10:00 to vote, to avoid the lines. When we got there a 97-year-old Black man was being wheeled out of the polls in his wheelchair. It was the first time he had ever voted in his life. When he came outside he asked if anyone could give him an Obama button. There were none left at the Democrat’s booth so I gave him mine. He was so proud and I started crying. He looked at me and said, “why are you crying? this is a day for glory.” I am still crying.

Emmaus Preston does not endorse Barack Obama, or John McCain for that matter, but the message Obama delivered, strong enough to convince the 97-year-old man in his wheelchair to vote for the first time in life, is a strong one.
At Emmaus we don’t want to sugarcoat or embellish things, say how great our concept and team is^[2], but we believe in the companions. We believe in the power, the dynamics created by formerly homeless people. The Emmaus road is paved with success stories: an amazing mouvement which grew thanks to the commitment of many companions and opened many great and cheap second hands shop around the country as well as the story of several companions who moved back in to professional life or companions who grew within the Emmaus mouvement and became staff members^[3].

Yes there is hope!

Yes, we can!

Companions can!

1. Emmaus does not take political stances
2. Both are amazing!
3. Prime examples of this are Matthew at Brighton who became Community Leader and our own Franky who once was a companion in Mossley and now is our Deputy Community Leader and Business Manager

I’ve been made welcome, I’ve been the brunt of jokes and I’ve been well fed. I’ve been put on the wash up and cleaning rotas.

I think one of the advantages of a smaller community is that the peer support is tighter, eg. everybody knows who everybody is, in a larger community I think you can sometimes get caught up in the small cog/large machine situation where as with less companions it seems as a more evenly spaced work ethic (less space for the shirkers to shurk). The disadvantages as I see them are that there are maybe fewer, and I hesitate to use the word, cliques or peer groups. So I would imagine that someone, new to Emmaus Preston, who isn’t of an outgoing nature may suffer for a little bit until they find their feet.

I know comparisons are odious but at Emmaus Brighton we seem sometimes to have an influx of people whereas here it seems there is sometimes an influx of jobs.

I’ve learnt about myself too as I have had the opportunity to sort of step back and observe the community as opposed to being really involved in the running of the community. I’ve realized how much I take for granted. As the norm in one community could be unrealistic in another.

All in all my stay has been thoroughly enjoyable and an uplifting experience and my thanks go to Eddie, Franky, Paul, Tom, Ian, Graham, Terry, Simon and Vinnie, landlord at The Derby Inn.

Anyone who was blind to the dormant credit crunch last year, has been called back to earth and to be honest, the credit credit crunch has been looming since Fannie Mae became under pressure in 1999. In this excellent article from the NYTimes, Peter Wallisons warned us for the dangers of the new form of lending, as introduced by Fannie Mae:

In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending, Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980’s.

From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,” said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ”If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry.”

Today, 9 years later, the crunch has hit the global economy and there seems to be no hiding from the depression. In only one year the Dow Jones has dropped from 14000 points to 8000 and companies with significant cash in their reserves have seen their market cap drop daily for the last 8-10 months. Even the otherwise rather untouchable Silicon valley does not escape the credit crunch.
Fact is the credit crunch is there and it will take several years to recover.

All in all these should be exciting times for charity and second hand shops. Sadly, when having a look at the actual situation and prices at those stores one can only be surprised by the often irrational pricing policies several national groups apply. More than once I have heard from our visitors, customers, that charities such as Oxfam and The British Heart Foundation are way too expensive for their budget.

There is no wrong price™!

At Emmaus Preston we have set out with another pricing policy: there is no wrong price. From the beginning we decided to operate a low price strategy in direct competition with the hardest discounters, because we want our shop to be attractive to those on the lowest incomes. Like other organizations, it would be simple for us to create high overheads and have an expensive pricing strategy, but at the end of the day, we believe in fair pricing^[1] and helping those that need it most.

When pricing items in our shop we try not to forget that our stock has been donated free to us and we are very grateful to those who support us with their donations, but even more, we want to ‘add something to Preston’. And one of the things Emmaus brings to Preston is a great shop, accessible to those who need it most!
Obviously as an Emmaus group, we have to think of our costs and make sure the community becomes self-sufficient^[2], but even people with low incomes will be able to buy furniture from us.

Credit crunch, what crunch?

1. Analogue to Fair Trade
2. We believe that our prices are extremely competitive and maintain a no discount policy

The Knight’s Hill shop has now opened for business and is the only Emmaus shop in the UK dedicated solely to selling electrical items.

The Credit Crunch

Communities are feeling the pinch, with collections falling and furniture trading becoming more difficult in some parts of the country. Strategies to combat the credit crunch include:

• Emmaus South Lambeth has converted one of their high street furniture stores into a low price electrical store and has developed a relationship with their local Appliance Reuse Centre (Croydon ARC) to secure stock. They receive small electrical items to be tested for free and also buy fridges for £3 untested and £25 tested. This is filling up their new shop ‘Electrics on the Hill’.
• Emmaus Leeds has brokered a deal with Leeds City Council to pick up reusable furniture, bikes and bric-a-brac from 3 of the Civic Amenity Household Waste Sites in Leeds.
• Emmaus Sheffield has approached M&S and ‘another posh furniture shop’ in Sheffield who have agreed to give customers information about donating their old furniture to Emmaus when they buy a new piece of furniture.
• Emmaus Brighton has struck a deal with ‘The Big Yellow Box’ company – they are called in to collect furniture and goods that have been left by people who no longer pay for their storage.

Depressing Sector News

Debt Advice

There has been a 51% increase in new mortgage and secured loan enquiries in the three months to October and a 10% increase in fuel debts compared with the same period last year, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. Emmaus Communities have relationships with those organisations that can provide these types of advice services to their customers and local community.

Reserves at risk

Three charities fear they have lost reserves totalling £25m in the wake of the banking collapse in Iceland. Stephen Bubb, head of chief executives body ACEVO, said three members had contacted the organisation with concerns that their reserves in Icelandic bank accounts could be lost. The unnamed organisations held reserves of £11m, £10m and £4m respectively in Icelandic bank accounts.

Upbeat Sector News

Asset Transfer

The Development Trust Association has received £1.3m from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to set up an Asset Transfer unit that will offer free independent advice to both community group and local authorities across England on the viability of transferring council owned buildings to community groups. The unit will be launched in January 2009. 60 Local authorities are said to be working with DTA to develop this scheme.

Take advantage of property crash

The property crash should be regarded as an opportunity to acquire property assets in local communities, according to the Government’s local authority guru. Barry Quirk, chief executive of Lewisham Council and adviser to the Communities and Local Government department. He said that charities faced far less competition for land from private companies and developers than in previous years. Local authorities could be more easily persuaded to sell to the third sector, he said, and councils could end up putting more properties on the market as they struggled to hit fixed targets for capital receipts.

Reconomy

The WRAP fund administered by www.reconomy.org.uk is undersubscribed. If you have any projects that you wish to start (that increase the amount of waste diverted from landfill) that require either consultancy support or interim management resource please get an expression of interest in to ensure a full application can be assessed prior to March 2009. The risk is if it is undersubscribed the Government might try to claw the money back to give to the banks. Experience says money available is up to about £25,000 per application, applications already submitted include requests for funding for: Interim management to set up a Wood Recycling project; A consultant to audit and update H&S policy and procedures; and a Waste Consultant to provide input to the development of a recycling and reuse enterprise.

Building Materials Reuse Centre

Reconomy have funded Bioregional to support the set up a number of Building Material Reuse Centres over the next six months. If you have (or are considering getting) large amounts of space (outside and under cover) and want to understand more about how Bioregional can support you to set up a Building Materials Reuse Centre please contact Jonathon Essex . Tel. 020 8404 4249. Mob. 07801 541 924. Email. jonathan.essex@bioregional.com

Community Enterprise News

Emmaus Preston

Emmaus Preston opened the doors of their shop to the public on Saturday, they raised £1373 on their first day trading. Congratulations!! (Editor’s note: Thanks, Tara :) )

Emmaus Oxford

Since taking over the Furniture Store (a furniture reuse project previously run by Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA)), Emmaus Oxford is enjoying Emmaus-afying operations, they have a new van and a new Community Leader. Things have got off to a flying start with revenue up in their first couple of months of trading as Emmaus Oxford. Good news for those Companions who will be taking over the running of the store when they move into the new Community in February next year.

Emmaus Sheffield

Over the summer Emmaus Sheffield developed a partnership with ‘Unite’, a student landlord, to clear left belongings from student flats. This provided the Community with £14,000 in clothes that were ragged and many other nice bric-a-brac and household hold items that are currently being used in Sheffield’s ‘Starter Pack Scheme’ (see below).

The Community was awarded £500 from The Guinness Partnership for the difference it has made to the local community. Emmaus Sheffield have used this money to set up a ‘Starter Pack’ scheme providing households goods such as crockery and light bulbs to those in need who are transitioning into unfurnished accommodation.

The Gardening and Housing Maintenance (house voids turnaround) business is also booming with Emmaus Sheffield submitting a number of additional tenders to different departments within both South Yorkshire Housing and the Guinness Partnership.

Emmaus Village Carlton

Village Carlton managed successfully to coordinate 50 volunteers from Tribal Consulting in painting and decorating their shops and premises without disruption to the normal running of the Community’s thriving business.

Emmaus Brighton

The very productive ‘Goodwill Co Op’ was officially launched on Saturday 17th October. With over 70 volunteers signed up to produce innovative gifts and goodies from unwanted materials, Emmaus Brighton is filling up with contemporary jewellery; funky hand knits; luxury gift cards and stylised furniture. The project is generating the biggest word-of-mouth marketing campaign with many members of the local community visiting the Community for the first time. There has also been much interest from the local press.

Please note there was a full blown ‘porky-pie’ (lie) in the last newsletter. Emmaus Brighton does not currently advertise on the back of buses they just refer to a bus in their adverts “ The No.1 Bus goes to the No.1 store”, listening is a skill that requires continual personal development!

Emmaus Hampshire

Even without a store open yet, Emmaus Hampshire has already landed an amazing business partnership with IKEA. The exact nature of the partnership is being discussed but I understand it is will be very wide-reaching and have a very positive impact on all elements of the Community.

Emmaus Hastings & Rother

Emmaus Hastings & Rother have potentially discovered the secret to operating a full scale waste and recycling site… take a party of councillors and officers from East Sussex Council, Hastings Borough Council and Rother District Council to visit a very inspirational French Community, Emmaus Angers. Emmaus Hastings are working hard to transfer the concept to the UK. Watch this space!!

Helpful resources / information

From 1 October 2008, all properties when sold, built or rented will need an energy performance certificate (EPC).

Emmaus Brighton are applying to Waitrose to be part of their ‘Community Matters’ scheme. Where by the local store works with a local organisation to support them in their charitable objectives. Find a Waitrose near you.

If you are undertaking house clearances get hold of your free Waste Carriers license – a quick reminder from Emmaus Sheffield.

Events

3xE Network set up by Off the Streets into Work for social enterprises working within the Homeless sector is to be launched in October and November. If you are interested in joining this free network, an application form can be accessed at www.osw.org.uk/services/3xE-join.asp. To attend one of the 3xE launches or find out more about 3xE services, contact Jenny Turner on 020 7089 2727 or email at jennyturner@osw.org.uk. Details as follows:
East Midlands:11.00 -14.00, Friday 28th November 2008 - The Dawn Centre, Leicester
South West: 11.30- 14.30, Friday 7th November 2008 - Taunton Probation Service, Priory Road Taunton

I attended the first session in London and am meeting a representative from OSW in November to understand fully what training and support Emmaus Communities can expect from being members of this network.

FRN Conference and President’s Award Dinner will be Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th January 2009 at Cranage Hall in Cheshire. Special deals for FRN members (that have fully paid their membership) are as follows: 15 half price places for small organisations (6 of these places have been snapped up already). These will be for full members with less than £100,000 income. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis after the conference booking form has been circulated. Trustee reduced rates - delegations including at least one Trustee will be entitled to a 10% discount in their conference fee.

15 nurses, 10 teachers and a skateboard park : This event being held in London on 18th November, 6.30pm Church House, Dean’s Yard, Westminster is to publicise the Emmaus Federation ‘Sharing in Success’ report. A report quantifying the savings an Emmaus Community makes to public spending.

Chain-Reaction, Social Leadership Conference 17th – 18th November: The great and the good from the private, public and third sector are meeting to see if they can change the world. See www.chain-reaction.org.

Association of Charity Shops is running: a Health & Safety workshop on 13 November (£103 per attendee) in London, where the two trainers will go through shops’ legal responsibilities and how to implement necessary changes.

Subscribe

The Emmaus Business is run by all: companions, staff, Trustees and Friends of Emmaus. If you wish to subscribe to the business letter, please contact Tara O’Hara (Business Development Officer, Emmaus UK, tohara@emmaus.org.uk)

Obviously this means that all our residents are now working at getting the shop on Stanley Street ready for opening on Saturday.
The outlines of the commercial area in our shop have been marked out already and right at the moment are shop has been almost entirely filled with furniture already. You can have a sneak preview at our Flickr set. Over the next days we will further fill the shop with cheap, second hand furniture, electrical appliances and bric-à-brac.

Because of the preparations for opening we sadly will not be able to come and collect items this week, but will start collecting items again next week.
Like last week we will be at Preston Markets again on Tuesday. If you wish to drop off items this week, feel free to come to our shop from Wednesday to Friday.

On opening day we offer every customer 25% discount on our already cheap prices.

Our opening leaflet below.

The market stand will be manned by our Companions and we will sell Bric-a-Brac. We hope to raise an interested for our impending shop opening on Saturday 18th October 2008. Feel free to come and visit us at Preston Markets and if you have any questions about who we are, what Emmaus does and how you can help us our team will be glad to answer any questions.

Our Secondhand Superstore on Stanley Road (former HiQ building) will open on Saturday 18th October 2008 at 10.00AM. On opening day every customer will receive 25% on our already really cheap prices.

Chris Riley handed the raised amount over to Eddie Archer, Community Leader at Emmaus Preston, on Tuesday 2nd September 2008.

Established in 1985, DISC is an independent North of England based charity that focuses on deprivation and exclusion. DISC is a specialist agency, focusing on people who have fallen through the net of statutory provision and who many agencies struggle to help. Our work is structured into four main areas:

• Drug Initiatives: Supporting people to stop using drugs and reduce the harm to themselves and others caused by drug use
• Employment Initiatives: Helping people who are disadvantaged in the labour market to get and keep a job
• Housing Support Initiatives - Helping people to access and retain appropriate and good quality housing across North of England including Lancashire (Compass floating Support Lancashire)
• Children Young People & Families (CYPF): Enabling vulnerable groups to live safely in the community.

More information can be found on the DISC website.

DISC is a local partner of Emmaus Preston.

Paul has been chef before he joined Emmaus. He was at the Sussex community for 8 months and now becomes chef at the Preston Community. The team and the companions are happy to have an experienced chef among us.

In 2007 more than 20000 bloggers joined the discussion. Emmaus Preston will participate this year and discuss the 2008 topic, Poverty, on October 15th.

As a charity daily dealing with the topic of poverty, homeless people joining us and cheap affordable prices for our customers, it was a no-brainer to join the Blog Action Day event. More info can be found on the Blog Action Day website:

One Issue, Thousands of Voices
Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinary lens through which to view these issues. Each blogger brings their own perspective and ideas. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.

In 2008 we aim to again focus the blogging community’s energies and passions, this time on the mammoth issue of global poverty.

Joining is free and simple. All you have to do is leave a comment on this entry and register at the official Premier League Fantasy Football website and join our League with the code 266496-194468.

Prizes

Quarterly Prizes

After Gameweek 11, 20, 29 and 38^[1] the winner of each period will receive a £25 gift voucher valid at the Emmaus Preston Second Hand Superstore.

Season Prizes

The winner of the League will receive a £75 gift voucher and the Runner-up wins a £25 voucher.

Rules

1. Anyone can join and participation is free. Valid email address and name are required as prices will be send to your email address.
   Only one entry per person is allowed.
2. The Official Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football website hosts the Emmaus Preston League (code: 266496-194468).
3. After every period, standings will be calculated on Tuesday at 6.00PM and winners will be announced on the Emmaus Preston website.
4. Postponed and rearranged games will be calculated during the period when the game is actually played and not for the planned Gameweek.
   League members can check the season standings at the Emmaus Preston Fantasy Football League Table at any time.
5. Gift vouchers can not be exchanged against any monetary value. There is no money alternative.
6. Vouchers can only be used at the Emmaus Preston Second Hand Superstore on London Road, Preston (UK).
7. Emmaus UK employees or Trustees can participate, but are not eligible for any of the prizes.
8. Emmaus Preston’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Hop over to the official Premier League Fantasy Football website and join our League with the code 266496-194468 now!
Good luck and may the best win!!!

1. Scoring starts on Gameweek 30, 30th August 2008
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/join-the-emmaus-preston-fantasy-football-league-and-win-emmausgift-vouchers/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/join-the-emmaus-preston-fantasy-football-league-and-win-emmausgift-vouchers/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102007/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/first-companion-moved-in/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:31:12 +0000 Franky http://emmauspreston.org.uk/?p=168 Today our first Companion has joined us. After having spent the weekend with us Martin, a former companion at Emmaus Mossley, has joined Emmaus Preston as our first Companion. He looks forward to help us start the Community and open the shop.

Martin has been 4 years at the Mossley Community, near Manchester.

The Emmaus Preston Team is glad to have welcomed our first companion and hope we will see many more Companions join us.

]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/first-companion-moved-in/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/first-companion-moved-in/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102008/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/graham-joins-us-from-brighton/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:00:32 +0000 Franky http://emmauspreston.org.uk/?p=135 Graeme has joined us to help starting our Community. Graeme has a wealth of experience within Emmaus after 8 years at the Brighton and Hove Community, 6 years of those as C.A.

He is helping Eddie and Franky for the next 4 weeks.

Graeme arguably is one of the most known Emmaus Companions in the UK and has several times been in the news and even was live on Radio 4’s Mid Week with Libby Purves, during their Poverty and Homelessness Action Week.

]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/graham-joins-us-from-brighton/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/08/graham-joins-us-from-brighton/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102009/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/welcome-to-our-companions-blog/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:05:19 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=47 Emmaus Preston hosts a blog entirely ran by our companions. This blog is entirely ran by our companions and they decide the content of it. The staff members of Emmaus Preston do not change the content of the entries written by our companions^[1].

Our companions are free to decide what they write about and how often. Topics can range from their time at Emmaus Preston, how they experience community life, to reports from community activities.

1. Obviously we can not allow derogatory or otherwise discriminating articles
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/welcome-to-our-companions-blog/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/welcome-to-our-companions-blog/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102010/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/franky-joins-as-deputy-community-leader/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:08:13 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=18 Franky, a former companion and community assistant at Emmaus Mossley, has joined us as Deputy Community Leader.

Franky has known Emmaus for more than 10 years and been both companion and customer of several Emmaus Communities on the continent.

After many years of employment in bars and IT, he has decided to work for Emmaus and is looking forward to assist Eddie at Emmaus Preston. Franky will be responsible of our soon to be opened shop on London Road.

]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/franky-joins-as-deputy-community-leader/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/franky-joins-as-deputy-community-leader/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102011/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/emmaus-colchester-soon-to-open/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:52:49 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=41 Together with our impending opening at Preston, we also can report the good news that the Emmaus Community in Colchester nears its opening.
Follow the events at the Emmaus Colchester website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/emmaus-colchester-soon-to-open/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/emmaus-colchester-soon-to-open/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102012/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/teapot-triumph-in-paris/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:05:52 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=65 Representatives from six Emmaus Communities in the UK went to Paris at the end of June to participate in Europe’s biggest flea market.
Read more at the Emmaus UK website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/teapot-triumph-in-paris/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/07/teapot-triumph-in-paris/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102013/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/06/when-jerry-met-terry/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:56:15 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=43 An Emmaus auction of dresses Jerry Hall donated to Emmaus, including the dress she wore when she married Mick Jagger, raised £28,000. The raised money will be used to support the 27 groups in the UK.
Read more at the Emmaus UK website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/06/when-jerry-met-terry/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/06/when-jerry-met-terry/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102014/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/05/eddie-appointed-community-leader/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 16:11:37 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=14 Eddie Archer has been a passionate worker for the homeless for many years. He confesses that if he had not got the Emmaus job that he would have borrowed the money and opened a homeless facility himself!

Eddie now has finished his Emmaus training and is preparing everything to receive the first companions.

]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/05/eddie-appointed-community-leader/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/05/eddie-appointed-community-leader/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102015/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/03/overflowing-emmaus-support-for-world-water-day/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:27:16 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=38 The World Water Day on March 20th has received overwhelming support from British Emmaus Communities.
Read more about the Nokoué project at the Emmaus International website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/03/overflowing-emmaus-support-for-world-water-day/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/03/overflowing-emmaus-support-for-world-water-day/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102016/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/03/founder-of-emmaus-uk-receives-his-cbe/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:09:57 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=31 Selwyn Image, Vice President of the Emmaus UK Federation, travelled to Buckingham Palace on 4th March to receive his CBE from the Queen. He was awarded the CBE in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his key role in bringing Emmaus to the UK.
Read more at BBC News.
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Read more on the Emmaus UK website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/02/joanna-lumley-to-open-emmaus-south-lambeth/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/02/joanna-lumley-to-open-emmaus-south-lambeth/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102018/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/companion-tells-story-on-radio-4/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:31:12 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=25 Emmaus Companion Graeme talked to Libby Purves on Radio 4’s ‘Mid Week’ programme during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week.
Listen to the program on the Radio 4 website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/companion-tells-story-on-radio-4/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/companion-tells-story-on-radio-4/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102019/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/terry-waite-launches-biggest-sleep-out/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:18:02 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=23 At 9pm on Saturday 26th January Terry Waite said goodnight to 180 people who slept outside in cardboard boxes to raise awareness of homelessness.
Read more on the Emmaus UK website.
]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/terry-waite-launches-biggest-sleep-out/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2008/01/terry-waite-launches-biggest-sleep-out/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102020/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2007/12/simon-mould-the-project-director/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:30:05 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=8 Simon Mould is currently the project director.

Simon will work to get the project up and running and will hand over to Eddie in September whereupon Simon will move to Ireland and pastures new.

]]> http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2007/12/simon-mould-the-project-director/feed/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2007/12/simon-mould-the-project-director/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EmmausPreston/~3/409102022/ http://emmauspreston.org.uk/2007/12/emmaus-preston-receives-funding-from-nwda/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:45:41 +0000 Franky http://preston.uxho.com/?p=35 Emmaus Preston has been awarded £350,000 funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) to assist with the renovation of our living location, The Birches.

George Erdozain, Chairman of Emmaus Preston, welcomed the news stating:




We are delighted that the NWDA are supporting our very exciting project to establish an Emmaus Community for homeless people here in Preston and by so doing recognize how valuable the community will be in helping those, who have found themselves destitute, get themselves back onto their feet, regain their self confidence and self respect, become useful and productive members of society and be in a position to help others less fortunate than themselves. That is what Emmaus Communities are all about and the grant by NWDA is a very valuable contribution towards the realization of that goal.

Read the NWDA press release here.

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We rely on donations of good quality furniture and household goods from the public, which are sold in our shop.

To donate items, call us on 01772 284524 or read more about donating items here.

Our shop on Stanley Street (London Road, opposite of the museum) is open
Tuesday - Friday : 13.00 to 17.00
Saturday : 10.00 to 16.30.
Closed on Sundays and Mondays.

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