The Hope Foundation was set up in 2020 with a goal to work towards the alleviation of poverty, homelessness, loneliness and isolation.

At The Hope Foundation we provide support, advice, training, education, counselling and accommodation through our 5 main projects:

Hope Housing: The main operational project of the charity provides supported accommodation to people at risk of homelessness. Potential tenants are referred to us from partner agencies, who have identified the individuals need for ongoing support. While with us the tenant will not only receive a roof over their head, but a safe place to call home. From day 1, the tenant is provided with a holistic support plan, fully centered on their individual support needs. This plan can include recovery related activities, education, training, volunteering opportunities as well as hobbies and skill building. In the long term, we see tenants take back control of their own lives and move into fully independent living.

Refugee Resettlement: In partnership with the local council, we provide long term sustainable accommodation to families who have fled their home country, due to war, violence or political reasons. We work with the council to provide support, community integration, ESOL classes, debt management classes, employment opportunities and more to help the families settle, find work and move forward with their lives.

ACTS 435: Through our partnership with the National charity ACTS435, we are able to offer financial support to our service users. Over the last 4 years we have given out over £10,000 directly to people in need over practical help. We partner with local agencies such as Citizen’s Advice Bureau’s, GO surgeries, schools and more, who provide referrals for clients who need a little more help than they can provide. Through Acts435 we can help to buy school uniforms, furniture, white goods or pay off debt, travel expenses and other urgent financial needs.

Community Hope Project: Our community centre, based in the heart of Anfield, Liverpool (One of the most deprived places in the whole of Europe) was launched this year (2024), in response to the outcry from local citizens, for the need of support. The Community centre is based in a building that housed the old community hub, so locals are quite familiar with the building. We host coffee mornings, parent toddler groups, and drop-in sessions for locals to come, get a coffee and access support. Through our support services we provide education, training, Digital inclusion and IT Workshops, Cooking on a budget class, employment training and support, counselling and much more. Since we opened our doors to the local community, locals feel they finally have a place to receive proper support and advice when they need it, as well as the feeling of greater community cohesion.

Christmas Meal: Over the past 13 years (including before we had registered as a charity) we have run an annual Christmas day meal, reaching out to an average of around 250 people on Christmas day. We receive referrals from agencies all across the city, working with people they have identified as living in poverty or isolation. On the day we provide a 3-course meal, gifts, games and entertainment for all who attend. It is always a massive success, with so many of our guests sharing how they would be at home, with nothing, without our support.

Over the past 4 years, The Hope Foundation has grown from strength to strength, and up until very recently we had been completely volunteer led. We aim to work collaboratively with the local community to first identify the need, then work together with the local community to address the needs.

We are aiming to raise funds to expand our services, increase capacity and continue our much needed work. With these funds we will be able to offer additional 1-1 sessions to local people, as well as host additional community support sessions, which include things like cooking classes, Digital inclusion sessions and skills workshops. This will also help with the organisational overheads, helping us to operate more efficiently while delivering our services.

 Each month we see many people from the local community come through our doors to access our services with nowhere else to go. Due to the cost of living crisis, we are finding more and more people struggling to make ends meet. This funding would help us expand our services to help equip people to manage money better,  have access to debt management classes and learn valuable budgeting skills, leading to long term financial stability and independence. We would also be able to offer emergency accommodation to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.