Carriers of Hope
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Carriers of Hope are dedicated to helping asylum seekers, refugees and Eastern European migrants in the Coventry area.
What we do
We are ‘at home’ every Tuesday from 9.00-10.30am at Hillfields Evangelical Baptist Church, Waterloo St. Coventry, CV1 5JS. Although we do have a short break during school holidays,
We run training courses for new volunteers twice each year.
We deliver Baby Bags to all expectant mums with everything that they need for their hospital stay, so that they can go into hospital with pride and dignity, alongside the other mums on the ward.
We home visit all new families and take them a Welcome to Coventry Bag, so we can introduce them to our services and assess those families who need us most.
We are starting a “Learning-to-Speak-English-Together-Group” for parents and toddlers in 2017.
History
The charity started some years ago when it was noticed that there were a number of families in the Coventry area who were experiencing real poverty and lacking the most basic personal and household facilities. Most of these were asylum seekers, refugees or recently arrived Eastern European migrants (primarily Roma, fleeing persecution).
We started by preparing and handing out carrier bags of ‘useful things’ and also encouraging friends and supporters, mainly from the local churches, to join in and help provide them.
The size of the problem quickly became apparent and we soon moved to having an open morning in a church hall where these families could come and receive a welcome. At the same time they could be offered support, refreshments and also have opportunity to collect items of food and clothing that had been donated.
In June 2012 we outgrew that church hall and now use our current venue Hillfields Evangelical Baptist Church. We also have a warehouse 2 miles away as a furniture store.
Our average weekly attendance at Circle of Friends has continued to increase with new families coming every week. We don’t advertise our services. people hear about us and just come. We currently have over 980 members registered with our service. Since Carriers of Hope was established we have worked with families from over 50 different countries, with the majority of new families coming from Romania.
More Information
Chair and principal contact
Sue Sampson
55 Garth Crescent
Binley
Coventry
West Midlands CV3 2PP
Tel: 024 7645 6356
sues@carriersofhope.org.uk
This quite amazing! I am interested, how do i join as a volunteer please
Hello Audrey,
You should contact Sue Sampson. See her details at the bottom of the page.
Would it be possible to email me a list of the kind of things you would like in the shoe boxes, and where to take them thank you.
You should contact Sue Sampson. See her details at the bottom of the page.
Do you still need coat hangers? We have a bin bag full