How your donations have helped service users

We had a long-term couple who came from the streets. We supported them in the hostel and, when they were ready, we worked with them to establish what move-on option would best suit them.

The pair wanted a fresh start so we helped them to make an application to a housing project in the North of England. The couple were extremely happy to hear that their application had been successful and, within a matter of months, they had gone from rough sleeping to having a view to moving to their own two bedroom house with a garden.

Then came the part of the logistics of moving them there…. It took two full days, a night in a hotel, a van hire and twelve hours there and back in travel time, as well as the purchase and arrangement of delivery for furniture, white goods etc.. We used the welfare fund to achieve this, and we now regularly receive postcards from them with updates and in thanks.

It is this sort of work that sets us apart from many other organisations, and it is the ability to help clients make such big steps on the way to a happier and safer life that makes working at O’Hanlon House so rewarding.