What is the Centre's income spent on?

We ask you to support St Wilfrid's Centre but do you know how the financial support provided is actually spent? Read on........................

Where does your money go? Here are some facts that may be of interest, we:
• have 17,000 attendances each year, 60-80 clients per day;
• provide 44,200 meals and snacks each year;
• provide 113,000 cups of tea or coffee each year;
• have showers, personal hygiene and washing facilities;
• run a clothing store;
• offer warmth, support and a safe healthy environment.
• help clients meet, make friends and re-enter society;
• help clients regain their personal identity;
• provide leisure activities and recreation.
• support clients with learning difficulties or mental health problems;
• support asylum seekers;
• help clients interact with the statutory services and other agencies;
• provide counselling, or advice on benefits, housing and health matters;
• assist clients to regain their independence and self-determination.
• offer training in independent living skills – cooking, budgeting, literacy;
• provide skills training in a fully equipped Skills Workshop;
• offer structured activities and interest groups;
• offer certificated training courses in Computing, ITC and Food Hygiene;
• encourage self-esteem and help boost personal confidence;
• support clients to seek voluntary or paid work if and when appropriate;
Clients take as long as they need before moving on to independent living. No other provision in the North of England offers so much on one site.

It costs £250,000 to run the Centre each year and every donated penny helps.

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