Homeless Street Angels is one step closer to achieving its dream.
Leeds-based charity Homeless Street Angels recently hosted a gala dinner event where £15,000 was raised towards its new support centre.
Established in 2016, and awarded charity status in 2019, Homeless Street Angels’ mission statement is to get the homeless off the street into a stable environment and way of life they are able to uphold. The charity is striving to achieve this by providing food parcels, assisting with housing applications, fundraising events, furniture and clothes donations, and much more.
With almost 700 families on the charity’s foodbank register, expanding the charity’s resources is more important than ever as it needs more space to house any furniture donations and hold meetings and art classes for the people it helps.
The gala held in June was part of several fundraising events the charity has held since the beginning of its journey. Acquiring a larger support centre has always been the dream for Homeless Street Angels and the new site is named Abi House in memory of the founders’ sister who passed away in 2017. From swimming with sharks and jumping out of planes, to producing a Christmas song and holding countless fundraisers, the volunteers at the charity have been working hard for years to help achieve the charity’s original dream.