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  • Festive ‘trade-up’ raises nearly £25,000 for homelessness charity

    Festive fundraisers have raised £24,811 towards the aim of ending homelessness. Employees from east of England housing provider Flagship Group have run cake stalls, washed cars and hosted mini-golf contests in a ‘trade-up’ contest for the group’s homelessness charity, Hopestead. Lucy Parish, head of operations at the Norwich-based charity, said: “We are incredibly proud of … Continued

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  • Hope at Home award

    Hope at Home named Homelessness Project of the Year

    At the UK Housing Awards in Manchester were, from left, Hopestead’s programme and policy manager Bethan Bishop, community officer Sharon Wood and head of operations Lucy Parish. A Hopestead campaign which has helped hundreds of people to thrive in their new homes has won national recognition.Hope at Home was named Homelessness Project of the Year … Continued

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  • trade up

    Hopestead’s Great Big Festive Trade Up – raising funds, one tenner at a time

    They may be hosting quiz nights, knitting socks or even juggling flaming Christmas puddings on the high street — all in the name of ending homelessness, one tenner at a time. Homelessness charity Hopestead, which is part of housing provider Flagship Group, is launching an innovating festive fundraiser. Hundreds of Flagship employees will make up … Continued

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  • Hopestead nominated for ‘Homelessness project of the year’ at UK Housing Awards

    Hopestead is thrilled to announce the Hope at Home initiative has been shortlisted at the 2024 UK Housing Awards in the ‘Homelessness project of the year’ category. Hope at Home is one of our key initiatives and is all about ensuring that those moving into accommodation, coming from a route of homelessness, have what they … Continued

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  • Lucy Parish

    Hopestead’s new operations head vows to bring hidden homelessness into the spotlight

    The new head of operations at Hopestead aims to shine a light on the issue of homelessness. Lucy Parish has taken on a key role at the charity after six years at the helm of another Norwich-based charity, The Feed. Lucy, 45 and from Hethersett, said Hopestead’s aim of ending homelessness in the east of … Continued

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  • Teeing off to tackle homelessness at charity golf day

    Golfers took to the tees at Royal Norwich Golf Club in a drive to end homelessness in a golf day organised by Flagship Group’s service subsidiaries, Gasway and Flagship Services. Around 100 people took part in a fundraiser for the charity Hopestead, raising over £9,300 to support Hopestead’s work – the highest total in the … Continued

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