• From left, Hopestead team members Danielle Green, Bethan Bishop and Lucy Parish

    Groundbreaking campaign transforms lives in bid to end homelessness

    More than 400 people received new furniture, appliances and flooring over 12 months as part of a groundbreaking campaign aimed at ending homelessness. And east of England charity Hopestead is now aiming to expand the campaign, called Hope at Home, to help even more people. Lucy Parish, Hopestead’s Head of Operations, said that while Hope … 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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  • St Elizabeth Hospice CEO Judi Newman, right, with a few colleagues and hares from the upcoming Hop to it! art trail

    Hopestead joins Suffolk’s Hop to it! art trail to highlight homelessness 

    Hopestead is hopping into the art scene by sponsoring a hare sculpture in an upcoming art trail.   Suffolk’s Hop to it! event will see dozens of giant hares dotted around Ipswich, Beccles, Lowestoft, Felixstowe and Woodbridge in summer 2025.  Hop to it! will raise funds for the event’s organisers, St Elizabeth Hospice, which supports people … 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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  • Representatives of charities and groups that benefitted from funding in round three of Hope Funds. Round four of the Hope Funds campaign has now opened for applications.

    Hopestead offers up to £15,000 grants for local projects

    Grants of up to £15,000 will be given out in a homelessness charity’s latest funding round. Hopestead – part of Flagship Group – has called for applications from charities and social enterprises that align with its goal of ending homelessness. The fourth round of Hopestead’s ‘Hope Funds’ campaign will see grants given to charities in … 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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