Together with St Nic’s Church, we are working with Nottingham’s homeless community to meet their most basic and immediate needs through the provision of food and clothing.

Aspire is a gateway project, providing service users with an access point, through Rally, into treatment and rehabilitation services.

Aspire currently operates three evenings a week. An average evening sees between 50 and 60 people served.

The project marks the coming together of two long standing city based initiatives, both of which have an excellent reputation and are considered vital to Nottingham’s homeless community. Around sixty volunteers are currently involved in delivering the service, either through serving on one of the evenings or helping to prepare food. All are passionate about and committed to equipping people to change their lives for the better, whilst meeting their immediate needs.

Christians Against Poverty came to the Christian Centre in 2007. It offers a free debt counselling service to anyone, regardless of belief, to the people of the Nottingham area.

Debt affects people from all walks of life. It is so easy to get into, and so difficult to get out of. Sadly the effects on people’s lives can be devastating, depression, marriage breakdown and despair to name but a few. Christians Against Poverty not only believe in offering people a sustainable solution to their debt problem, but also a hope for the future by revealing to clients the God who loves them.

If you or someone you know needs help and advice, please speak to Carol McCusker at the Nottingham Central CAP office on 0115 9475947 or send an email.

Meeting in Beeston and St. Ann’s, the Company parent and toddler groups provide a forum for pre-school children and their carers to come together, have fun and make friends. The sessions incorporate free play, singing, stories, snack time and informal discussions on parenting – a chance to share the load!

In addition, a new home visiting scheme and parenting and life skill sessions are being developed.

All pre-schoolers and their carers receive a warm welcome to attend and details of when and where the groups meet are as follows:

THURSDAY
9.45 – 11.15
Bluebell Hill Primary School
Gordon Road
ST. ANN’S

MONDAY
9.45 – 11.15
Beeston Youth and Community Centre
West End
BEESTON

The Jericho Road Project works with many of Nottingham’s street prostitutes and is run in partnership with St. Andrew’s Church.

The project undertakes street outreaches three times a week, where the women are provided with food, drinks and the opportunity for a chat. A prison visiting team meet the women as they serve sentences and helps with their resettlement on their release.

Many of the women visit the project’s base, where further help can be offered to help them make positive lifestyle changes.

The Nottingham Nightstop project is being run in partnership with Nottinghamshire YMCA and Trent Vineyard Church. The project provides emergency accommodation, in the homes of host families, to young people who are at risk of becoming homeless.

Operation Rudolph is a Christmas project providing hampers to disadvantaged families and individuals in Nottingham.

Since its launch over five years ago, more than £250,000 worth of stock has been distributed and thousands of families and individuals helped.

Last year, hampers, which are sponsored at a cost of £20 each, included family tickets to the pantomime at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal. Thanks to corporate donations and the ability to bulk buy, the value of each of the 1000 hampers given away was around £100.

We work with Nottingham City Council, women’s hostels, refugee agencies, local schools and other charities to identify recipients. Further information can be found on the website at: www.operationrudolph.org

The Reach Pastoral Care project is run in partnership with Nottinghamshire YMCA, providing a full time worker in a local school to look after the pastoral needs of pupils.

The worker deals with a range of issues including family breakdown, bullying and bereavement.

The Christian Centre is a strong supporter of Nottingham's Pregnancy Crisis Centre, which aims to provide help, support and space to make an informed decision to women facing an unplanned pregnancy. A number of the project's key workers are part of the Church.

The Christian Centre has a team which regularly visits Nottingham Prison to work with the Chaplain Service. The group chats to inmates and also takes special services.

An initiative commissioned by Nottingham City Council CDP (Crime and Crug Prevention), Rally is a joint venture between the Christian Centre, St. Nic's Church in Nottingham, Jericho Road, Nottinghamshire Police and CJIT (Criminal Justice Intervention Team).

Rally is funded to support people into and through Nottingham City drug and alcohol treatment services The type of support offered may include accompanying people to drug clinics and court appearances and helping them to register and attend GP or hospital appointments. The long term aim is to see lives transformed and poeple set free from substance abuse.

The Christian Centre has three charity shops around the city called ‘Second Chance’. The stores raise funds for the social responsibility of the Church, as well as providing a source of inexpensive high quality goods to the local community.

Donations of goods and volunteer help is always welcome!

The shops are situated in:

Aspley - 379 Aspley Lane
Tel: 0115 929 2500

Carlton - 333 Carlton Hill
Tel: 0115 911 0301

Sherwood - 581 Mansfield Road
Tel: 0115 962 5151

Saturday Serving teams go out fortnightly into disadvantaged areas of Nottingham - with volunteers undertaking practical tasks such as gardening and decorating jobs. The service is open to everyone, free of charge.