Hope Housing Training and Support Ltd/Hope AOK Rucksack Appeal

Hope provides supported housing in Dorset for 92 single homeless individuals, combined with a training and development programme to empower them to change their lives and support to move forward into employment and their own independent accommodation.

We help our clients to deal with often complex issues including homelessness, ex-offenders, abuse, addictions, unemployment and mental health problems through an intensive programme of counselling and group support, sports, music and art therapies.

We also deliver life-saving essential items to rough sleepers and those moving into accommodation through our Hope AOK Rucksack Appeal, which is run voluntarily by our own residents.

It costs us almost £1 million a year to keep our service running and keep changing the lives of those affected by homelessness in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch.