Cambridge Cyrenians Blog | Goodbye 2023/ Hello 2024

Goodbye 2023/ Hello 2024

2023 was an eventful year for us at the community allotment.

We've enjoyed fun volunteering events including the big build with the Allia team in June and our Sleepout for World Homeless Day in October.

We're already planning more exciting volunteering and fundraising events in 2024.

The group members have experienced personal highs and lows over the past 12 months, including getting jobs but losing friends. We will be having a memorial event in February to celebrate the life of one of our long term group members who we lost in 2023.

We grew lots of amazing crops for cooking up on our fire pit at our seasonal celebrations and it also enabled us to get out into the community and hold stalls to raise awareness and funds.

And to finish off the year just right we had a slap up meal to celebrate all our hard work!

So, if 2024 is as successful as last year we'll be very happy. Watch this space.

Graham's story

Graham* could not move on from Cambridge Cyrenians' supported housing for one reason: he had no valid ID. He would have been living on the streets without the help his Cambridge Cyrenians support worker who has been working with him from day one.

Jack's story

Jack* is self-employed, has been in recovery for 14 years, and he has just moved into a new home through HomeLink. It hasn't been a straight road to get there. Jack experienced homelessness once before, alongside substance use. A relationship breakdown a few years ago left him homeless again, and he moved into one of our move-on houses to start rebuilding.

Jake's Story

It only takes one change in circumstances for homelessness to happen. For Jake*, it started with a rotator cuff injury at work. He lost his job, then his home, and found himself sleeping on a park bench in the freezing cold on his first night without one.

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