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Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Our last goodgym group task of the year, and one of our favourites too. Illness did get to some of the group, so they had to stay home, but the rest still arrived eager and ready to go.
The task to wrap as many presents as possible, the gifts had been donated for the children staying at Nightingale House, who provide emergency, temporary accommodation for homeless families.
So this task was very special indeed. We had a festive run (Santa hats an all) to the back of the building, where we were let into the back gate. We quickly scurried into the out buildings where all of the presents were hidden. No time to waste, we split into teams and got to work.
As this was super special, we decided to stay a little longer to wrap as many presents as possible. The rest would have to be completed by the night workers later on that evening.
A quick goodbye, as thanks from the staff at the house. And now to get ready for Christmas.
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It's a temporary accommodation hostel for families who are homeless.
We provide emergency accommodation to families who are homeless. We also provide 1-2-1 support for the families whilst they are here. Support needs of families vary. Some are homeless because of domestic abuse, bedroom tax, relationship breakdown, tenancy breakdown. It's a very difficult time for families but especially at Christmas. Fortunately, we have a lot of donations of Christmas presents for the families. However we have difficulty keeping up with wrapping the presents. Last year there were loads and loads and we didn't have the capacity to keep up. Could we ask we have runners come in and wrap up all the presents. It would be the week commencing the 17th December.
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