The Archer Project

Social Enterprise Lead, Sian, talks us through how Printed by Us provides supported employment for people who have experienced homelessness. Check out the video in this post below ⬇️

Next week, staff and volunteers from Roundabout Ltd and The Archer Project will be coming together to personally thank some of our amazing supporters! Whether you’ve donated or fundraised – you’ve made such a difference to the work that both our charities do, and we want to let you know just how much we appreciate you 💜💛 The Thank-a-thon is our chance to reflect on a simple but enduring message: We couldn’t do what we do without you.

Another Monday, another session of Rabbit Therapy with these adorable little helpers from Four Paws Animal Assisted Therapy 🐾 Having access to these sessions at The Archer Project is amazing! The people we support have a chance to experience the benefits of animal therapy – including a sense of calm, and lower levels of stress, anxiety and depression. In these photos we have Buddy, Oreo and Cocoa 🐇😍

“It’s a kind of endlessness of it… It’s really bleak.” We gave visitors to our Fridge Trailer a tiny snapshot into winter conditions when they stepped inside a space set to -3°C ❄️ And this is only a glimpse into why winter is the worst time for people to be experiencing homelessness. Your donation will make a difference to the lives of people seeking support at The Archer Project – at a time when your help is needed the most. To keep watching, see the full video at https://lnkd.in/ehgqwPGb Thank you 💛

The past week alone we've had strong winds and heavy rain, making the bitterly cold weather even more dangerous for people trying to survive without adequate housing. During winter, 20mph wind chills can drop temperatures by 3°C with devastating effects. So, when you turn your heating on, please spare a thought for those who can't. If you can spare a few quid, even better. Donate to support people experiencing homelessness in our region today at https://lnkd.in/g2BxUbNy Thank you!

Under the Arches #15 - Scrotes and Cockroaches Written by Tim Renshaw If there was a ‘Dummies’ book on ‘How to marginalise people’, I think the first chapter would be “Name Calling and Labelling”. All you need is to choose a group of people, any group will do, and then opt for a name associated with negatives. A good example is ‘cockroaches’. Nobody wants to hear that cockroaches are near. They are associated with dirt and their presence causes panic. Calling someone a cockroach tells them they are not wanted, and they are sub-human. Last week, I was speaking to a friend and it occurred to me he is someone we could have called a cockroach when he was younger. His dysfunctional home made him 'a bit of a nightmare' in school and he recalls a particular teacher telling him he was no good, would come to nothing and that the school would have been better off without him. He left school, learned a profession, became a leader and then an entrepreneur and lives very comfortably using his time these days to mentor others. Not bad for a cockroach! Of course, he wasn’t marginalised, but so easily could’ve been. This time the process failed. A week before that I was talking to someone at our Project about the ‘labelling’ that comes hand in hand with homelessness and realised he was prime ‘cockroach’ material. He’s been to prison, he was addicted to heroin and spent time begging and sleeping on the street. I know he’s prime material because the words ‘cockroaches’ and ‘scrotes’ were used in meetings I was at to describe all these characteristics, to describe people who are the bottom of our society and already marginalised. They were talking about people who are street homeless in the city centre. At The Project he had said to me, “Tim, you’ve got to practise the gratitude. Every day I say ‘no’ to the drugs and 'yes' to good stuff. I even say thanks every time I sit to eat.” We weren’t talking about his past, it was just an everyday chat, but a clear reminder of the hard work that continues in a life after homelessness... Read the rest by heading to https://lnkd.in/gqFeQf2e

Join Tony Curry, Rob Kozluk, Chris Morgan and Paddy Kenny on the 7th March at Bramall Lane for a night of entertainment while supporting our vital work. Please contact Kev J. or email kevjohnson519@yahoo.co.uk to buy your tickets!

The 30 over 60 Festival is a party for the Sheffield Cathedral Head Verger David Maw who will be celebrating his 60th birthday and 30 year anniversary of being Head Verger!   Held on Saturday 15th February at Sheffield Cathedral, the party will include an array of musical acts and the night will be headlined by the brilliant Jungle Lion! Admission is by a suggested donation on the day to The Archer Project

Was your new years resolution to take on a challenge? Come and join #TeamArcher and run for us at this year’s Sheffield Half Marathon!   To register your interest email Lucy: lucy.wilks@archerproject.org.uk