A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN, John Power:

Due to the Covid pandemic, we have concluded that there is no way we can safely operate a Night Shelter this year. The numbers of people sleeping rough in Slough has decreased significantly, in large part down to the successful efforts of the housing and outreach teams at Slough council in finding accommodation for those who were put up in hotels during lockdown. We have a project in place where we have leased two houses from the council to accommodate a number of rough sleepers without recourse to public funds. We may expand this project and will continue to provide B&B accommodation for vulnerable people where we can. In addition we have a new project about to launch in Slough in partnership with M&S where we will have an outlet to distribute surplus food from their stores to those in need . This will be situated in central Slough and we will need volunteers to help run it. I will send more details as soon as we are ready to launch. We continue to rely on your support and I would like to thank you for all your hard work over the last 7 years on the Night shelter project; you have helped hundreds of people find shelter and support.