Months of preparation were involved in enlisting the help of people from the Parish of Saint John Henry Newman Leeds and most of our neighbouring Churches and some further afield, together with people with no Church connection, to make the Night Shelter week a magnificent community event.
WYDAN Shelter 2018-19
During the last ‘season’ from 29th October 2018 to 28th May 2019 our volunteer organisations provided 1692 nights of accommodation to 25 individuals. Sadly there is still a need for accommodation for homeless asylum seekers and it looks like this need will be there for the foreseeable future. This year we will be re-opening the […]
WYDAN Shelter appeal and update
Dear Friends, colleagues and supporters of WYDAN shelter, As you will be aware the shelter opened on 20th December 2017. Last year, over 17 weeks, we hosted 23 individual men provided 398 individual nights of accommodation. We are currently in our 12th week of hosting and have hosted 26 individual men provided 473 nights of accommodation. As you can […]