Imagine the scene, it’s a boiling hot day and you’ve just jumped into the back of your colleagues’ car (complete with dog hair and no air conditioning) to get to the Hayes Centre in Derbyshire. Green Pastures Annual conference here we come for Paddy, Ali, and Hilary from the Restore team. Having been to the …
Quite a while before ‘D’ moved into a Restore House, he travelled to Mevagissey, Cornwall to live with his mother. ‘D’ mentioned that although it was a lovely place to be living, there was very little social life as Mevagissey was normally full of tourists. He also said that because he didn’t have his own …
‘D’ – A resident’s story, from an interview with Kevin Birch Read More »
The charity of Restore (York) Limited was founded in December 2010 and seven months later we opened our doors to our first ever tenant. Since then 176 people from York have been housed in our properties. Dozens of those people have gone on to live in independent accommodation. Many of them stay in touch with …
Over the last few days Britain has entered a time the like of which we have never seen before. Many of us will have doubts and fears about what might lie ahead in the coming weeks. As we contemplate what life might look like in a period of severe restrictions and social isolation, I can’t …
It’s reached that point of the year when people are frantically rushing around in anticipation of the Big Day, every morning a pile of unsolicited mail arrives through your letterbox, and there’s a portly gentleman in charge trying to Get Things Done. But enough about Christmas, let’s talk about the general election. On Thursday the …
