On the 1^st May I took part in the York charity sleepout at the LNER Community stadium. The sleepout was raising money and awareness for Restore, along with three other local charities.

The 45th London Marathon took place this month and it was a record-breaking event. London is now officially the world’s largest marathon, with over 56,000 people making it to the start line at the 2025 event.

If you’ve followed Restore for any length of time, you’ll have seen what we call our ‘key pictures:’ residents who have achieved that major milestone of signing for an independent tenancy and are moving out of Restore accommodation into their own home.

If you follow us on any of our social media platforms (and if you don’t, there are links to help you do so at the bottom of this blog) then you’ll have seen that over the last few months we’ve started to talk about our community hubs.

I hope you have had a good start to 2025. If Christmas already seems a distant memory; you’re eager for longer daylight hours, warmer weather and have dragged yourself through January by researching your next summer holiday destination, then this blog topic may seem a little out-of-season.

As we approach the end of 2024, I hope that you are reading this reflecting on your own year and feeling positive about what you have accomplished. For those of us at Restore it has certainly been a year packed with exciting developments.