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We have set a date for the formal opening of Genesis Centre – 20 March 2022. This is also the 20th anniversary of the formation of the charity and so will be a double celebration. Delays with plumbing work and the knock-on effect on plastering delayed our move. We are, however, definitely on the final lap with all work to be done on the first phase financially covered. This is very much thanks to Talbot Village Trust who have agreed a further grant of £40,000. We are now seeking funding for phase 2 of the work, which will be on a second hall, which we intend as the hub for healthcare activities, possibly a winter shelter and also other activities to help our clients’ wellbeing and employment prospects.
Click here to make a donation for Routes to Roots, making a difference to the lives of Poole’s homeless and vulnerably housed: https://www.routestoroots.org/charity/donations
12 days of giving was designed to support registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, and community interest companies in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man. Every weekday from the 6th to 21st December Ecclesiastical will draw 10 charities to receive £1000 each, each draw will close at midnight the day before. That’s £120,000 to 120 charities over 12 days. The more nominations Routes to Roots receives the greater our chance of winning £1000. Please support Routes to Roots: visit movementforgood.com/12days and click ‘nominate now’.
Salary: £29,577 – £32,910
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Are you looking for an opportunity where your skills will make a difference in helping to support homeless people and rebuild lives? Or are you looking to take the next step in your career? If this is the case for you then joining the Routes to Roots team will be an opportunity for you to personally develop whilst supporting some of the most vulnerable members of our community. This is a new role, to manage the work at Routes to Roots’ new Drop In Centre, at the newly renovated Genesis Centre in Hill Street, Poole.
Download an application form and further information:
Or contact the R2R Office: office@routestoroots.org
Please send your application with covering letter and CV to office@routestoroots.org
Closing date for applications: 10am on 29 October 2021
Interview and assessments in Poole: w/c 8 November 2021
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced/standard DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Building work at our new Genesis Centre in Hill Street delayed the timing of the meeting but the Board of Trustees remained unchanged.
Have you ever considered volunteering for us? We need kitchen staff in our current location on Skinner Street and would also love off-site support on various aspects of publicity and fundraising, such as the website, social media, design and grant applications. We will also need many more volunteers for different types of on-site support when we open Genesis Centre. If you would like to leave your contact details with us now, with an idea of how you could help, then we can contact you later in the year when we start to plan our opening and the activities we will offer. Please email our office on: office@routestoroots.org
We are continuing to run indoor drop-ins on weekday lunchtimes and are seeing anything from 8 to 16 clients each day. In June EDAS (Essential Drugs and Alcohol Services) re-started their outreach operation with us and we are looking forward to the re-start of more services in the coming weeks. St Mungo’s reports that they have 184 people in emergency accommodation in the BCP area and that thankfully the Council has no plans to end this provision. During this current crisis they have been able to move literally hundreds into long-term accommodation.