Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from everyone at Meeting Point! 🎄We had a wonderful Christmas party on Monday with around 200 people in attendance. Such joy and good spirits filled the hall! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2022. We are closed now until 4th January and wish you all a peaceful and happy Christmas and New Year

Compassionate City Awards 2022 – Meeting Point nominated!

Proud and delighted to find out that we have been nominated for a Jo Cox award at the Leeds Compassionate City Awards 2022!

The Jo Cox award goes to ‘an individual or organisation who have gone above and beyond to unite and bring different communities together, supported newer communities to feel welcome or championed issues which help to create more integrated and inclusive communities’.

Meeting Point Celebrates!

To celebrate the work of Meeting Point, particularly during the pandemic, the volunteers and trustees surprised staff with a special celebratory drop-in and presentation event last week.

It was a very special and memorable afternoon with thanks given to all those who have made are continued work possible – and that includes all who follow, donate and share!

Here are some photos of the day, as well as an article that was featured in the diocese newsletter. Thank you to everyone who was involved! 🥰https://www.leeds.anglican.org/…/church-based-charity…

Project Update

We have had a number of enquiries about our role in supporting refugees from Ukraine. As yet we have not had any Ukrainians through the doors seeking support. The Homes for Ukraine scheme has been slow to mobilise (not through lack of volunteers) and it is unclear what role the third sector in Leeds will play in it. As with any refugees and asylum seekers seeking our support, the doors of Meeting Point will be open to them if and when they need us.

The drop-in will be closed on Easter Monday (18th April) and will reopen on Monday 25th April to include a social ‘cafe’ space again.

Judith was interviewed recently interviewed for The Guardian newspaper as part of an article on period poverty in the UK. You can read it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/10/cost-of-living-crisis-has-exacerbated-period-poverty-charities-say

Thank you to all our supporters and donors. We really couldn’t do any of this without you!