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Enabling and equipping the church and community to heal the broken hearted, set free the oppressed and bring good news to the poor.

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We are delighted to launch our @GreatEasternRun 2026 campaign! 🏃🏃‍♀️

For the first time, we are inviting you to give what you feel comfortable with to secure your charity place in either race. 💛

To find out more and to book your place, visit: https://t.co/6BjXVKOTIC

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Day four of #NationalVolunteersWeek & today we celebrate Annette who has been a Garden House volunteer since 2023. She's always willing to help others including staff as you can read about below. Small acts of kindness can go a long way & do get recognised.

Thank you Annette! 💛

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Day two of #NationalVolunteersWeek and today we're celebrating Corinne and her dog Lady! 😀🐶

Corinne is both a weekend Garden House volunteer and a LPP Ambassador. At A Night in the Nave sleep out in March, Corinne and Lady raised an incredible £757.84! 👏

Thank you! 💛🙏

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As part of #NationalVolunteersWeek, we are highlighting and celebrating our volunteers. Today, we are showing our appreciation to Nigel. Please have a read through.

Thank you Nigel for all you do for LPP! 🙏💛

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Yesterday, as part of Homeless Health Outreach, Nurse Ali (@NetworkGreater), Mental Health Nurse Pamela (@CPFT_NHS's DDOT), & Health Navigator Roy (@BoroughburyGP), joined Sarah (LPP Health Outreach Co-Ordinator) along the Embankment to talk to & give out bottles of water.

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This afternoon, we provided our Garden House guests tuna salad rolls containing carrot, spring onions, broad beans and lettuce which were all grown in our Community Garden. 😋🥕🧅

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This morning, we had a number of guests who were keen to help our volunteers, Robbie and Barbara, in the Community Garden. Planters were tidied up and the lawn was mowed amongst other activities. 🪻🪴👨‍🌾

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🎱Attention Pool players and fanatics! 🎱

Our LPP Ambassador Brian is organising another Pool Tournament in aid of LPP.

Entry costs £10 plus a £2 sponsor from someone you know.

For more info & to book your place, get in touch with Brian. Entries close on Sunday 24th May.

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It was lovely to be commended for our work again by being invited to the Royal Garden Party yesterday. This year, Julie our Volunteer Co-Ordinator, was nominated by the LPP team to represent the charity at the event.

It was well deserved, Julie! 💛

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Some highlighted stats from April! 😀🫶

#Homelessness #Charity #Peterborough

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Thank you to Andy and Terry from @cwuEastern__No5 who have kindly donated thermal mugs, ceramic mugs and tote bags to the Garden House. Our guests will really benefit from these! 😀

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A big thank you to Sam & his fellow business student group at @PboroCollege who raised £55.21 & awareness of LPP through hosting an enterprise marketplace at college.

Teams ran independent stalls with Sam & his group selling stickers & offering games of cup pong.

Thank you! 💛

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Congratulations to our Peer Advocate Mick who has passed his Mental Health First Aid and Advocacy course. He has worked very hard to achieve this! 👏🏻☺️

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In March, 41 new people came to the Garden House seeking support. That means in the last financial year (Apr 25 - Mar 26), there were 513 new presentations of homelessness.

If you know someone who is experiencing or is at risk of homelessness, tell them about the Garden House.

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We need your help! 🫶

The Garden House is in need of volunteers at the weekend. If you are interested then please email [email protected].

Please share and spread the word amongst family, friends, colleagues and community groups. 🙏

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Thank you to Jason, the Stamford @Morrisons Community Champion, who kindly collected and donated new items of clothing for our Garden House guests. 🙏💛🧦👕

#Donation #Charity #Homelessness #Peterborough

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A big thank you to @SIPeterborough who donated £1,000 from a year's worth of fundraising activities such as cake sales, selling handcrafted items, & hosting coffee mornings.

We also presented Gill with a certificate for her hiking fundraiser last year which raised £1,255! 👏

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In March, we supported 55 people to move off the streets and into accommodation by working closely with @PeterboroughCC's Rough Sleeper Outreach Team.

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In March, 236 people came to the Garden House seeking support. Together, they made over 1,500 visits. Thank you to our staff, volunteers and partner services for providing the right support to help as many of these people as possible. 🙏💛

#Peterborough #Charity #Homelessness

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Happy Easter! 💛