The Recycling Lives team are in on-going talks with an as yet unnamed Lancashire local authority about the possibility of providing the county’s second homeless centre. Simon Thorrington, Project Manager for Recycling Lives explains more:
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Preston City Council – owners of the freehold of the Recycling Lives Kent Street HQ – have recently agreed to extend the existing lease to a new 125-year one. The council’s Cabinet agreed to the improved terms of the lease following a request from the charity which needed extra security prior to demolishing its present building and starting work on a new multi-million pound homeless facility.
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Since its founder had the foresight to recognise the differing needs of the homeless community in the 21st century, Steve Jackson has been keen to cascade his message to anyone who will listen throughout the NW of England and beyond. Indeed, as if to exemplify his eagerness, as well as the Preston facility, the Recycling Lives team are presently in discussions with a further two Lancashire borough councils and one authority in the North East.
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It is great news! Recycling Lives has been endorsed by the government by way of a whopping grant award totalling £750,000. The cash injection – from the Department for Communities and Local Government Places of Change Hostels Capital Improvement Programme – is the first piece of the capital costs jigsaw for the Recycling Lives project in Preston. The grant is one of the single largest sums given to any homeless charity in the UK and is a boost to the Lancashire-based RL team.
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