We seek to help people in many ways:

"The Jesus Centre has helped me tremendously with accommodation and alcohol problems. I can talk to a support worker if I need to."

"They have also helped me move and given me furniture. I regularly go to Your Space to meet people and play board games. I am much happier now." - Susan

We worked hard for her to get benefit that was due. We got her a flat, and helped her to engage with drug treatment, and she also went to a doctor and dentist and got well.

An article in our local newspaper in 2009:

For Dave and Tracey it has been a hard life. Both were homeless, on the streets, addicted to drugs; things were bleak. Tracey says, ‘I was getting really depressed and not eating. I really went down.’

Dave Linton, 40, and Tracey Toller, 42, were both born and bred in Coventry. Dave had 20 years of drugs and crime, and she had years of trouble too. They met in 2006 and they have helped each other to change. He has been free of crime since then and both are on drug treatment programmes.

They used the Bridge drop-in at the Jesus Centre for basic needs. They used the shower, the phone and laundry, stored belongings, had hot drinks and breakfasts, got clothes and bedding, and received food parcels.

Support workers, Val Hook and Barney Taylor, helped them with benefits and filling in forms. Then they applied for rented accommodation through the Bridge Bond Scheme.

‘We had a go at praying when we were waiting to get a place,' said Tracey. After a few weeks they got a flat with a private landlord. ‘Barney even got us a cooker,’ she said.

They wanted to express their thanks. ‘When we first moved in it was great to be in the warm. We’re feeling a lot more positive now – loads better. We’re looking forward to Christmas in our own home for the first time. We couldn’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. Things have improved a hundred-fold.’