Get behind Refreshment this Lent - we need your help!

 

DONATE TO KEEP THE REFRESH CENTRE OPEN! 
Many thanks for your support for the Refresh Centre. Over the course of the month, with many different donations, we have raised nearly £12,000 towards keeping the Refresh Centre open. We had hoped to meet a target of £15,000 and you can still give towards it below.

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We have begun to negotiate on keeping the centre open and extending the lease for a few months, and we hope we can raise the further £3,000 needed. We really appreciate the support and makes a huge different. Please do support above or below.

 

INVEST IN OUR HUB
We want to open a mission hub in Blackpool and develop it and are looking for people who could generously invest. Can we borrow your money for the next few years and when we return it, we will return it with interest? 

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Some save for a rainy day – but for some, it’s already raining in Blackpool, and a storm is on the way. We have a potential antidote to a mental health epidemic – and a building that needs developing. Can you make a difference by bringing light to the darkness? You don’t have to be a Christian, but we are.

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WHAT IS THE VISION?

 

Get behind us in two ways by donating or investing to enable us to do the following two amazing projects and help bring life to the high street, as well as provide much needed services that will aim to support the needs of mental health in our communities. With the funding, we will do the following:

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• Open and refurbish our high street hub at the centre of Blackpool – the building in Blackpool can be purchased and completely renovated, to open up a commercial mental health café downstairs on the lower floor, and a resource centre upstairs providing books, classes and activities that aid mental health support. The location at the centre of the town provides a place where community can grow and aims to be a place where people will be able to find help 24-7 long term. The refurbishment includes converting the building into 1 unit, repairing the roof and installing a lift.

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• Purchase our training centre in South Shore, Blackpool – we have worked from the Refresh Centre for over a decade, providing a space for people to come from overseas and learn what it takes to be involved in the community. Our training centre has 14 bedrooms and our programme is designed to train people to work in frontline mission as well as bring in ex-offenders who will be equipped through our breaking the chains residential training course. We have already leased the building for a very long time and invested heavily in the renovation, and are looking for this investment to secure it for the future as a permanent home for our training.​​