The project
The project provides both emergency and longer term supported accommodation and includes dedicated cooking and training facilities for delivering vocational training in catering.
The impact
All 20 bedrooms are now completed, along with the training kitchen. Nottinghamshire YMCA say the hostel has enabled them to equip young people with fundamental life skills including budgeting, cooking and employability skills, helping them lead successful, independent lives.
Liam, a young person who spent four months on the streets before finding support at the hostel, described the impact the project had had on his self-confidence and practical skills. He is now in a position to start moving into his own flat and said:
“I can clean, I can cook, I’ve paid all my debts. 6 months ago I don’t think I’d have even been able to do this interview. Now I’m happy, I’m living my own life.”Liam