Examples of support

We receive support from many churches, schools, community groups and individuals. There are too many to name them all individually but we are grateful to each. The following gives a flavour of the different ways people help;

- Over 150 churches and schools make Harvest Festival collections for us

- 55 people have joined our 100 Club (there are 45 spare places!) and donate £2 a month by direct debit, with the chance of winning £55 each month

- Manchester Cathedral provide our accommodation, heating and lighting free of charge, as well as helping in many other ways

- Norden Methodist Church and St Thomas's Salford store all the tinned food which we collect at Harvest time, saving us thousands of pounds in storage costs

- St. Stephens Church in Audenshaw make a monthly delivery of fresh fruit and home baked lemon drizzle cake

- Chetham's School of Music hold regular music recitals where a collection is taken in aid of the Booth Centre

- Various Mothers Union groups knit woolly hats in winter and collect food for us

- The Manchester Masonic Lodge donated a new computer and printer to the Centre

- Manchester Reform Synagogue make regular financial donations to the centre

- Alma makes fresh apple pies and brings them to the centre every Wednesday

We receive funding for specific areas of work from various Charitable Trusts. During 2006/7 we were grateful for support from;

- The Barnabas Charitable Trust

- The Booth Charities

- The Dickenson Trust

- The Good Gift Guide

- Help the Aged

- Manchester Rag

- Streetsmart

We also receive support from various statutory authorities;

- The Homeless Direcorate at Communities and Local Government, with support from Manchester City Council

- Central Manchester Primary Care Trust and Food Futures, part of the health authority promoting healthy eating

- Manchester's Drug and Alcohol Strategy Team

We receive support from the Business Community. For example, John Laing PLC, helped us with the construction of our garden.

Other organisations support our work by providing outreach workers to work in our centre or through helping us to provide a range of activities. We appreciate the support of;

- Counted In, English Churches Housing

- Homeless Advocacy Project

- Homeless Mental Health Team

- The Northern Quarter Project, Turning Point

- Nearis

- The City Council Bio Diversity Team and Park Wardens Service

- Y-club