Aviva Community Fund

00.00.13: Okay? “Knocks”

00.00.18: Off we go, we’ve had trainers here for about a week. I don’t know whose they belong to.

00.00.23: But then it’s up here, to floor seven.

00.00.26: And this is where I normally sleep.

00.00.29: All I really do is, is sort of you know, live, live day by day, one day at a time.

00.00.35: Can I eat today? Have I got water for today? Have I got a place to lay my head at the end of the night?

00.00.41: Trinity, for me is a community-based drop-in centre, that helps so many different people.

00.00.49: I mean for me, if Trinity wasn’t available, I don’t know, I think it would have been a lot tougher, for me.

00.00.55: I did Learning for Life programmes here, and I’ve got all my certificates and qualifications to be able to work in the kitchen.

00.01.04: And, sort of yeah, just rolled with it, and loved it, and took over.

00.01.10: Well it’s a social hub really, at the centre.

00.01.13: Some of the best therapy you can have in life is human contact.

00.01.17: Homeless life is being somewhere, where you’re alone. You can be around a load of people but you’re alone.

00.01.24: You come through here and it’s like big arms, it’s just welcoming you in.

00.01.30: I came here about a year-and-a-half ago.

00.01.33: Basically, I came for the women’s services here. I fled 20 years of domestic violence.

00.01.40: You know these places really, they’re a bit of a godsend for people like myself.

00.01.45: I think this is a safe place for them to come, and I think they kind of look at the staff as parents and we’ve all got our, kind of, different roles with that person.

00.01.54: See, excellent. That’s excellent communication skills. That’s a really good skill to have.

00.01.58: It’s a great little spot, if you wanna make changes and you wanna better your life, you can. You can do that here.

00.02.04: Hi Mel.

00.02.05: Hi Georgie!

00.02.06: If Tony doesn’t make it back, Jo, are you able to scrub in?

00.02.10: Trinity would not be able to function without volunteers. They’re absolutely amazing.

00.02.15: We do whatever is needed really, community is community.

00.02.17: And as they say, charity starts at home.

00.02.18: If you want to improve the world, help the person next to you and in turn, hopefully, they will help the next person.

00.02.23: The support’s been amazing, they pretty much saved me, changed my life. 

00.02.28: She’s the best cook we have ever had.

00.02.30: It’s been great and I’m able to do what I love and that’s create amazing food.

00.02.34: The service users and clients are really, really happy, so, I like putting a smile on their face.