Aviva Community Fund

Okay? “Knocks”

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

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

And this is where I normally sleep.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Hi Mel.

Hi Georgie!

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

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

We do whatever is needed really, community is community.

And as they say, charity starts at home.

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

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

She’s the best cook we have ever had.

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

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