Beth Buckley, our Development Coordinator, reflects on the power that stories can have. Lately I’ve been thinking about the power of stories-the power of telling them, and of hearing or reading them. As a child some of my fondest memories are reading with my parents - with the exception of my mum reading me Watership Down when I was 7 which I think scarred me for life. I spent almost very spare second reading, or writing stories. I read stories of refugees, of women fighting

Iain Anderson, Hope's Support Manager reflects on January Hope... The third Monday in January is apparently known as “Blue Monday” – allegedly the most depressing day of the year! The logic goes that it’s a day when the excitement and anticipation of Christmas is all done and dusted, people are back at work, the credit card bills from Christmas have dropped through the letter box, it’s still not quite pay day, the weather is dark, cold and wet, and your optimistic new year’s

Our CEO Dominique Scott reflects on celebrating 5 years at Hope Nottingham! 1. At Hope Nottingham, There’s Always a Plan… Even If We Don’t Know It Yet Jeremiah 29:11 was our founder – Nigel Adams’ inspiration: “ ‘For I know the plans I have for you’ declares the Lord… ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.’ “  That verse became real for me. I joined after redundancy, the first ‘outsider’ at Hope who didn’t join the staff from a volunteer rol

As we begin the season of Advent, Iain, Hope Nottingham's Support Manager thinks about waiting... What are you like at waiting? Do you wait for things patiently and enjoy the 'journey'? Or do you get desperate for the waiting to be over - just wanting to get to the event, destination or date at the end? As we start the season of Advent, waiting seems a topical subject. For many Advent is a countdown, a ticking off of days until 'the big day'. Many people open the doors on adv

Our Chaplain, Lauren Bailey, reflects on working together as part of a Community of Hope. Being part of a Community of Hope, one that is committed to making things better generally, is hopefully something that we can all feel included in, something for us to take our place in and belong - however big or small that is. And in God’s eyes, the smaller things are even more valuable.  One of our values at Hope is working together  and I’ve been thinking about what this looks like

Inspired by the hard work of our allotment volunteers, Iain, our Support Manager has been reflecting on harvest time. You may or may not...