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 role. It was a...

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 advent calendars...

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 lately. It has...