When a local woman moved into her new home in Havering, it was just four bare walls with no carpet, bedding or cooking facilities. Having already fled a difficult personal situation, away from her family and facing serious health challenges, she was determined to create a stable home space. After fleeing, she had spent time… Read more »
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Meaningful Community Support, Big Difference
A local woman in Romford, caring for her children, reached out to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain’s Community Hub for support. Having recently fled a difficult situation, she was facing significant challenges with her housing and needed practical assistance to create a safer and more stable home environment. “Your generosity means so much and brings… Read more »
Read moreHelping Young People With Disability Prepare For Employment And Adulthood
We are very grateful to our funders, LandAid and SEGRO plc who have supported this employability training. The REACH Supported Internship Programme The REACH Supported Internship Programme (SIP) is a one-year preparation programme in Great Britain for students with learning disabilities. Learners must have an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan), be aged between 16–24, and in their final… Read more »
Read moreCost of Living Crisis: 5 Ways to Insulate Your Home
In this edition of our ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ blogs, we are sharing some steps that you can take to insulate your home this winter in an effort to help you save money on your heating bills. These suggestions are relatively low cost and quick to implement. 1. Thermal Curtains and Blinds The addition… Read more »
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A message from our CEO
Our CEO, Tum Kazunga, has recorded the following message from the back garden of his house where he is self isolating during the Coronavirus pandemic. At Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, we have postponed all of our overseas’s volunteering programmes, we have closed our office and organised for our staff to work from home, and… Read more »
Read moreRenovating a Women’s Refuge: Escaping Domestic Violence
Last autumn, teams of volunteers from P&G joined us to renovate a women’s refuge in London. The refuge was in dire need of refurbishment, and the P&G volunteers helped us transform the space into a decent home for women starting a new life.
Read moreCorporate Volunteers Give Back to UK Veterans with Housing Project
This is an update on our project to renovate and refurbish a building because homeless veterans are in need of accommodation in London – in collaboration with corporate volunteers from Bloomberg and Veterans Aid. What follows is a transcript of the videos featured below. “I’m Nathan Rooke, 25. I served in the Fourth Regiment Army Air Corps as… Read more »
Read moreHousing and Shelter: Our Charity’s Work in Great Britain
Habitat for Humanity was set up by just two people 40 years ago, and the shelter and housing charity branch in Great Britain (our local affiliate) was established in 1995. Worldwide, 827 million people living in cities live in slums and over 100 million people are homeless. In the past 40 years, our international aid programmes have helped… Read more »
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