Homelink News
New Client Manager joins HOMELINK to help support service demand
We are delighted to announce that the HOMELINK team has recently expanded to include Gary Brettle who has been appointed as a second part-time Client and Loans Manager. Gary will join existing Client and Loans Manager, Pippa Grace, and together they will lead the...
HOMELINK seeks to recruit an Honorary Treasurer
HOMELINK is seeking to recruit a trustee who would act as the charity’s Honorary Treasurer. Working with Lewes District Council (LDC) and other agencies we offer interest-free loans to cover the deposit and rent in advance, to help those who LDC has no duty to house...
Welcome to HOMELINK’s new-look newsletter
2020 was quite a year for everybody, but, thanks to your support and the work of our brilliant team, HOMELINK has continued to help the most vulnerable in our community into housing. In our newsletter you’ll find updates, calls to action and a taster of what’s ahead...
HOMELINK’s Service Manager helps raise over £3000 in New Year’s Eve song & dance-athon
Pippa Grace, HOMELINK’s Service Manager, along with daughters Tilly and Claudia rocked around the clock on New Year’s Eve and raised an incredible £3055 for HOMELINK’s #homes4families campaign. Pippa and her family, who intended to organise a fun run over the festive...
Christmas ‘virtual bar’ tipples raise £1k for HOMELINK
Local brand communications agency, Michael Bell+, were determined to not let Covid-19 stand in the way of their usual Christmas cheer and fundraising festivities, this year. So, during December, the talented team used their creative flair to create a ‘virtual’...
Volunteer support key to HOMELINK’s fundraising success during pandemic
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, HOMELINK had to cancel all planned fundraising activities in 2020, a significant issue given demand for support rose during this period. As a result, like so many other charities this year, we were forced to find ways to...
HOMELINK craft auction raises £5,842 for local families
The ‘Home is where the craft is’ creative challenge culminated in a fundraising auction on World Homeless Day, 10th October, raising close to £6000 for HOMELINK’s latest campaign, #homes4families. Thanks to community support we received over a hundred submissions from...
HOMELINK welcomes new trustee
Ros Toomey, a solicitor who has lived in Lewes for many years and who has a long standing interest in helping homeless people, has recently joined HOMELINK as a trustee. Ros normally works full-time in London, and is married with a daughter. She went to school in...
Linda Barker announces winners of community craft challenge
Over the summer, designer and TV presenter, Linda Barker, helped HOMELINK sound a Sussex-wide call to action to encourage makers, of all ages and all abilities, to create and donate an item for the home or garden in aid of HOMELINK’S latest campaign, #homes4families....
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