Do you want to work with us to solve homelessness in your area? If you can answer 'yes' to the following questions, please contact us.
Do you have an established homelessness action team?
Do you know:
the Homelessness Officer of your local authority?
the Social Services department of your local authority?
your other local homelessness agencies?
the operators of your local rough sleeper shelters?
Might some of your church congregation make a loan to Green Pastures – on a 5% return?
Could you provide pastoral support over the longer term?
Upon receiving an enquiry from an interested party engaged in a homelessness ministry with a Christian ethos ....
Green Pastures will invite you to view the Southport operation and then visit your own operation. You will be given the Green Pastures Partner Document to consider after which you can make an application to become a Partner. Once accepted as a Partner your group will identify properties for Green Pastures to purchase.
The responsibilities of a Partner....
Green Pastures will invite you to view the Southport operation and then visit your own operation. You will be given the Green Pastures Partner Document to consider after which you can make an application to become a Partner with us. Once accepted as a Partner your group will identify properties for Green Pa
Researching and finding an appropriate property.
Checking the accomodation is habitable and doesnt require significant work.
Ensuring the tenants are ready to move into the house and filling 'empties' as soon as possible.
Preparing the property so that it can be lived in (e.g. helping the tenants find furniture etc ...).
Sustainign the tenancy - pastorial care, financial, administration, maintenance.
We generally suggest that a maximum of 2 properties be purchased in the first 6 months. Once these are established, future purchases will be considered. Regional partnership meetings will be organised by Green Pastures where partners can network together.
Our Current Partners
Prison Chaplaincy, Stoke
Keyworkers Project, Wigan
All Souls Local Action Netowrk (ASLAN), Dartford
YMCA, Flint, Wales
The Boaz trust, Manchester
YMCA, Blackburn
The Saviour Turst, Pontefract
Friends First, Brighton
Community Awareness Programme, Wakefield
Michaels Limited, Bournemouth
We actively lobby politicians locally and nationally to engineer social change.