Late night encounters and post-it notes

Friday, September 3, 2010

3.12 am. I sat there in silence. One small spotlight illuminated the room and lit up a window full of post-it notes and an old wooden cross draped in green ribbon, writes Ben Connelly. DC and Bean lay on the floor sleeping. “Great! This is my slot, and I can’t even listen to music.” No [...]

Back to the future

Monday, August 30, 2010

The smell of the burgers filled the whole room.  Those who were in the room seemed to regret not taking up the offer of a free burger, writes Steve Caldwell. It was 8pm and the magnificent Donegal sunset crept under the blanket of darkness that was about to cover as far as the eye could [...]

46th Birthday with a Difference

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

It was never how she dreamt she would be spending her 46th birthday; sitting in a little house in Belfast with two transvestites, sharing a meal and laughing alot.  And as they partied together Jacqui knew there was nowhere else she’d rather be.
The encounter came about through Jacqui Robb’s work with Hope Ministries.  The Monkstown [...]

2am on a cold, Belfast street…

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

‘She’ is not so different from me, really. Sure, our worlds are like night and day: one English living comfortably, the other Irish, living in hardship, taking drugs and waiting for the next punter to squirm into her life for a few horrendous moments.  But there is a chord that binds our hearts together…. writes Susan [...]

Out of the Red

Friday, June 11, 2010

She could feel her fingers begin to freeze as she sat there trying to fill out forms in a living room which clearly hadn’t been heated for some time.  There was no carpet on the floor, no food in the fridge, no hope in the face of the woman sitting opposite her…
Jacqui Robb knew this [...]

Tales from the City

Monday, May 31, 2010

“I’d never crossed to the other side of the street - because that was ‘the other side’.”  The heartfelt words of one of the storytellers at our recent Tales from the City event.  It was a night of quality music, positive stories, warm chat, coffee and treats.  It was a night where hope was voiced.
Andrew’s [...]

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