Contact

We provide a hostel as a home, which is safe and secure and staffed twenty four hours a day for vulnerable young women aged 16 – 19, in Manchester. The ethos of Contact is very simply to provide "what any good parent would do". We offer support and help to move on to a better and happier future.

www.contacthostel.co.uk/ Fundraise for us

billie@contacthostel.co.uk

0161 860 7594

Registered charity no. 1178557

Member since February 2018

Latest News

Creating Good memories

Last week 5 young people living with us visited Cosmos world buffet to experience cuisines from all different cultures.

All the girls really enjoyed the meal and was the first time they have interacted with each other, beginning to make friendships within the group.

The girls have lived together for a few months now, but had rarely interacted with each other. The meal was a great way to break the ice and for them to get to know one another, building social skills and peer relationships.

Thank you to donors to our Good Memories fund, without whom, none of this would be possible.

Christmas day at Contact: A hostel for homeless young women

This Christmas we`re inviting supporters to donate a non-essential Christmas gift for our girls living with us over Christmas, and who doesn’t love to receive presents just because….

Examples of suitable low cost gifts include: gift vouchers, purses, scent, chocolate, sweets, make up bags, vanity cases, makeup sets, toiletries sets, scrunchies, compact mirrors, hand or body cream, shower gels, hair brush and comb sets ( no alcohol please!!).

We have 8 girls living with us at any one time.

Supporters can drop off or send their gifts to Contact, 339 Wilbraham Rd, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GL, and if you call, you will be warmly received and invited in for a brew.

About us

We provide a seven-bed hostel with all necessary domestic facilities, together with an onsite bungalow for the new and sometimes daunting experience of living more independently and alone, before moving on to independence, but also with access to support as necessary. Each young person in our care is allocated a key worker who meets with them on a regular basis. They develop a personal plan which includes learning skills such as housekeeping, shopping, cleaning, cooking, and looking after themselves, with an emphasis on developing personal responsibility and skills needed for independent living. The young women referred to us come from a range of backgrounds which includes relationship breakdowns, fleeing domestic violence, oppressive family regimes, forced marriages, threatened abduction, physical and emotional abuse. Young people are helped to realise their unique worth, enjoy and achieve and be helped towards maximising their potential, where many of the young people may come from chaotic lifestyles and backgrounds. We also help the youngsters to work through gaps in their childhood by having fun days out, marking birthdays, Christmas and other celebrations through our Good memories fund to contrast with what may have otherwise been a sad and lonely childhood. We also assist our young people with the hardship fund provides funding for clothing, fares, birth certificates ID. This fund helps to establish much needed identity and accelerates independence.