The Great Missenden Lunch Club runs a weekly club and is run by the local branch of Age Concern.

The Great Missenden Lunch Club runs a weekly club and is run by the local branch of Age Concern.

Homelessness

Wycombe Winter Night ShelterThe Wycombe Winter Night Shelter

The aim of WWNS is the relief of need among homeless people in High Wycombe and the surrounding area by the provision of temporary shelter accommodation, advice and assistance.  Dinner, bed and breakfast is provided by homeless guests during the three coldest winter months.

Grant received: £5,000 from Grassroots, funded by the Office of the Third Sector, October 2008

What for: WWNS identified a need for an advice and advocacy support service to homeless individuals in the district of High Wycombe.  This Grassroots grant of £5,000 over two financial years will enable this service to be set up.  It will be run by a part-time Advocacy Senior and a team of volunteers.  A WWNS board member commented on accepting the grant "the support of the Foundation during our reach into the unknown was so reassuring."