Pathways Blog

We provide tenancy support to some of the people we work with, who have more complex needs and might not manage to engage with more generic tenancy support.

Feedback

We recently received some wonderful feedback from someone we’ve been working with for a number of years.

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We provide tenancy support to some of the people we work with, who have more complex needs and might not manage to engage with more generic tenancy support.

Good News- Robert’s Story

Robert and his young child came to our drop-in after fleeing from his partner due to domestic abuse. They had been placed in B&B by the council but needed support whilst they were in temporary accommodation and to find a longer term option.

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Foundation Derbyshire- Food Access Programme

We’re delighted to have received some funding from Foundation Derbyshire- Food Access Programme. The funding allows us to keep our food cupboard topped up meaning we’re not solely reliant on donations to provide food to the people we work with.

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Christmas Cards

Our Charity Christmas Cards will be coming on sale soon! They have been designed by two of our clients who are incredibly talented, Tracey and Mia.

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Pathways secret garden

We’ve recently received a donation of a couple of benches which we’ve used to create a multi use, quiet, welcoming space at the back of one of our buildings.

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Recovery Month

What a month September has been celebrating all individuals who are in recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction!

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Good News- Update on Ben’s story

We recently shared Ben’s story, one of the people working with Bec, our Recovery Worker. At the time of sharing he was on a waiting list for supported housing but we’re delighted that he has now moved into a new home with Derventio.

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Thank you Tesco

Thank you to the Tesco Extra Community Champions, Jane and Karen, who chose Pathways to receive the donations made to the August book table.

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Pathways in August

In August, Pathways supported 257 different people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. We were able to successfully support 32 people into new housing.

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Distraction Packs

For a lot of the people I work with, who suffer with addictions, keeping themselves busy and distracted from their negative thoughts has been a huge struggle for them. To help them with this I have been putting together some distraction packs.

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Good News- Ainsley’s Story

Ainsley, a man in his 50s had been living with his partner but when the relationship broke down, the tenancy was in her name he had nowhere to go so found himself sleeping rough.

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Graffiti Recovery Event 2024

As part of Recovery Month, today we hosted a Graffiti Recovery Event. It was a celebration for people in recovery and we had people from other projects in the Growing Recovery in Derbyshire Network join us for the event.

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DRP Partnership

As part of our Paths to Recovery project, Pathways has been working closely with Steve, the new Derbyshire Recovery Partnership (DRP) Rough Sleeper Worker.

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SMART Recovery

We’ve recently taken out a licence to become trained in and deliver SMART Recovery sessions. SMART Recovery helps participants decide whether they have a problem, builds up their motivation to change and offers a set of proven tools and techniques to support recovery.

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Ben’s Story

Ben is in his mid 20s who has been diagnosed with a multitude of mental health conditions. Trauma in his early years has meant he has always struggled to regulate his emotions in a health way.

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Paths to Recovery

Paths to Recovery is a project run by Pathways, funded by Derbyshire County Council as part of the Recovery Network in Derbyshire.

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Newsletter December 23

Our latest newsletter is available to read below- find out what we’ve been doing and all our latest stats.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Rough Sleeping is not a lifestyle choice

In light of the recent proposed policy Pathways would like to state Rough sleeping is not a lifestyle choice.
Rough sleeping is a complex issue that requires a thoughtful approach, rather than criminalising people who find themselves in this extremely difficult situation.

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Carl’s Story

Carl is a 67 year old man who attended our drop-in service, where he presented himself as homeless after being evicted from his council property.

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