I read on Twitter this morning:
"Do not be afraid" appears in the bible 366 times - once for every day of the year (including leap years!)*
At A Way Out we don't believe that anyone should need to fear for their lives, for their health, for their children, for their safety, for their future...
Especially as we are looking forward to Christmas these fears seem to come to the fore. Christmas is traditionally a time of hope, joy, peace and love but all too often this is not the case. We will be keeping our offices open across the festive period to make sure that there is always a place to go.
We are running a whole range of activities in the next couple weeks to make sure that this is a really special time for people, a time to celebrate and have fun. For a low-down on what our girls group is going to be doing you can have a read of our latest newsletter here.
Our preventions team are also busy planning the week before Christmas which will be crammed full of activities. It's shaping up to be a great week:
Monday- bag packing at Morrissons supermarket to raise awareness and funds for A Way Out.
Tuesday- a trip to see the musical Oliver! at the Arc, Stockton.
Wednesday- Giant Christmas movie afternoon
Thursday- Christmas party which includes food, grafitti workshops, arts and crafts, games, prizes and maybe even a visit from Santa!
We know that spending quality time with vulnerable and at risk women and young people is so important and A Way Out can make all the difference in a young person's life. These are some of the things our project workers have been told this week:
Hello, just sat here chilling a just want to say thank you 4 everything, just wanted to mgs u and let u no i look forward when we meet, thanks 4 everything x x
I don't know where I would be in life now if it wasn't for you and all your hard work at away out! I really appreciate everything u have done for me and thanks for having confidence in me and in what I do and thanks so much for sending me the right way in life! You do so much for people most the time you don't relies you do it even the little things mean a lot to me so thank you so much just to say thanks xxxxxxxxx
Thank you for working at away out and been there for me and my friends it means a lot to know we have people we can always talk too :)
Wow. We're really excited about Christmas at the Gate. We'll be getting back to you to let you know how it's gone and to show you all the photos!
Love from A Way Out x
*tweet by @nickygumbel
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