Giving this Christmas

Glass Door partners with churches like HTB and community centres to give shelter and support, because no one should have to sleep on the streets of London. In 2022-23 they supported 1,787 individuals, moved 294 guests off the streets into house, and provided 293 individuals with emergency shelter in winter.

Love Christmas spreads hope in our local community by giving a gift bag packed with treats and goodies to those who might otherwise be overlooked at Christmas. This Christmas our amazing community of volunteers will pack 5,000 bags of kindness at HTB and deliver them to refugees, prisoners, those experiencing homelessness or isolation.

The mission of HTB Social Transformation is to prioritise those who are marginalised within society by building community, creating connections, and developing places of safety and belonging embedded in the Love of Jesus. We aim to create authentic communities at the heart of HTB without distinguishing between guests and team, instead coming shoulder-to-shoulder alongside one another. Social Transformation includes ministries like the HTB Day & Night Shelters, The Community Café for Asylum seekers, Shine & Spotlight Women’s Programmes, Crosslight Debt Advice, Caring for Prison Leavers, and Re-work and Spear Employability Programmes.

Kids Matter has a vision to see every child in need raised in a strong family. They partner with local churches and their community network to run evidence-informed programmes in communities and prisons to equip mums, dads and carers with the tools they need to build strong relationships and strong families, positively impacting children’s futures and reducing the social and financial costs of family breakdown.

Inspired by Christian Faith, World Vision helps children – of all faiths and none- in some of the world’s most dangerous places. They believe it takes a whole community to create happy and fulfilling childhoods. Their integrated and community -based approach includes access to water, healthcare, education, child protection and income generation with the aim of allowing every child to fulfil their God-given potential.

Every Tuesday at HTB Dalgarno Way, on the Dalgarno our team welcome 40 children from the Dalgarno Estate and the local area to participate in an afterschool club, including activities, games, and a hot meal.

Launched in 2019, Power the Fight is an award-winning charity which tackles violence affecting young people by creating long-term solutions for sustainable change. Power the fight act as a link between the community and policy makers, provide training, and support families impacted by violence.

A Rocha is a global family of conservation organizations working together to live out God’s calling to care for creation and equip others to do likewise. A Rocha projects are frequently cross-cultural in, share a community emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education, site-based projects and wider advocacy.

A21 are driven by the radical hope that the cycle of human trafficking can be broken, and that slavery can be ended one life at a time. They work to educate and equip people to understand through programmes, presentations and public awareness campaigns which educate and equip people to understand, identify and reduce risks of slavery and through rescue initiatives like help hotlines, child advocacy centers, victim identification operations, and legal assistance.

Spear is founded on the belief that each young person has huge potential, no matter what barriers to employment they face. On the Spear Programme help trainees realise this potential, by coaching them with the mindset and skills they need to both get into work, and thrive once they’re there.