Health provider helps provide to homeless
17 December, 2013
City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) staff members gathered together in a car park on a cold December evening to offer clothes, food and hot drinks to homeless people in Hull.
Members of staff from The Quays Surgery set up stalls on Friday 13th December in the car park of Wilberforce Health Centre, Story Street. Some of the things on offer were tea, biscuits and mince pies along with coats, jumpers and blankets.
The staff did not just wait for homeless people to attend, but also walked the streets to find people sleeping rough in shop doors and anywhere else they could find shelter. One young man was found in a tent with no ground sheet or blankets, and was very grateful for the blankets provided to him.
Denise Wilkinson, Practice Manager at The Quays said, “This was a real team effort and the event couldn’t have happened without the support of CHCP CIC and the GMB who kindly donated to the cause. This enabled us to purchase thermal vests, underwear, blankets, socks, sweatshirts, fleeces, hats and scarves.”
The Quays is provided by CHCP CIC and based in Wilberforce Health Centre. It was set up for socially excluded client groups such as clients with substance misuse problems, with mental health issues, violent patients, travellers, sex industry workers and the homeless.
