SASH Active – SASH Eats Project
The young people we help in Supported Lodgings have many identified support needs to contend with – isolation, low self-esteem, poor educational attainment and mental health concerns to name just a few. SASH Active offers experiences and opportunities to help address these issues: connecting with other members of their community, gaining new skills and meeting …
Tackling the Climbing Walls!
A group of lodgers and ex-lodgers came together to support one another to reach the top of the climbing walls at Harrogate Climbing Centre. The day was an opportunity for young people currently within SASH to meet with others who have been supported by SASH in the past. To build confidence in themselves and trust …
Young People turn their hand to farming!
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, a group of our young people from the Yorkshire Coast region visited Stepney Hill Farm in Scarborough to get outside and up close with nature. The group spent a morning at the farm to learn new skills and experience new opportunities within farming and all that comes with running …
Urgent Call For New Hosts
Our Urgent Call For New Hosts To House Yorkshire’s Hidden Homeless Young People SASH are looking for members of the public across North and East Yorkshire to become hosts, welcoming local young people at risk of homelessness into their homes after many of our current hosts have had to step back due to health concerns …
‘Swop Shop’ with SASH Active
February half term saw 20 Young People in the Yorkshire Coast region take part in the SASH Active Swop Shop – an activity focused on exploring different food brands as part of the SASH Active programme of events. SASH Active offers experiences and opportunities that connect supported young people with other members of their community …
James Takes on the February Accumulator Challenge for SASH
This month, our supporter, James, is keeping active and staying motivated by taking on the February Accumulator Challenge. James, 18, decided to get involved in the event from Great Run and fundraise for SASH to help support other local young people. Looking forward to the virtual challenge, James said: “I know personally how tough it has been for …
Ditch Your Duvet Raises Over 5000 Pounds To Tackle Local Youth Homelessness
Kids, parents, students and long-time supporters of SASH got creative recently and took part in Ditch Your Duvet, a virtual sleepover to raise money to tackle youth homelessness. The charity’s first fully virtual fundraiser saw supporters choose an unusual place to sleep around their home or garden and get sponsored for the challenge. From bathtubs …
Homeless Charity SASH Shares Name Change For East Coast Operations
Local homeless charity, SASH (Safe And Sound Homes) have announced the renaming of their operations in the Yorkshire coast area of the county to SASH Yorkshire Coast. The name change reflects a new apportionment of SASH services, focussing more of the charity’s vital support services in locations with the highest need. SASH Yorkshire Coast will …
Meet the ‘Duvet Ditchers’!
We’re sure you’ve heard by now about SASH’s virtual event coming up on the 27th November. In our first fully virtual fundraising event, we’re inviting supporters to ditch their duvets for the night and choose somewhere totally different to sleep – all in the name of fighting youth homelessness! As well as the novelty of sleeping somewhere different, ‘Duvet Ditchers’ can get involved in a jam-packed evening of …
Ditch Your Duvet with us this November!
SASH are inviting local families to join in the fun at their first ever virtual ‘sleepout’ event. Taking place on the 27th November 2020, participants of Ditch Your Duvet are asked to choose an unusual place in their home to sleep for the night all in the name of stopping youth homelessness in our community. …
