Homeless

CARD Mentoring

 

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 C.A.R.D (Closing A Revolving Door) was the name for the Mentoring part of the formerly named CARD PORCH project.  

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CARD PORCH - Re-named as 'PORCH'

Sadly, the Mentoring side of CARD PORCH (Closing A Revolving Door) has closed after persuing many funding routes at this difficult time. The funding routes were exhausted and unsuccessful meaning that the Mentoring part of CARD PORCH was no longer financially sustainable.

Unfortunately, Carol Forrest (Mentoring Co-ordinator & Caseworker) was made redundant as a result of this financial difficulty. Carol was a part of the project for over 5 years and was thanked for her committment and hard work over the years.

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Social Enterprise

For anyone attending the social enterprise meetings here is the amalgamated links & documents we have mentioned in our discussions. If you want to discuss anything online (I know this maybe a bit alien!) you can goto this page.

Social Enterprise Discussion page

Sources of general information & support

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Open Hearts Open Minds

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Turntable Furniture

What is Turntable?
Turntable is a charitable organisation that collects good quality, donated household items such as 3-piece suites, beds, wardrobes, electrical white goods etc to pass on to families and individuals on very low incomes.

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Food Vouchers - Megabite

ECI ran the Food Voucher Scheme from 1992 until 2006 and sold over 30,000 vouchers during this time. The Scheme began because many agencies, church leaders and members of the public wanted to provide a practical way of feeding homeless people without wishing to give them money or take them to get a meal. The Voucher scheme provides a simple, fraud-proof way of providing this support. Vouchers can be:

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Exeter Accredited Tenants’ Scheme (EATS)

EATS (Exeter Accredited Tenants’ Scheme) was a partnership project offering a package of training courses and support to disadvantaged people to help them access and sustain accommodation.

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Past Projects

Our previous projects include:

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