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New support, opening hours and venue upgrades

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We are delighted to be able to announce our new schedule of activity supporting those in our community who are homeless or vulnerably housed. In addition to our long running commitment in making our venue available to the Wallich Rough Sleepers Intervention Team 7 days a week first thing in the morning, alongside healthcare professionals, we are now adopting some additional support.  This new schedule replaces the Thursday and Friday lunch provisions that were set up during Covid and we are returning to primarily concentrate on supporting the most vulnerable, those sleeping rough. It reflects more closely the activity we have engaged in for over twenty years, in partnership with others. We are also delighted to be able to share some photos of our recently refurbished toilet and kitchen facilities. This has been our single most expensive outlay and we could not have done it without the help of a Welsh Government ‘ Community Facilities Programme’   grant. This essential work has...

Underwear wanted

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We could do with a restock of  plenty of men's new boxers/pants, all sizes as we head into our new winter opening schedule. Also women's knickers, small and medium. See our revised drop off times below. If you're not local but would like to support us a voucher for Primark - or other stores - allows us to buy what we need when we need it.

The Beatitudes Revisited

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Next week we begin a new series in our long running Tuesday Night Tribal Gathering Bible Studies, as we return to explore the Beatitudes of Jesus. Eight nuggets of teaching from Jesus that some would say are way out of reach and others would say are transformational, and deeply counter cultural. Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma Gandhi, Oscar Romero, Dorothy Day, and Mother Teresa are among those who testified to the influence of the Beatitudes in how they all worked for justice, resisted oppression with non-violence and served the poor. Jesus presented his ‘Beatitudes’ manifesto for an alternative way, to a crowd of unsettled, angry, marginalised misfits living in the shadow of an oppressive empire and a religious system that had lost it’s way — we’ll return to these words from Matthew chapter 5:1-12 to see what they might mean today. Join us from 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings, for an hour of study and friendly discussion from 8-9pm which we start and end with prayer. We’re still in George ...

Tuesday Night Gatherings Now Back at HQ

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From Tuesday 5 August our long running Tuesday night Tribal Gathering for Bible Study and prayer returns to the venue after some refurbishing work. We meet from 7.30-9.30pm. This is our series fro Oct-Nov 2025

Venue Upgrades

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Thanks to the generosity of our existing regular supporters and with the additional help of a Welsh Government grant from their 'Community Facilities Programme', and following some essential repairs on the valley gutters to eliminate water ingress, we shall begin work on completely upgrading our toilet facilities on 31 March 2025.  This will be a huge benefit to all those who use our venue, but will obviously disrupt things for a few weeks. (See note below). Following the renovation, there will some changes to our food provision service as we shall be able to welcome people back into the building again.  PLEASE NOTE:  AS OF MONDAY 31 MARCH WE SHALL BE UNDERTAKING ESSENTIAL REPAIRS AND UPGRADES TO THE PREMISES INCLUDING IMPROVED TOILET FACILITIES. This will take between 4 - 5 weeks. During this time: The Wallich Rough Sleepers Intervention Team will continue to provide their essential support  first thing in the morning operating from their van outside of Zac's Place....

Donation Drop Off Times

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 For those wanting to drop off pre-arranged donations of emergency clothing or other pre-arranged items see the details below. Access is via the red ‘corner door’. Thank you so much for your support and interest.

Team Member Stuart

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  Liz writes: Introducing Stu. Some of you will know him; some may not. Stu is employed part-time by Exousia Trust as Buildings Manager at Zac’s Place, but he is so much more than that. He's one of the bible study leaders, and he organises the food distribution on Thursdays and Fridays. He shops, he cooks, he cleans, and he has an enormous heart for our community. In his spare time he's studying for a chaplaincy qualification. If you would like someone to speak about Zac's to your church or community group, either Stu or I would be happy to come along, and tell you all about what goes on here. Well, nearly all . . .