Sarah works as a Community Advice Worker for Peasholme Charity – a York charity working with disadvantaged and socially excluded people – in particular those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Sarah manages a remote helpline which operates Mon-Wed and Fri 10:00 -15:00 providing crisis advice relating to housing, debt and food. Each day is[...]

April 19, 2021

Peasholme Charity are working alongside the City of York Council and partners (Community Furniture Store, Changing Lives, Age UK York and others) to tackle digital poverty in York. We are asking local people to donate unused – but still working – laptops, tablets and computers (with chargers) to fix the digital divide. The ‘Digital Divide’[...]

Thank you to the generous and kind people, community groups, schools and businesses that donated to our Christmas Hardship Fund. We’ve been able to deliver vital services to people in York that are homeless or on the brink of losing everything and make Christmas a little brighter for them. The week before Christmas our housing[...]

January 12, 2021