Waste Not Want Not helps people in crisis turn an empty property into a home, by using funds raised specifically to pay for the basics they need to get started – a bed, some furniture, a fridge and a cooker.
Run as a project within Waste Not Want Not, Fresh Start is for anybody who is having to rebuild their lives due to extreme circumstances.
We help women and men who have fled domestic abuse, with few possessions.
We support those previously homeless who have nothing to their name.
Imagine having to flee from domestic abuse, taking nothing! How would you cope, if forced out on to the streets with no possessions?
Then what would you do if you were re-homed to an empty property? With no bed to sleep in, no chair to sit on and no cooker to cook on?
Fresh Start helps people in crisis turn an empty property into a home, by using funds raised specifically to pay for the basics they need to get started – a bed, some furniture, a fridge and a cooker.
For survivors of domestic abuse, having a home that feels like home helps break the cycle of returning to their abuser.
For homeless people, having a home that feels like home helps deter them from returning to the streets.
And at Fresh Start, we go further
Our kind and empathetic team treat everyone with the dignity and respect they deserve.
They help people select what they need for their new home and can go on to find volunteering opportunities so they can rebuild their often shattered self-confidence and self-belief.