Volunteer Week 1st – 7th June 2021: Billy is our Health, fitness and wellbeing mentor
Billy is a qualified gym instructor and has volunteered with Nightsafe for three months. He has already engaged the young people in sessions on site, teaching Boxercise and fitness. Billy is looking forward to being able to take them out to the gym, going walking as well as teaching them life skills.
Volunteers – The life blood of Nightsafe for over 30 years
Volunteers have been the life blood of Nightsafe for over 30 years and they massively contribute to the work we do in supporting our young people.
Volunteers Week 1st – 7th June 2021
Volunteers week is special for us at Nightsafe. We have been supporting young homeless people for over 30 years and I’m reminded that people say ‘Time’ is the greatest gift you can give and Time is indeed what our Volunteers gift to us.
11 year old James, running 150K for Nightsafe
This isn’t the first time James has taken part in fundraising events for Nightsafe. Having listened to his friend BeBe talk about the charity and how it supports homeless young people as well as taking part in the Stonyhurst Sleep-In last year, James decided he wanted to create his own personal challenge to raise money for other young people who are not as fortunate as himself.
BIDS for limited edition Nightsafe Adidas trainers reached over £551
BIDS for limited edition Nightsafe Adidas trainers reached over £800 when they want under the hammer recently. In 2019, 160 pairs of the green and red ‘Blackburn’ Spezial trainers – colours which represent the red rose of Lancashire - went on sale at a special exhibition in Blackburn.
Crown Paints bring colour to Nightsafe’s night shelter
Crown Paints lent their support to Nightsafe - with a generous donation of paint and equipment as well as time towards our charity’s refurbishment of the emergency night shelter. The team of six volunteers from Crown, based in Darwen, joined a further six from Blackburn Round Table, giving up their time over the course of a weekend.
Kris runs 100 miles to help Nightsafe raise £100K
Kris Connolly is putting his best foot forward – after pledging to run 100 miles in October to raise money for Nightsafe, a youth homeless charity. After a long period without training, Kris, 30, the new Vice Captain of Typhoons RUFC, set himself the challenge to get himself ‘match fit’ and raise money for a worthy cause in the process.
Scouts give up their beds to raise cash for homeless charity
East Lancashire after taking part in Nightsafe’s Sleep In. Dave Mellor, Scout Leader, said the unit took part after being told about the Blackburn-based charity by Harry Lee – one of their members and Youth Ambassador for Nighsafe.
30 Miles for 30 Years – Completed
Nightsafe’s Wayne Bowman and Diane Page put their best foot forward on Saturday – walking 30 miles in celebration of the charity’s 30-year anniversary.
Sleep In for World Homeless Week
Sleep In for World Homeless Week - Next month, 5-11 October, marks World Homeless Week. More specifically, Saturday 10 October marks World Homeless Day – a day to show solidarity with homeless people and those who help them.
30 Miles for 30 Years – The 3 Towers Challenge Walk
A worker from charity Nightsafe is teaming up with a colleague on a 30-mile walk to raise funds to mark the organisations 30th Anniversary.
August totaliser update
We’d like to thank everyone who continues to donate towards our £100K challenge. Donations have continued to flow in – but we’re not there yet! Please please please continue to help us reach our target so we can continue to provide essential support to young homeless people across East Lancashire.
Hundreds of homeless helped with food during pandemic – thanks to Freemasons
Young homeless and vulnerable people from across Blackburn and Darwen will continue to receive food and other essential items thanks to a grant of £2,500 to the Nightsafe charity from East Lancashire Freemasons.
Cheers Christian and Mandy
Christian Davies and his wife Mandy have donated their weekly beer money to Nightsafe during lockdown. Christian would normally enjoying a few pints of Guinness at his local pub, the Millstone at Mellor – but lockdown has stood in the way of his regular evening plans.
June Update
June Update - Wow! What an incredible response we have had from the launch of our £100K appeal. Despite the difficult circumstances everyone is facing right now, people are being selfless and donating what they can.
Farleys Solicitors Kickstart Nightsafe’s Fundraising Appeal with £2,500 Donation
Farleys Solicitors Kickstart Nightsafe’s Fundraising Appeal with £2,500 Donation. The Blackburn headquartered law firm has stepped up once again to support the local community, making another donation through the firm’s charitable foundation the Farleys Foundation, to support a charity for young homeless people in the Blackburn area.
Here We Grow
Young people at Nightsafe have been developing green fingers during the lockdown period – as the charity launches its ‘Here We Grow’ project.
Sleep In for Nightsafe
Nightsafe is encouraging people to give up their comfy bed for the night to help raise funds to support homeless young people. On 30 May, the Blackburn-based charity will host their first Sleep In – inviting people to sleep anywhere except their own bed – what’s in in a tent in the garden, a sofa fortress in the lounge or even in the bath.
Nightsafe launch £100,000 donation appeal
Blackburn-based Nightsafe need to raise £100,000 in funding to make up the shortfall they face in 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Football’s Coming Home
We put a shout of out for the residents of our Cornfield Cliffe housing project on a Darwen Facebook group and we had footballs delivered within the hour!
Coronavirus Support – Our Community Is Amazing
The Coronavirus outbreak has affected us hard – both in terms of donations and fundraising. However, we are lucky to have such a kind and caring community who have rallied round to help us during this time of need.
Nightsafe COVID-19 Statement
As a local charity which provides support to vulnerable young people who are likely to be in the ‘at risk’ groups from the Covid-19 coronavirus, our priority is to safeguard the health and wellbeing of young people in our local community and that of our staff and volunteers. As such, in line with official guidance, we are now moving to the next stage of our response plan.
Prestige Beds helping those at Nightsafe sleep easier
Prestige Beds are helping those at Nightsafe sleep easier at night – by donating £10 from every Alma mattress sold to the charity.
Nightsafe Vlog January 2020
Listen To CEO Jan Larkin And Head Of Trustees Julie Thomas As They Look Back Over 2019 And Forward To Our 30th Anniversary Year.
The Big Sleep Out raises an incredible £29,000
Who would have though a night sleeping at St Silas Church, in the wind and the rain, would help to raise an incredible £29,000 for Nightsafe!
Tribute To Edna Arnold
The funeral of Edna Arnold, the former Tory councillor who founded Blackburn’s Nightsafe refuge for the homeless, has taken place at the town’s Cathedral.
CRE8 Project & Building Consultancy Shall Be Supporting Our Local Blackburn Based Charity Nightsafe
From this day forward, CRE8 Project & Building Consultancy (Chartered Building Surveyors) shall be supporting our local Blackburn based charity Nightsafe.
Edna Arnold, Founder Of Nightsafe, Dies Suddenly
It is with deep regret that we have heard of the sudden passing of our Founder and Life President Edna Arnold.
Live Magazines Business Hour 24-7-19
Jan Larkin, CEO of Blackburn-based Nightsafe, explains the work the charity does and how it transforms the lives of vulnerable young people.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team are heading to Blackburn
Property Renovation Show DIY SOS Is Coming To Blackburn With Darwen Later This Year To Take On An Ambitious Build To Benefit A Local Charity Which Offers Help To Vulnerable Young People Who Are Homeless, Or At Risk Of Becoming Homeless.
Crown Paints and Blackburn Round Table Bring Us Colour
Crown Paints and the Blackburn Round Table have brought some colour into the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the community - by repainting Platform 5.
Rhiannon Is Sky Diving For Nightsafe!
#NightsafeHero Rhiannon, who turns 16 in October, will be doing a skydive in aid of Nightsafe on the 19th of October, to raise much needed funds.
December 2018 Update
Pupils from Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School are helping vulnerable young people this winter by collecting donations for the homeless and the lonely.