Winter Fundraising Campaign

Together We Shine Brighter – Keep Our Headlights Shining!

The Jericho Road Project (JRP) has been supporting women affected by the sex industry for almost 25 years. During this time, we have offered hope and restoration to 100’s of women, through our Street Outreach, Prison Visiting & Resettlement, Drop-in sessions and Befriending services.

Street Outreach, where we go out in our van three evenings a week, is a vital part of the support JRP offers and is usually the place where initial contact is made with the women and where relationships of trust begin. 

Jericho Road Project is launching a Winter Fundraising Campaign to focus on supporting the Street Outreach programme. The money will be used to sustain and develop this vital service and help raise funds to replace the outreach van which is coming to the end of its useful life, with maintenance costs spiralling to keep it safe on the road.  We need something newer and we anticipate it will cost around £40,000 to buy and equip a van.

Project Manager Jane Taylor said, “We are hopeful that we will be able to update our Outreach van with the money we raise for our Street Outreach work, enabling us to extend our provision further and continue to offer this vital support service to the women who engage with us.”

JRP is funded by grants and fundraising, which helps to keep our office lights on, but a big donation of a van or money is needed to ‘keep our van headlights shining’.

One JRP service user said, “I used crack cocaine and I also worked as a sex worker. JRP had a van that would come around, and it would have hot drinks, food, and most importantly, a friendly face and someone to speak to.” She continues, “[JRP] have always been steadfast in my life. And that, to me, meant a lot because people and places have always changed a lot for me from childhood in the foster care system and into my adulthood… it meant a lot to have people that generally seem to love and care for you in that way, because I had never really experienced that.”

Can you help us by promoting our campaign and raising awareness of the plight of some of the most marginalised women in Nottingham?

Please direct all enquiries to:

Sally Jackman, Volunteer and Social Media Manager, Jericho Road Project.

Email: admin@jerichoroad.org.uk

Telephone number: 0115 8453691

Website: www.jerichoroad.org.uk