Our Mission
Showing Jesus’ love and hope to those affected
by the sex industry and sex work in Nottingham.
Our Story
The Jericho Road Project began in 2000 when a YWAM (Youth with a Mission) team spent time at St Andrew’s Church, which lies at the heart of Nottingham’s red light district. The vicar of St Andrew’s and his wife were distressed by the plight of the women working in the area and wanted to do something to help. Small teams began walking around the area to pray and offer food and drink to the women.
In 2003 the project became a joint-church initiative, the first staff member was employed and a drop-in centre was established next door to the St Andrew’s vicarage. Now, nearly 25 years after its inception, the Jericho Road Project has a whole team of staff and over 60 volunteers from across many churches in Nottinghamshire.
To become part of the team click the button below.
The Good Samaritan
Our project is named after the road to Jericho in the story of the Good Samaritan, which is one of the stories Jesus told. This story is one of the things that inspired our mission and it continues to motivate us in what we do. If you would like to read it, click the button below.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
- Isaiah 43: 18 - 19 NIV