Here at Gloucester House we have recently launched our fundraising appeal to enable us to offer a few assisted places for people that are unable to access funding for treatment.

With funds raised we can provide a service for a lot of people who wouldn’t otherwise get the opportunity to turn their life around. I’m talking about people from the street, prison, hostels and other such places where addiction, hopelessness and despair have become part of their everyday life, and the lives of the families that care for them. Supporting one vulnerable person alone can benefit many more as a consequence and help them escape a marginalised existence that may have been their life for many years.

For every £5400 raised a person can have three months therapeutic treatment which will enable them to turn their lives around for the better, equip them with learning and life skills, find safe supported move on accommodation, gain further learning and development and build up supported networks for the future.

Addiction is a matter of life or death for many people that are now literally living and existing on the fringes of society. It doesn’t discriminate and can affect people from all walks of life.

For every £1.00 invested in treatment £9.50 is saved from the NHS and Criminal Justice budgets alone.
(The government’s consultation paper “Drugs: Our community, Your Say”).

There are many different ways in which you can support our work at Gloucester House. By taking part in a supporting event like a run or bike ride, by attending one of our forthcoming events, by organising an event in your local group, college or church. Or just by offering us a donation however large or small, as it all helps us to achieve our aim, ‘To Buy a Bed and Save a life’.

Please use our contact form to request details of how to make a donation.

Our recent fundraising events have included:

A Rock & Blues Extravanganza 26th August 2011

A further concert was organised by Phil Spalding which raised over £1800 towards our Buy A Bed Appeal. The concert was a fantastic success and the special guests included Bernie Marsden (guitarist from Whitesnake), Rick Fenn (10cc on guitar), Pete Howarth (The Hollies on vocals), Matt Clifford (Mick Jagger’s band on keys) and Ian Thomas (Eric Clapton’s band on drums).

Our special thanks go to Bruno at Supermarine for hosting a superb event, Harrods for donating the raffle prizes and all those who attended the concert and bought tickets to help raise funds for our appeal.

Mini Concert in April 2011
On April 2nd at Highworth Methodist Church we hosted another mini concert organised again by Phil Spalding and friends.

Sponsored Climb in May 2011
Our resident climber and project worker Chris Brockbank embarked on a climb up the ‘Old Man of Hoy’ sea stack on the northern coast of the Outer Hebrides.

A Mini Rock Concert in December 2010
This was organised by one of our ex-clients, and musician Mr Phil Spalding and friends. The artists Night Parade, Space Odid Samuri, Anna CoCoran and Simon Townsend gave us great performances, in which over a hundred people attended and had a great night’s entertainment.
Read the full story here…

A Parachute Jump in October 2010
Our hardworking workshop supervisor Rennie Willard (Attach picture here)
Braved the heights with much fear and in trepidation and jumped from several thousand feet to raise over £1,500 for the appeal.

Local Church Fundraising Evening in September 2010
The local Methodist church in Highworth hosted an evening where the local community of Highworth attended to watch a video of the work of Gloucester house, meet some of our clients, both past and present, buy our handmade products of pottery and woodwork, whist sampling our lovely cakes made by the fair hands of our hardworking chef.

Our future fundraising events include: