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Hope for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔlessness

Sean Fletcher joins a 4am tea run in Covent Garden to mark Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔless Sunday. Rev Kate Bottley meets a teenager in Preston who creates unique gift bags.

Sean Fletcher joins his church's 4am tea run in London's Covent Garden to mark Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔless Sunday. The Rev Kate Bottley meets a teenager in Preston who creates unique gift bags for those living on the street, and we meet the man converting old shipping containers into ingenious new homes in Bristol.

Music:

The King of Love My Shepherd Is - The Church of St Cross, Winchester
Beauty for Brokenness - Southwark Cathedral
Let Us Light a Candle in the Darkness - Romsey Abbey
When I Needed a Neighbour - Christ Church, Port Sunlight
Hear the Call of the Kingdom - Holy Trinity Platt, Manchester
All My Hope on God Is Founded - St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen

Plus a performance of Vagabonds from Stuart Townend and his band.

35 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Jan 2018 15:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland HD & Scotland only

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Stories

ASLAN, part of All Souls Church, London (part 1)
Sean Fletcher meets some of the ASLAN volunteers to find out what motivates them to get up at 3am to feed the homeless breakfast in central London.

Hope Bags
Rev Kate heads to Preston to meet 13 year old Megan who explains the vision she had two years ago to help the homeless in her community and how that's going 2 years on as she launches the new Hope Bags.

Help Bristol's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔless
Jasper Thompson is a man on a mission; he's working to help the homeless by giving them a much-needed roof over their heads. With donated shipping containers and a derelict area in Bristol, he is turning these containers into micro flats, which in turn can lead to better employment prospects and long term accommodation.

ASLAN, part of All Souls Church, London (part 2)
Sean Fletcher is with the homeless in central London including those who are now off the streets but who come to the tea run for companionship and to meet old friends.Β 

Credits

Presenter Sean Fletcher
Presenter Kate Bottley
Executive Producer Cat Lewis
Executive Producer Emyr Afan
Producer Charlotte Hindle
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Production Company Avanti Media

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