More people than ever are about to experience their first winter on the streets.
Over the last decade, the number of people sleeping rough has more than doubled, rising 26% in the latest figures.
This year, across England, there has been a 10% increase in households contacting their local authority after being threatened with homelessness or losing their home. Of these 358,370 households, 91% were assessed as homeless.
These figures can feel overwhelming, but your support can make a real difference for a homeless person this winter.
Why support Petrus this winter?
Show people that they belong...
Homeless people often feel lonely, isolated, and like they are not accepted by society. Throughout winter, we’ll bring our community together through our Hub, sharing meals, making connections and helping people get off the streets.
Help real people in your area...
We work in Rochdale, Oldham and Bury. Donations to Petrus will be spent helping people within your community.
Donate to our appeal
You can also donate to our Season of Sharing Campaign!
Here are some of the amazing ways your donations can make a difference throughout winter:
£5 could provide a hot breakfast for a vulnerable person at our Hub every day for a week.
£10 could provide a bundle of winter clothing essentials
£20 could provide a person with a mobile phone to maintain contact with support services and family members
£50 could provide all weather-clothing for two people to join nature-based wellbeing activities.
Enthuse – Visit our campaign page to make an online donation
Cheque – Please make out cheques to ‘Petrus Community.’ You can post them to our Hub or drop in if your passing! Our address is Petrus Hub, 73 Great George Street, Rochdale, OL16 1QG and our opening hours for donations are Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm.
Bank transfer – Please email petrus@petrus.org.uk to request our bank details to make a bank transfer.
Organise your own fundraiser
If you're looking for a new challenge to kickstart 2025, why not organise a fundraiser with your friends or co-workers and make a real difference to homeless and vulnerable people this winter!
If you've taken up running or are looking to cross something off your bucket list in 2025, we can help with that. Check out our Runs & Challenges page to find discounted race places, bungee jumps and more.
If that's really not your thing, why not hold a bake sale, coffee morning, odd sock day or whatever takes your fancy!
We can support you with information, t-shirts, collection buckets, please email us at petrus@petrus.org.uk to let us know what you’re planning, and we’ll be happy to support.
About The Hub
Open Monday to Saturday, our hub provides hot breakfasts, drinks, showering facilities, toiletries, sanitary products, laundry facilities and access to clean clothes, all completely free of charge for our service users.
The hub is also a place where people can access support such as welfare advice, employability skills, and food parcels.
Healthcare support is provided by Homeless Alliance Response Team nurses, and we also arrange access to dentists, alcohol and drug treatment and wellbeing activities.