Barnabus 10k Sponsored Run - Heaton Park, Sat 21st August, run starts 11.30am
A team of Barnabus staff, volunteers and supporters are running a 10k Sponsored Run to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our Beacon Drop-in Centre. Please show your support by sponsoring us at www.justgiving.com/Team-Barnabus or if you're fit and healthy it's not too late for you to run with us.
It's going to be a great family day, we have Manchester Fire Service running with us (in full uniform!) they're also bringing a Fire Engine, there will be a fun fair in the park already and we're hoping to have some musical entertainment with us on the day. Heaton Park is a beautiful setting for our run it has extensive grounds, a boating lake, animal centre (with Alpacas), fantastic children's play areas, pitch & putt and even a land train.
Please help us to help the homeless by supporting our first ever run; sponsor us, run with us, cheer us on - email us or ring for more information, we'd love to have you with us.
You can help us help the homeless
There are many ways that you can help us to meet the needs of the homeless and vulnerable; you can have fun and help us at the same time by holding a sponsored event via Just Giving or earn cash for us from on-line retailers every time you shop through the Giving Machine. You can even buy a Duck for Barnabus and enter the Great British Duck race, or you may just prefer to donate to us online or set up a regular payment.... click on our Donating to Barnabus link on the left hand side to find out more.
Introduction
Barnabus first came onto the streets of Manchester in August 1991. The ministry has grown from modest roots. In the early years Peter Green would sit in Piccadilly Gardens with a bag of sandwiches and a thermos flask waiting for the homeless and hungry to pay him a visit. From those very humble beginnings the Lord has taken hold of Barnabus, and with the help of the Maranatha Community and the Christian church in Manchester, who both prayerfully and financially support the work, Barnabus has grown, taking the word of God to more and more homeless people. A small van was purchased which allowed us to take more clothing, and general food supplies out onto the streets and, following a great many prayers, we bought what was to become our first mobile medical unit, a double-decker bus, 'BARNABUS'. The generosity of our Christian brothers and sisters facilitated the conversion of the bus, which became a life-line for our homeless friends in the back streets of the city.
Since that time the Lord has moved us ever onward. We are now out on the streets four nights a week working amongst the homeless, those with drug and alcohol related problems, and the prostitutes. The ministry also extends to the prisons at Buckley Hall and Styal, supporting the women as they prepare for their release. In recent years we have also purchased and renovated a building, the Beacon, which has become our home in the city centre. Over the years we have been supported by a great many individuals and numerous organisations to whom we owe many thanks.
We hope that you will find this website both interesting and informative. The ministry here at Barnabus is essentially focused on serving the needs of the poor, but this is expressed in a number of different ways and so we have structured the website accordingly. Our aim is that this website can be used as a resource for both individual churches and the wider body to encourage and inform of the work undertaken here at Barnabus.
In 2005, we were honoured to be awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of our work with the homeless people and street sex workers of Manchester.
Fundraising
As part of our fundraising this year, we're taking part in the Great British Duck Race. Click here for more details.
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